Educational: Environmental science

Book SynopsisWhat better way to celebrate Earth Day than with First Facts and Flaps: Planet Earth? This lift-the-flap book is jam-packed with fun information, incorporating STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) topics. With over thirty flaps, a wheel and a pull-out ending, children will love learning in a hands-on, playful way.Find out what is inside the Earth, where rainbows come from and how to help look after the planet in this brilliant book. Pairing bold, colourful scenes from illustrator Naray Yoon with rhyming text and a page of informative fun facts, this is the perfect novelty book for children just starting to find out more about the world around them. Discover more of the First Facts and Flaps series: Giant Dinosaurs, Amazing Animals, Brilliant Body, Super Space and Mighty Machines.

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Book SynopsisDiscover all kinds of wild weather, from terrifying tornadoes to deadly droughts, in this fascinating information book with over 50 flaps to lift. See a storm raging out at sea, find out how wildfires happen and discover how climate change is affecting weather and what we can do to help our planet.

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Book SynopsisSpark scientific curiosity from a young age with this six-level course through an enquiry-based approach and active learning. Collins International Primary Science fully meets the requirements of the Cambridge Primary Science Curriculum Framework from 2020 and has been carefully developed for a range of international contexts.

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Book SynopsisDiscover some of the biggest and smallest things in the natural world.This book explores the wonders of nature with awe-inspiring, realistic illustrations at life-size. Across each fascinating spread, beautiful artwork shows breathtakingly large or unbelievably small natural wonders, including eyes, wings, tentacles, sand, snowflakes, flowers and much more, all at real-life size, or zoomed in for extra interest. Marvel at the dinner-plate-sized eye of the colossal squid, the rainforest flowers you can sit inside, the fingernail-width dwarf blue butterfly and what sand really looks like when magnified. Paired with captivating information about these incredible things, size comparisons and extra fun facts, this book will have you absorbed with the littlest and largest things on our astonishing planet.Trade ReviewThis book is great for visual learners. We love the special full-page, life-size illustrations which show in detail a male gorilla’s hands, a T-Rex’s jaws, and the foot of an adult elephant! * BookTrust *This book is fascinating in the extreme and we have all learnt so much in the most engaging of ways. Each two page spread is vibrantly colourful and filled with the most exquisite illustrations of the wonders of the natural world, whether they be large or small. A brilliant book… this would make a superb present for any animal enthusiast * Mini Travellers *True-to-life-sized illustrations give the reader an idea of just how big or small these interesting animals, plants, insects, seeds and sea creatures really are. A wonder to explore. * Irish Examiner *Fascinating and beautifully presented… it will keep the reader hooked and wanting to learn more about our wonderful world. This is a book to treasure, dip into and enjoy. * The School Librarian *

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Book SynopsisFearless adventurers, set sail on a fascinating voyage down the world’s most extraordinary rivers! Discover over 100 of the world’s most incredible rivers in this fascinating title by Julie Vosburgh Agnone and illustrated by prize-winner Kerry Hyndman. Amazing Rivers takes readers on a tour of the world’s waterways, revealing the animals that call them home, the societies that rely on them, and the environmental issues threatening them along the way. Learn about incredible wildlife, from brown bears catching salmon that swim upstream to anacondas large enough to eat a pig. Explore astounding natural wonders, from a boiling river so hot you can cook an egg in it to a multicoloured river that flows like a liquid rainbow. And discover awesome river traditions, from ritual baths to rubber duck racing to barefoot waterskiing! A fact-filled celebration of some of the most AMAZING rivers on EARTH! Other titles in the Our Amazing World series include: Amazing Islands Amazing Treasures Trade Review"Julie Vosburgh Agnone has written a fact-filled, page turning book, one that has simply stunning visuals thanks to illustrator Kerry Hyndman … From its wonderful waterfalls to dangerous animals, magical underwater caves, riverine wonders, and traditions this book offers so much." * Armadillo Magazine *"If you fancy a thrilling voyage down the world’s most extraordinary rivers, open the pages of this brilliant book and discover over one hundred stunning waterways! An exciting new addition to Amazing Islands and Amazing Treasures, this is the perfect book for fearless adventurers and young eco-warriors!" -- Pam Norfolk * Lancashire Evening Post *"A book to dip into and learn something every time." -- Nikki Gamble * Just Imagine *"Fantastic addition to this topic and will enchant readers. Factual blocks of text are accessible and beautifully brought to life by the incredible illustrations. Featuring diverse animals, environmental threats and plenty of wondrous life among the waterways, this is a joy! This series goes from strength to strength, from Amazing Treasures, Amazing Islands and now Rivers, with Amazing Animals coming in 2022." * My Shelves are Full *

