Snow Watch: Experiments, Activities and Things to Do with Snow
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (870 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 155074190X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 56 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
With a Bachelor of Science, specializing in Zoology and Ecology, she worked as a park naturalist for years in the snowy province of Manitoba, teaching children about the environment. . Cheryl Archer is the author of Snow Watch, a science book for young people that is loaded with hands-on activities as well as fascinating facts about snow. She lives in Toronto, Ontario. Cheryl currently lives in Cochrane, Alberta where sh
Children can build a snow shelter, decipher animal tracks to learn how animals adapt to winter and much more. Why does it seem so quiet after a snowfall? How can something as cold as snow be as warm as a woollen blanket? What's the secret to making the best snowball? Get ready to turn kids into snow scientists. Indoor and outdoor activities and "what happens if ? ?" sections encourage kids to continue experimenting with snow on their own.
Indoor and outdoor activities and a "what happens if?" section encourage kids to continue experimenting with snow on their own. Children build a snow shelter, find out how fast an iceberg travels, make a snow gauge, decipher animal tracks to learn how animals adapt to winter, and much more. Get ready to turn kids into snow scientists. Ideal for ages 8-11, young readers will find out how snowflakes form, what a glacier is and how it moves, about the world's largest ice cube (Antarctica), the true color of snow, how to catch a
"Snowy Adventures" according to A Customer. As an natural resource educator I found this books to be a valuable tool. The information provided was ideal for the age level. I used the activities with Kindergarden to adults and found then to be simple enought to work with the younger grades while easy enought to adapt for the older students. It provided a wonderful take-home book for our visitors (we sell it in our nature center). A win for those parent who want to do fun ed