Water & Weather: From the Flood to Forecasts (Investigate the Possibilities: Elementary General Science) - Softcover

Tom Derosa; Carolyn Reeves

9780890516102: Water & Weather: From the Flood to Forecasts (Investigate the Possibilities: Elementary General Science)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0890516103 ISBN 13: 9780890516102

Publisher: Master Books, 2013

Science unfolds as activities bring alive the natural curiosity of children. This new title covers not only the weather and varying climates around the world, but explores the results of weather events in the past. The great Flood was a cataclysmic event that left behind fossils, and these impressions reveal much about what happened during and after this historical event. Form a connection between this biblical history and the world experienced outside your door as natural processes like rain and wind are shown to be forces at work in the environment! This title is for 3rd through 6th grades!

Learn about zones in the ocean, from warm, clear water to the deepest, coldest places
Find out the facts about the water cycle, earth's purification system, weather instruments, and more!
Discover the important connection between water and fossils — how this helped to form, alter, and reveal them

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About the Author:

Tom DeRosa is an experienced science teacher and a committed creationist. He has incorporated both his passions in the founding and the directing of the Creation Studies Institute, a growing national creation organization whose chief focus is education. His wealth of experience in the public school, Christian school, and homeschool markets for over 35 years has given special insights into what really works in engaging young minds. He is an author and sought-out, enthusiastic creation speaker who has a genuine love for the education of our next generation.

Carolyn Reeves is especially skilled at creating ways to help students develop a greater understanding of not just scientific concepts, but also how these are applied within the world around us. Carolyn retired after a 30-year career as a science teacher, finished a doctoral degree in science education, and began a new venture as a writer and an educational consultant. She and her husband make their home in Oxford, Mississippi, where they are active members of North Oxford Baptist Church. The Reeves have three children, three in-law children, and ten grandchildren.

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