Nature School: Planet Earth is a beautifully illustrated learning resource offering lessons and activities that engage and enthrall children with the workings, surroundings, and composition of our incredible planet.
Nature School: Planet Earth is a beautifully illustrated learning resource offering lessons and activities that engage and enthrall children with the workings, surroundings, and composition of our incredible planet.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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. Stephanie Hathaway is a Kansas City–area artist who specializes in creating educational content inspired by our natural world. She believes in using beautiful, dynamic illustrations to make learning about science and nature exciting and accessible to children of all ages. She is guided by the notion that many of life’s valuable lessons can be learned from nature. It is her hope that her work will inspire families to explore and learn from the natural world right outside their own door. You can see more of Stephanie’s educational nature-based studies and original artwork at stephaniehathawaydesigns.com. Laura Stroup is the founder of Firefly Nature School, a nature study curriculum designed for homeschooling families, co-ops, and classrooms found online at fireflynatureschool.com. Laura has a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Ecology from Iowa State University with an emphasis in natural resource education. A former museum educator and upper school science teacher, she now directs School of the Wild, an immersive nature school that serves her local community. Laura resides in the countryside near Springfield, Missouri, with her family.
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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
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
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