How the Earth Works: 60 Fun Activities for Exploring Volcanoes, Fossils, Earthquakes, and More

by Michelle O'Brien-Palmer

Book Overview

Earth science comes alive for children 6 to 9 through 60 engrossing games, activities, and experiments. Kids "core sample" a filled cupcake and discover plate tectonics by floating graham cracker continents on a molten mantle of molasses. They learn how heat changes rocks by seeing how separate ingredients disappear when they bake Rice Krispie Treats. More activities show what causes earthquakes and what kinds of buildings resist their force. Growing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556524420
• ISBN13: 9781556524424
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.2" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

Great book for teachers!

I am a preservice teacher and I bought this book for my earth science class for a project. It was an excellent resource and had many great activities and games that teachers can do with students to teach them about volcanoes, earthquakes, fault lines, rocks and earth topics. The activities are very user friendly and easy to implement in the classroom. I am definately going to use this when I get my own classroom!

The perfect activity book for a rainy day!

Written by Michelle O'Brien-Palmer for young readers ages 6 to 9, How The Earth Works: 60 Fun Activities For Exploring Volcanoes, Fossils, Earthquakes, And More is a fact-filled book about geography and geology, packed cover to cover with exciting do-it-yourself learning projects and home experiments. How the Earth Works is a wonderful and educational reference for inquisitive young readers that is highly recommended for school and community library science activities reference collections (and ideal for home schooling curriculum development), How The Earth Works is also the perfect activity book for a rainy day, or even a sunny one.