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Awesome Ocean Science: Investigating the Secrets of the Underwater World (Williamson Kids...
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Awesome Ocean Science: Investigating the Secrets of the Underwater World (Williamson Kids...
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by Sarah Rakitin Cole and Sarah Rakitin
Sales Rank : 824372
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Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback: 120 pages
Publisher: Williamson Publishing Company October 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1885593716
ISBN-13: 978-1885593719
Product Dimensions:
11 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.5 ounces
From School Library Journal
Grade 3-5-Written in jaunty prose and illustrated with numerous humorous cartoons, this book offers children a hands-on introduction to the mysteries of the watery world. Six sections investigate general oceanic principles, waves and currents, shorelines and tide pools, the ocean floor, marine life, and ocean conservation. Each chapter is divided into mini-lessons that feature a variety of activities. Covering concepts that range from the water cycle and seawater salinity to discovering how a penguin's coloring protects it and baleen catches krill, the experiments are easily re-created using readily available materials. This worthy purchase crosses disciplines to include ecology, math, biology, social studies, and art. Paul Fleisher's Our Oceans (Millbrook, 1995) also features experiments and activities but is written in a slightly more technical style than Littlefield's title. Both books deserve a place in most science collections.
Lynda Ritterman, Atco Elementary School, Waterford, NJ
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 3-5. Teachers and students will discover much useful material in this upbeat entry in the Kids Can series. The book begins with an overview of the water cycle, the ocean's composition, and Earth's ratio of water to land. Subsequent sections explore waves and currents; life in the ocean, including a chart of the ocean's animal kingdom by phylum and class; and conservation issues. The text's chirpy tone occasionally gets in the way of the facts (the too-breezy introduction to the water cycle is a good example), but activities that illustrate the concepts--how blubber works and how to clean up an oil spill, for example--are mostly creative, illuminating, and easy to follow. Lighthearted cartoon art adds to the appeal of this fact-packed title. Use this as a practical adjunct to Walter Wick's A Drop of Water (1997), a simpler and more beautifully illustrated introduction to water's properties. Gillian Engberg
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