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    Nature's Energy
    Nature's Energy
    Nature's Energy
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    Nature's Energy

    By Robin Koontz

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    Nature has 3.8 billion years of experience! Learn how nature has led designers and engineers to develop new ways to collect and conserve energy. This title supports NGSS for Earth and Human Activity.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarson-Dellosa Publishing
    Release dateFeb 1, 2019
    ISBN9781731610874
    Nature's Energy
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    Robin Koontz

    Robin Koontz is a freelance author/illustrator/designer of a wide variety of nonfiction and fiction books. Raised in Maryland and Alabama, Robin now lives with her husband in the Coast Range of western Oregon.

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