EXPLORE NATURAL RESOURCES!

Synopsis

What are natural resources? And why is it important to prevent natural resources from being wasted? Explore Natural Resources! answers these questions. The 25 projects inspire young readers ages 6-9 to have fun while learning why natural resources are important to all living things and how every child can take care of the earth's resources through reducing, reusing, and recycling. Kids will read about national parks and early environmentalists, Earth celebrations, and the science behind renewable and nonrenewable resources. With projects and experiments ranging from making a wind-powered car and creating a solar catcher to calculating their water footprint, children will discover that everything comes from the earth. Projects are easy-to-follow, require little adult supervision, and use commonly found household products, many from the recycling box. Through a mixture of fun facts, trivia, jokes, comics, and hands-on activities, kids will Explore Natural Resources! and gain an appreciation of earth's resources, from its vast oceans to its open skies. Explore Natural Resources! meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction and is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.

Copyright:

2014

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781619302259

Related ISBNs:

9781619302235

Publisher:

Nomad Press

Date of Addition:

06/07/14

Copyrighted By:

Green Press

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Children's Books, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences

Grade Levels:

Kindergarten, First grade, Second grade, Third grade, Fourth grade

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.