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Book SynopsisThe first aim of the DfE′s 2022 Strategy for Sustainability and Climate Change is to prepare all young people for a world impacted by climate change through learning and practical experience. This practical text for new teachers empowers them to develop their knowledge and understanding of climate change and sustainability. It supports them to develop confidence in discussing difficult themes and to create safe learning spaces that allow children to articulate concerns. The book provides a structure for learning and teaching about climate change and sustainability across the primary curriculum. All chapters are linked to relevant and authentic research and include suggestions for practical activities.Table of ContentsThe Personal, Social, Emotional and Citizenship dimensions of sustainability education - Susan Leonard Creating Harmony through Curriculum Design - Richard Dunne and Emilie Martin Learning to care about our world in the Early Years - Sarah Sprake and Emily Rotchell Becoming conservation champions through science learning - Deborah Pope Teaching for Sustainability within Design and Computing Education - Susan Ogier and Lynda Chinaka Exploring the climate in context through Geography - Anthony Barlow Exploring the History of humans and their environment - Karin Doull Learning to care about the environment through picturebooks - Verity Jones Education for sustainable development through art: Project CARE - Emese Hall Religious Education and sustainable living - Susie Townsend Understanding our world challenges through mathematics - Karin Doull and Susan Ogier with Tanya Bastian Exploring our world through Music and Sound Part 1: Sound Environments - Alistair Greig Exploring our world through Music and Sound Part 2: Connecting children to the environment through music - Helen Mead, Sarah Lloyd, and Jon Audain Physical Education for sustainability and wellbeing - Alison Murray, Sarah Adams, Jo Nugent

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Book SynopsisJennifer Swanson is a life-long LEGO bricks enthusiast. After all, what better way to learn engineering and design than by building it yourself? She even asked for - and to the delight of her and her new husband - received a LEGO set as a wedding gift! Jennifer not only grew up in a house filled with LEGO bricks, but raised three children who loved them as well. An award-winning author of multiple STEM books for kids, she is thrilled to be writing this book, which combines her love of LEGO bricks with the science of the world around her.

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Book SynopsisDiscover 100 of the planet’s most magical islands — their wildlife, trees, diversity, people, treasures, and more — in this beautifully illustrated book. From islands that have been taken over by animals to disappearing islands, islands made of shells, artificial islands, and even islands that were once prison colonies, Amazing Islands is a whirlwind tour of some of the smallest land masses in the world. Discover the Galapagos islands, home of giant tortoises, penguins, boobies of all colours. Or visit Jiangxin Park in China, a natural island with an awe-inspiring, giant bookshop. Islands can be home to giant cities, colonies of cats or crabs; they have been hideouts for pirates and have given rise to astonishing scientific discoveries. Amazing Islands celebrates island life in all its extraordinary diversity.Trade Review"[Amazing Islands] is fun for the child fascinated by facts as well as isolation. Islands can be prisons, mysteries, cities – such as Venice – and ecological niches. The clear text and bold images display a capacity for lateral thinking that bright kids of 6-10 will relish and return to.” * New Statesman *“Readers with a particular penchant for statistical information will enjoy the fold-out world map locating all the islands mentioned in the narrative and it also provides several ‘island top tens’ … Each spread is alluringly illustrated with realistic depictions of the relevant flora and fauna, and organised with sufficient variety to maintain the reader’s interest.” -- Jill Bennett * Red Reading Hub *“This intriguing, colourful, fact-filled book is the first in a new Our Amazing World series and is an entertaining celebration of island diversity, wildlife, history, treasures and cultures … The book contains lots of new science, history and geopolitics … The perfect book to put island life in focus.” * Lancashire Post *"As a reminder of the impermanence of everything we take as stable, Amazing Islands is aptly named. Beautifully illustrated, this isn’t a natural history so much as a look at islands of every kind – from the unique wildlife on Madagascar to the culture of island nations. Along the way, we explore the geological wonders and artificial islands." * Discover Wildlife *

