Diving to a Deep-Sea Volcano (Scientists in the Field)

by Kenneth Mallory

Hardcover, 2006

Status

Check shelf

Call number

J 551.2 Ma

Publication

Houghton Mifflin (2006), 60 pages

Description

Shows how scientists investigate the unusual forms of life living around hydrothermal vents in extremely deep areas of the oceans.

Local notes

1610-006

User reviews

LibraryThing member cdrake

Diving to a Deep-Sea Volcano takes the reader on a trip following Rich Lutz, a deep-sea biologist studying organisms living in the deepest parts of the oceans near underwater volcanoes. This book has extraordinary pictures of organisms found in the deepest parts of the ocean, submersibles used to

dive deep, and photographs of scientists at work in the field.

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LibraryThing member HopeMiller123

This book is about Rich Lutz's adventures into a deep-sea volcano. Through the book you learn how as a child Lutz was very facinated with the water and animals that live in it. He later became and oceanographer and biologist that studys the life of mostly mollusks at extreme temperatures on the

ocean floor.

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LibraryThing member ahernandez91

Rich Lutz is a dep-sea biologist who study's the deepest part of the sea by submarine. He researches and study's the organisms living there and effect of volcanoes on habitual areas. Through his observations and studies he discovers an underwater habitat that is regrowing due to destruction by a

volcanic eruption. The text is very interesting and keeps the reader wanting to read more. The colorful photographs alone are beautiful and interesting, which also grabs and keeps the readers attention. There are photographs of scientists, organisms, instruments, and the submarine. I really liked how Mallory included a glossary of terms that some readers wouldn't understand of be able to define, so he gives the reader more information to further understand the deep sea.I would use this book in my class for science lessons that include making predictions, researching and making a hypothesis, and drawing a conclusion. Students would use the text to do so.

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LibraryThing member lalfonso

I really enjoyed reading this book. It would appeal to anyone interested in reading about the exploration of the world's oceans and the animal life that exists there. I think that it may have a limited appeal to a 5th grader. I don't feel that anyone younger than 5th grade would appreciate the

book, and even saying that a 5th grader would appreciate it is pushing the envelope. In my opinion, it belongs in an middle or high school library. There are better books out there that an elementary student would find more appealing. For example, Sally Ride Institute has a series called Cool Careers in Science that elementary students would find fascinating. Scientist in the Field would work as part of a marine biology lesson, or as a way to inform children of career avenues. It's a great book, but not for an elementary audience.

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