Exploring the Oceans: Science Activities for Kids

by Anthony Fredericks, Shawn Shea (Illustrator)

Overview

The oceans contain the smallest and largest creatures, the tallest mountains and deepest valleys, and the hottest and coldest waters.This book encourages the discovery of just how critical the oceans are to our planet.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781555913793
Publisher:	Fulcrum Publishing
Publication date:	08/24/1998
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Anthony D. Fredericks has written more than 30 teacher resource books in the areas of science, social studies, and language arts, plus six children's books on animals, nature, and environmental studies. He and his family live on a mountainside in south-central Pennsylvania. Shawn Shea, an award-winning artist, has illustrated 16 books. He lives in Denver, Colorado, with his fiancee, Linda, and their two cats.

Editorial Reviews

According to Fredericks "The five major oceans of the world contain more life than any other ecosystem of the world." Yet it is the least understood and explored. New discoveries are occurring daily. The day this review was written, The Washington Post carried a multi-page story about the coelacanth, a fish once considered extinct until it was rediscovered during this century. There is plenty of good information in the ten chapters of this book; they introduce oceans, seashores, winds, waves, and aquariums and then issue a call to protect the words oceans and their marine life. What sets this publication apart are the hands-on activities that are described with enough detail to minimize frustration, but open enough to make kids think about what the experiment is teaching or demonstrating. A useful book for a classroom, aquarium, science center or library.

Children's Literature - Marilyn Courtot