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Book SynopsisAn addition to a popular science series explores how the cycle of life is enriched by the way worms live, eat, and work in the underground environment.

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Book Synopsis A KID’S GUIDE TO THE OCEAN 'Can you imagine a world without fish? It's not as crazy as it sounds. But if we keep doing things the way we've been doing things, fish could become extinct within fifty years. So let's change the way we do things!'World Without Fish is the uniquely illustrated narrative nonfiction account—for kids—of what is happening to the world’s oceans and what they can do about it. Written by Mark Kurlansky, author of Cod, Salt, The Big Oyster, and many other books, World Without Fish has been praised as “urgent” (Publishers Weekly) and “a wonderfully fast-paced and engaging primer on the key questions surrounding fish and the sea” (Paul Greenberg, author of Four Fish). It has also been included in the New York State Expeditionary Learning English Language Arts Curriculum. Written by a master storyteller, World Without Fish connects all the dots—biology, economics, evolution, politics, climate, history, culture, food, and nutrition—in a way that kids can really understand. It describes how the fish we most commonly eat, including tuna, salmon, cod, swordfish—even anchovies— could disappear within fifty years, and the domino effect it would have: the oceans teeming with jellyfish and turning pinkish orange from algal blooms, the seabirds disappearing, then reptiles, then mammals. It describes the back-and-forth dynamic of fishermen, who are the original environmentalists, and scientists, who not that long ago considered fish an endless resource. It explains why fish farming is not the answer—and why sustainable fishing is, and how to help return the oceans to their natural ecological balance. Interwoven with the book is a twelve-page graphic novel. Each beautifully illustrated chapter opener links to the next to form a larger fictional story that perfectly complements the text.Trade Review“In his histories of cod and oysters, Mark Kurlansky described how those species once thrived in the wild, and how they were depleted. [World Without Fish] casts an even wider net and, with the help of superb illustrations and an interwoven graphic novel by Frank Stockton, creates a compelling narrative for young people.” —The New York Times * The New York Times *“In his histories of cod and oysters, Mark Kurlansky described how those species once thrived in the wild, and how they were depleted. [World Without Fish] casts an even wider net and, with the help of superb illustrations and an interwoven graphic novel by Frank Stockton, creates a compelling narrative for young people.” —The New York Times—The New York Times

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Book SynopsisPlanet Earth is in troubleâ it''s time to Take Action! But what can you do, you''re just a kid, right? Wrong! The future of the planet is in the hands of young activists like you, and there is plenty you can do to help! From getting your hands dirty to unleashing your Pester Power, with our handy guide you too can change the world!

