Eco-Fun Package
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ECO FUN
With this collection of 48 fun-filled, science-based environmental activities, kids from eight to eleven explore the world they live in and find ways to make it better. Projects cover a range of difficulty and include a mix of scientific experiments to do at home, at school, or in the community. Lively, easy-to-follow illustrations clearly tell kids what to do and show how each activity works.
THERE'S A BARNYARD
Jamie and Megan discover that natural magic is all around them. Sheets and pillows, books and pens, fruits and furniture: all come from nature. They also discover that the air is not just empty space but is full of smells, sounds, water, and life-giving gases. And they discover that their backyard contains clues to the past and future: a nail from pioneer times, seeds that will grow into food, and a robin's nest that will soon hold baby birds.
Beautiful full-colour illustrations bring each adventure to life: a forest grows in the living room, astronauts float in space, and bears and a stream from the past appear in the back garden. Related activities for children aged five to eight are provided for each chapter, and a glossary is included at the end of the book.
SALMON FOREST
A charming illustration of the web of life for elementary science curriculum. One fall day, Kate goes with her father, a fish biologist, to the river where he works–a river in the Pacific rainforest–the "salmon forest," as he calls it. From her adventures, Kate discovers how the forest and the salmon need each other and why the forest is called the salmon forest. David Suzuki and Sarah Ellis's charming and informative text and Sheena Lott's watercolours magically evoke the spirit and mystery of the West Coast rainforest.
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