Climate Change: The Science Behind Melting Glaciers and Warming Oceans with Hands-On Science Activities
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Updated edition includes the latest scientific research and problem-solving strategies in climate science!
In Climate Change: The Science Behind Melting Glaciers and Warming Oceans with Hands-On Science Activities, readers ages 9 to 12 take a deep dive into the science behind the changing climate in order to best contribute to the methods underway to solve the problem of a rapidly changing planet—and think up new solutions! This book is rich in hands-on science and critical-creative thinking exercises designed to explore the research being done to combat this global problem and encourage kids to find new solutions!
Throughout Climate Change, hands-on STEM activities, essential questions, and links to online primary resources help readers learn the basics of our globale environment and how it’s changing.
Try these hands-on climate science projects!
- Make an apple battery
- Build an anemometer
- Study ocean acidification
- Test some core samples
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Timeline
Introduction
Welcome to Spaceship Earth
Chapter 1
Goldilocks and the Three Planets
Chapter 2
Source of Life: the Sun
Chapter 3
The Invisible Power of Greenhouse Gases
Chapter 4
Examine an Ancient Climate
Chapter 5
Earth Has a Fever
Chapter 6
Decide the Future of Planet Earth
Glossary
Metric Conversions
Resources
Essential Questions
Index