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Book SynopsisThe School Garden Curriculum provides an integrated K-8 framework and over 200 weekly lessons that weave science, permaculture, and environmental education into place-based, immersive learning. For teachers aiming to blend science and life skills while inspiring environmental stewardship. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Where Permaculture and Science Meet Kindergarten: An Introduction to Gardening Fall: Getting to Know the Garden Winter: Pollination and Seeds Spring: Insects and Garden Species First Grade — Grade One: Seeds Fall: The Edible Parts of Plants Winter: Traveling Seeds Spring: Sprouting Seeds ExperimentSecond Grade — Grade Two: Pollinators and Cycles Fall: Seasons and Garden Changes Winter: Beneficial Insects and Birds Spring: Observing PollinatorsThird Grade — Grade Three: Becoming Soil Scientists Fall: The Garden Ecosystem Winter: Soil Vitality Experiment Spring: Fostering Healthy SoilsFourth Grade — Grade Four: Vermicomposting Fall: Becoming a Worm Expert Winter: Mini Worm Bin Project Spring: Worms Help Grow a Healthier GardenFifth Grade — Grade Five: Composting Fall: Composting Basics Winter: Compost in a Jar Experiment Spring: Healthy Soils and Garden PlantsSixth Grade — Grade Six: Rain Gardens Fall: The Way Water Moves Winter: Rain Garden Design Spring: Building a Rain GardenLeadership and StewardshipSeventh Grade — Grade Seven: Renewable Resources Fall: Catching and Storing Energy Winter: Valuing Renewable and Natural Resources Spring: Using Small and Slow SolutionsEighth Grade — Grade Eight: Leadership and Stewardship Fall: Energy Cycles and Conservation Winter: Designing Systems Spring: Supporting BiodiversityEndnotesAppendix A: Next Generation Science StandardsAppendix B: Resources IndexAbout the AuthorAbout New Society Publishers

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Book SynopsisThis timely book provides effective methods and authentic examples of teaching about climate change through digital and multimodal media production in the English Language Arts classroom. The chapters in this edited volume demonstrate the benefits of addressing climate change in the classroom through innovative media production and cover a range of different types of media, including video/digital storytelling, social media, art, music, and writing, with rich resources for instruction in every chapter.Through the engaging ideas and strategies, the contributors equip educators with the critical tools for supporting studentsâ media production. In so doing, they offer new perspectives on how students can employ media and production techniques to critique the status quo, call for change, and acquire new literacy skills. As the effects of the climate crisis become increasingly visible to the youth population, this book helps foster and support youth agency and activism. YoutTable of ContentsYouth Climate Contributors List Introduction: The Need for this Book Section I. Justifying the Pedagogical Value of Media Production to Address the Climate Crisis 1. "We Are Nature Defending Itself": Universal Climate Literacy DIY with Youth Media Productions and Engagement 2. Centering Utopia: Fostering Youth Climate Change Education by Exploring and Envisioning Hopeful Future 3. General Ecology and Speculative Pedagogies: Youth Digital Media Practices for Climate Justice 4. Integrating Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches with Climate Justice Digital Media Projects Section II. Engaging Students in Imaginative and Critical Thinking Through Media Production 5. "Our Story Will be the Future": A Learner-centered Approach to Support Digital Multimodal Composing about the Climate Crisis 6. "Listen, There, To the Way the Real World Thinks in Me"—Cultivating an Empathic Imagination to Support Students’ Visual Stories that Address the Climate Crisis 7. Addressing Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Futures Through Creative Music Engagement 8. Fostering Proactive Ecological Identity of Youth Through Social Media Section III: Providing Students With Media Production Methods To Achieve Audience Uptake To Exact Change 9. Climate Writing Across Media: Scribing New Stories to Live By 10. The Long Haul: Three Decades of Teaching Student Documentary Action Research for Environmental and Climate Justice 11. Resilient by Youth Engagement: The Alameda Creek Atlas 12. Building Youth Voices: Media Created by Youth, For Youth

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Book SynopsisWhen we throw something in the rubbish, it goes straight into landfill. But for some things, there could be new life awaiting them. When we recycle objects, they go on a recycling journey as they get turned into new things. Help to save the planet, recycle what you can and find out about recycling journeys!

