Explore Winter! by Maxine Anderson
Young readers become scientists in the field when this activity book sends them off to answer the question Why do we have winter?. In Explore Winter: 25 Great Ways to Learn About Winter experiments and projects mix real science with real fun. Combining hands-on learning with trivia, jokes, riddles, and terrific illustrations, chapters start with the tools of science--the scientific method and how to keep a science journal--and then investigate the winter constellations, long nights and long shadows, animal tracking in snow, and food-gathering behavior in birds.
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.Lauri Berkenkamp is the author of six books for kids. Writing under the pen name Maxine Anderson she has written Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself, which was excerpted in the New York Times Book Review and Christian Science Monitor, chosen as the #7 BookSense Children's Pick for Summer 2006 and named Book of the Year by the Society for School Librarians International in 2006; Great Civil War Projects You Can Build Yourself, which was excerpted in Boys' Life magazine and called a fascinating gem of a book by the New York Times Book Review; Explore Spring, and Explore Winter, which were chosen as Parents' Choice Recommended Books for 2007, Discover the Amazon, as well as Discover the Oceans.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780978503758 |
| ISBN 10 | 0978503759 |
| Title | Explore Winter! |
| Author | Maxine Anderson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Nomad Press |
| Year published | 2007-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Prizes | Winner of Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) (Recommended) 2007 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |