Lauren Giordano, Stephanie Hathaway, Laura Stroup

Nature School: Planet Earth (eBook, ePUB)

Lessons and Activities to Inspire Children's Fascination with Our Planet

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Inspire a child's love for our planet and its place in the universe through fascinating bite-size facts, captivating illustrations, and more than 30 hands-on activities. From the expansive universe to tiny micro-ecosystems, Nature School: Planet Earth explores the intricacies of the planet we call home. Discover details about Earth's stunning structure, its amazing atmosphere, and the foremost features that enable it to support life. Learning through both physical and life science lenses, you will come to truly appreciate planet Earth. Following the format of the award-winning Nature School: Lessons and Activities to Inspire Children's Love for Everything Wild, each chapter of this book concludes with a series of suggested hands-on activities. Great for both home and school settings, it is the perfect guide for families and children ages 6-12 who are looking for an introduction to Earth science that includes the location, structure, atmosphere, and biosphere of our planet. The book explores:

• Earth's place in the Universe with a quick overview of what we know about our Universe, the Milky Way Galaxy, and our Solar System and a discussion of Earth's relationship with our moon, the Sun, and how Earth moves in space.
• The composition of Earth, covering topics such as the size and shape of Earth, gravity, Earth's magnetic field, and geographical characteristics.
• Earth's atmosphere, including its composition and physical properties, weather, and what we see in the night sky.
• All the elements and circumstances that make life on Earth possible: our natural resources, energy flow, life at different latitude and longitudes, and various life cycles.
• Earth as a community: interconnection, ecology, and biomes, the amazing variety of life-their connections through their communities and food webs, our ever-changing Earth, and viewing the Earth as part of the wider universe.

Nature School: Planet Earth helps children and families relate to these topics in a meaningful way and ultimately understand the science behind what makes life on Earth possible.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quarry Books
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Altersempfehlung: ab 6 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780760391983
• Artikelnr.: 69940797

Autorenporträt

Lauren Giordano is an author, illustrator, and owner of Chickie & Roo, an educational curriculum and resource company for families and schools. She home educates her two children in Florida and taught in her local homeschool co-op community, where she led nature classes. Lauren is passionate about bringing children closer to nature and helping them develop a deeper understanding of our natural world. Her work has been featured in The Peaceful Press, A Year of Learning, Chickadees Wooden Toys, Wild & Free Co., FunSchooling Books, and more. You can find her work at chickieandroo.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 
CONTENTS
1 EARTH’S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE
The Universe as We Know It
Milky Way: Earth’s Galactic Home 
Our Solar System 
The Planets 
Earth and the Moon 
Celestial Influences 
The Goldilocks Zone
Earth’s Natural History 
Space Exploration 
Activities 
2 EARTH’S COMPOSITION
Composition of Earth 
Magnetic Earth 
Earth’s Crust and Lithosphere 
Earth’s Pedosphere 
Plate Tectonics: Earth’s Moving Parts 
How Mountains Are Made 
Earth’s Geological Characteristics 
Earth’s Natural Wonders 
Activities 
3 EARTH’S HYDROSPHERE
The Blue Planet 
The Water Cycle
Properties of Water 
Salt Water: Earth’s Oceans 
Seabed: The Landscape of the Ocean 
Earth’s Fresh Water 
Earth’s Groundwater 
Earth’s Cryosphere 
How Water Shapes Earth 
Activities 
4 EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE
Composition of Earth’s Atmosphere 
Stratification: Layers of the Atmosphere 
The Transfer of Heat Energy
Climate and Weather 
Clouds 
The Wild Wind 
Types of 
What We See in the Sky 
Air: Essential to Life on Earth
Activities
5 LIFE ON EARTH
Biosphere: Earth’s Global Ecosystem
Ecology: The Interconnectedness of Life
Ecosystems 
Ecosystems around the World 
Location and Life on Earth 
Energy Flow 
Biodiversity: The Variety of Life 
Life Cycles-
Biochemical Cycles 
Our Ever-Changing Earth 
Activities 
Acknowledgments 
About the Authors 
Index