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Book SynopsisEverything has a life cycle even the objects we use every day! Plastic bottles, drinks cans, glass jars and pieces of paper can all be recycled again and again. Follow the journeys of these objects and how they find new lives.

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Book SynopsisPlanet Earth is in troubleâ it''s time to Take Action! But what can you do, you''re just a kid, right? Wrong! The future of the planet is in the hands of young activists like you, and there is plenty you can do to help! From getting your hands dirty to unleashing your Pester Power, with our handy guide you too can change the world!

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Book SynopsisCambridge IGCSE Environmental Management Student Book provides in-depth coverage of every aspect of the latest Cambridge IGCSE Environmental Management 0680 and O Level 5014 syllabuses for examination from 2019 onwards.Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationFirst teaching: 2017 First examination: 2019 Full coverage of the Cambridge IGCSE Environmental Management syllabus 0680 (for first examination in 2019) Written by experienced authors who are specialists in their field Clear focus on the integrated approach to the subject as outlined in the new syllabus Packed with questions throughout to check understanding and confirm knowledge Brings engagement and excitement to environmental management through real-life practical applications and links to other subjects Encourages students to think for themselves and experiment with a major focus on problem solving and investigations Case studies' help students to engage with the subject and deepen their understanding Further c

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Book SynopsisPoppy is frightened of bumblebees, that is until she meets Bernard! He teaches her just how important bees are as they form a beautifully heartwarming friendship along the way.

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Book SynopsisWhy do we need to recycle and what happens to our rubbish after it is taken away? This book reveals the impact we have on our planet and environment and how recycling creates new products such as clothes and stationary. With photographs, colourful illustrations and simple text, this is a straightforward introduction to an important subject.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Given the usefulness of this book in the classroom, public and school libraries will want to have at least one copy of the new edition." -- Booklist

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and exciting new text covers all of the syllabus requirements of the NSW Board of Studies HSC course in Earth and Environmental Science. Featuring global, Australian and NSW contexts it provides extensive coverage of core and elective topics and contains up-to-date information.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Acknowledgements; Part I. Tectonic Impacts: 1. Tectonic plates; 2. Mountain building; 3. How continents evolve; 4. Natural disasters and tectonics; 5. Climate and tectonics; Part II. Environments through Time: 6. The ages of the Earth; 7. Fossils and evolution; 8. Important events of the Archaen and Early Proterozoic; 9. Important events of the Late Proterozoic and Phanerozoic; 10. Life moves into the terrestrial environment; 11. Decimation and regeneration of the Earth's life; Part III. Caring for the Country: 12. Weathering and erosion of Australia's land surfaces; 13. Salinity of soils and water; 14. Pesticides - effects and alternatives; 15. Maintaining and protecting surface water; 16. The impact of the industrial revolution on the atmosphere and hydrosphere; 17. Waste management and mine-site rehabilitation; Part IV. Introduced Species and the Australian Environment: 18. Survey of introduced species in Australia; 19. Environmental impacts of introduced species; 20. Introduced species case studies; 21. Rehabilitating ecosystems damaged by introduced species; 22. Modern quarantine methods; Part V. Organic Geology - A Non-Renewable Resource: 23. The properties of fossil fuels; 24. Environments and processes of fossil fuel formation; 25. Exploration methods for coal and oil; 26. The processing and uses of fossil fuels; 27. The effects of fossil fuels on the environment; 28. The search for alternative sources of energy; Part VI. Mining and the Australian Environment: 29. Why mineral deposits are not all ore deposits; 30. Mineral exploration; 31. From discovery to export, 6.4 Mining society and the law; 32. Mining and the environment; Part VII. Oceanography: 33. Collecting data about the oceans; 34. The world's oceans; 35. Mass motion of the oceans; 36. Life in the oceans; 37. Hydrothermal vents and their communities; 38. Deep-sea sediments; Resources; Index.

