Curiosities and wonders about planet Earth, including its formation, history, physical features, climate, volcanoes, earthquakes, deserts, ice caps, pollution, oceans, atmosphere, vegetation, and resources.

Questions and answers present information on curiosities and wonders in such categories as the universe, animals, the human body, and the arts.

Curiosities and wonders about planet Earth, including its formation, history, physical features, climate, volcanoes, earthquakes, deserts, ice caps, pollution, oceans, atmosphere, vegetation, and resources.

Everything you need to create exciting thematic science units can be found in these handy guides. Developed for educators who want to take an integrated approach, these teaching kits contain resource lists, reading selections, and activities that can be easily pulled together for units on virtually any science topic. Arranged by subject, each book lists key scientific concepts for primary, intermediate, and upper level learners and links them to specific chapters where resources for teaching those concepts appear. Chapters identify and describe comprehensive teaching resources (nonfiction) and related fiction reading selections, then detail hands-on science and extension activities that help students learn the scientific method and build learning across the curriculum. A final section helps you locate helpful experiment books and appropriate journals, Web sites, agencies, and related organizations.