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Explore Soil!

With 25 Great Projects

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Soil! We walk on it, play in it, build with it, grow our food in it, and get antibiotics from it. But what exactly is soil? What makes it so important? Can we survive without it? In Explore Soil! With 25 Great Projects, young readers learn how vital soil is to our lives. It filters the water we drink and the air we breathe, and most of the food we eat either grows in soil or subsists on plants that grow there. Soil is a very important part of our daily diet!
Activities such as exploring soil runoff, composting, and analyzing soil composition offer kids the chance to get their hands dirty while coming face to face with the study of soil. Kids learn concepts within the fields of life science and chemistry while discovering the dangers soil faces. Explore Soil offers fun, practical information about something kids already love: soil!

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      November 1, 2015
      Grades 2-5 This entry in the Explore Your World series offers an animated, extensive introduction to soil, from detailing types to explaining how soil functions and impacts the environment to addressing conservation issues. The scientific concepts are generally well explained in accessible, often peppy text, while key terms are defined both with context clues and in sidebars. Essential Questions throughout the book invite further thinking and encourage readers to revisit previous information. Projects, some of which require adult supervision, include simple experiments, such as checking soil's moisture content; food-related activities; and crafts, such as making coiled-clay pots. Occasional content-related jokes add a lighthearted touch. The page layouts, though colorful, can seem cluttered, and the abundant, simply rendered cartoon illustrations often seem more for humor or visual interest than explanation. Interspersed QR codes for primary sources won't be accessible to all kids, though URLs are included on a resources page. Overall, however, this is a broad-ranging, inviting approach to the topic, which both students and educators may find useful. Glossary, further resources, and index appended.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)

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  • OverDrive Read
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  • English

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  • Lexile® Measure:850
  • Text Difficulty:4-5

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