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Book SynopsisIn this important intervention, change-agent Marianne E. Krasny challenges the knowledge-attitudes-behavior pathway that underpins much of environmental education practice; i.e., the assumption that environmental knowledge and attitudes lead to environmental behaviors. Krasny shows that certain types of knowledge are more likely than others to influence behaviors, and that generally it is more effective to work with existing attitudes than to try to change them. The chapters expand the purview of potential outcomes of environmental education beyond knowledge and attitudes to include nature connectedness, sense of place, efficacy, identity, norms, social capital, youth assets, and individual wellbeing.Advancing Environmental Education Practice also shows how, by constructing theories of change for their environmental education programs, environmental educators can target specific intermediate outcomes likely to lead to environmental behaviors and collective action, and Table of ContentsIntroduction Getting Started 1. Theory of Change 2. Evaluation Environment and Behavior/Action Outcomes 3. Environment, Sustainability, and Climate Change 4. Environmental Behaviors 5. Collective Environmental Action Intermediate Outcomes 6. Knowledge and Thinking 7. Values, Beliefs, and Attitudes 8. Nature Connectedness 9. Sense of Place 10. Efficacy 11. Identity 12. Norms 13. Social Capital 14. Positive Youth Development 15. Health and Well-Being Conclusion: Resilience: Adaptation and Transformation

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This engaging title is informative as well as visually stunning. Jenkins captures the essence of his subjects with appropriately colored, cut-paper collage illustrations on stark white backgrounds. Each endangered animal is introduced in a single paragraph that typically contains a fact or two about its range, behavior, diet, and those conditions that threaten its welfare. A middle section, 'Gone Forever,' memorializes animals no longer on Earth with an indication of when they were last seen. In a hopeful third section, Jenkins discusses three animals that are 'coming back,' due to the efforts to protect their habitats." — School Library Journal (starred review) "Caldecott Honor Book illustrator Jenkins applies his considerable talents to the cause of conservation. Using his signature cut-and torn-paper collages, he shows 21 endangered species, accompanying each image with a few sentences about the animal’s habitatt, a particular characteristic, and, sometimes, the reason for its endangered status. As usual, Jenkins’ artwork is fascinating. The last spreads consider four extinct animals and three species brought back from the brink by breeding or protection programs. A map designating the range of each species concludes this nicely accomplished entry in a generally stellar series." — Booklist

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Book SynopsisA pig that does math tricks. A parrot that seems to know what she’s saying. A flying pig … um, pug. These animals know what it means to be in the spotlight. Meet Mudslinger the superstar pig, Einstein the parrot genius, and Otis the skydiving dog. Read the stories of these three amazing animal superstars in Parrot Genius!Perfect for kids aging out of early readers, National Geographic Kids Chapters are written in simple prose appropriate to kids just reading on their own.

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Book SynopsisTake a ride with Pitter on a water cycle! You''ll go through a watershed, down, around and up again. How about going with Patter? You''ll even go underground. Oh, the places you''ll go and the creatures you''ll see. A water drop is a wonderfully adventurous thing to be!

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Book SynopsisBarbara Shaw McKinney is a teacher as well as a poet. She was inspired to use the magic of children's literature to spark her students' curiosity about the wonders of water. She vowed to "turn a drop of rain into a drop of life, astounding children by its eternity." Her sprightly verse elicits a "water wow!" in A Drop Around the World, her first book. She is also the author of Pass the Energy Please!, a wonderful exploration of nature's food chain, written in rhyming verse. From Manchester, Connecticut, McKinney draws on her experience as a mother, musician, and curriculum developer to promote quality education through workshops for teachers.Michael Maydak is a professional artist who is passionate about natureespecially the riparian environments that he loves so much as a fly fisherman. He and his son, Wolf, often go fishing together. Mike is an art graduate of San Jose University and has been a professional artist since 1976, with his studio at his home in Cool, California. This is the fifth book he has illustrated for Dawn Publications.

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