Planet Earth: finding balance on the Blue Marble : with environmental science activities for kids

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Publisher
Nomad Press
Publication Date
[2019]
Language
English

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Planet Earth: 25 Environmental Projects You Can Build Yourself provides an engaging guide to the natural world and encourages children ages 9 and up to get their hands dirty and actively connect with the environment. It then introduces key environmental issues—wind and solar power, pollution, endangered species, global warming, and recycling—and posits potential solutions. Trivia, fun facts, and 25 captivating hands-on projects investigate ecology basics, such as the food chain, oxygen, and animal habitats, as well as ways to lessen the strain on Earth's resources by reducing human consumption and waste. With Planet Earth kids will learn how to respect and protect our unique planet.

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Contributors
Casteel, Tom illustrator
ISBN
9781619307407
9781619307438
161930743
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Both comprehensive and approachable, this title in the Projects You Can Build Yourself series combines explanations of science concepts and environmental issues with hands-on projects. Initial chapters offer basic facts about earth and life sciences, beginning with a discussion of what's usually meant by the term the environment. Later chapters explore threats to the planet's health in a survey of pollution and global warming. Throughout, terms appear in bold type and then are defined in frequent Words to Know boxes. Elementary- and middle-school students will find the succinct overview of the facts very useful, and they'll welcome the clearly presented projects, which range from a granola recipe that will teach them about native foods around the globe to handmade card games for multiple players. Extensive further readings and an eye-catching design filled with drawings complete a title that while educating kids about the environment steers them past despair with the reminder that every individual action helps: Some changes are better than none. --Engberg, Gillian Copyright 2008 Booklist

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Booklist Reviews

Both comprehensive and approachable, this title in the Projects You Can Build Yourself series combines explanations of science concepts and environmental issues with hands-on projects. Initial chapters offer basic facts about earth and life sciences, beginning with a discussion of what's usually meant by the term the environment. Later chapters explore threats to the planet's health in a survey of pollution and global warming. Throughout, terms appear in bold type and then are defined in frequent "Words to Know" boxes. Elementary- and middle-school students will find the succinct overview of the facts very useful, and they'll welcome the clearly presented projects, which range from a granola recipe that will teach them about native foods around the globe to handmade card games for multiple players. Extensive further readings and an eye-catching design filled with drawings complete a title that while educating kids about the environment steers them past despair with the reminder that every individual action helps: "Some changes are better than none." Copyright 2008 Booklist Reviews.

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