Oceans and Seas! - With 25 Science Projects for Kids

Why is the ocean important for humans and for the Earth?
Did you know that the ocean covers 70 percent of the surface of the earth? And scientists have only explored a very small part of it!
In Oceans and Seas! With 25 Science Projects for Kids readers ages 7 though 10 dive into the underwater world of some of the most amazing landscapes on Earth. On this amazing underwater adventure, kids experience the ocean's tropical reefs and spot crabs, sea sponges, and thousands of kinds of fish darting in its crags and folds. Meet a giant squid with eyes the size of dinner plates and an umbrella-like bioluminescent jellyfish.
Through hands-on STEAM projects, fun facts, engaging illustrations, links to primary sources, timeline, glossary, and resources, readers are challenged to think about how ocean creatures and plants survive and depend on each other from the sunlit surface to the seafloor, where sunlight does not exist. Dive in to learn all about the Earth's oceans!
Oceans and Seas! is part of a set of four Explore Waterways books from Nomad Press. In Explore Waterways, readers ages 7 to 10 learn about the waterways of our world, including the what, where, how, and who about the origination, content, and aquatic life that water contains. Through science-minded STEAM projects and experiments that encourage readers to think of waterways as part of a larger ecosystem, kids develop critical and creative thinking skills about the role waterways play in our world. Other titles in the Explore Waterways set include Lakes and Ponds!, Marshes and Swamps!, and Rivers and Streams!
Try these hands-on STEM activities!

• Make an ocean in a bottle
• Design a submarine
• Build an Aquascope

List of contents

Timeline

Introduction: Let’s Explore Oceans and Seas

Submarine Science Journal

Salt Water Density

 

Chapter One: Why Are Oceans and Seas Important?

Go on a seaweed scavenger hunt.

Make an Aquascope

Let’s Breathe

 

Chapter Two: Extraordinary Exploration

Compass

Mariner’s Quadrant

Make a Mini Diving Bell

Find the North Star

 

Chapter Three: Ocean Animals

Ocean Zones in a Bottle

Send Secret Messages- how animals use light to communicate

A Layer of Blubber- how animals have adapted to their habitats

Jets of the ocean- how cephalopods move through the ocean

Underwater Volcanoes

Explore Tectonic Plates

 

Chapter Four: Ocean Plants

Coccolith Model- Cliffs of Dover Challenge

Mad Lib Activity

Plants Create Oxygen

Seaweed

Algae Investigation

 

Chapter Five: Oceans, Weather, and Climate

Water Cycle in a Jar

Ocean Circulation (investigating different densities of water)

Ocean Currents in Action (creating currents in a bag)

Deep Ocean Currents (how heat and energy are transported around the world_

Water Holds Heat (Investigating how water holds heat)

Hurricane in a Jar (Investigating how powerful storms form)

 

Chapter Six: Conservation Challenge

Create a Lava Lamp (simulating an oil spill)

Acidic Oceans Experiment (how acidic waters affect coral reefs)

Cleaning up an Oil Spill (the impact of an oil spill on water and wildlife)

Plan a Cleanup Event

 

Glossary

Resources

Index

About the author

Anita Yasuda is the author of many books for young readers. In 2013, she won the Honor Book award, Science for grades K-12, Society of School Librarians International for Explore Flight! With 25 Great Projects and in 2012, she won the gold Moonbeam award for her book Explore The Wild West! 25 Great Activities. She is a member of the Society of Children's Books Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI). Anita lives with her family in California.

Summary

Why is the ocean important for humans and for the Earth?

Did you know that the ocean covers 70 percent of the surface of the earth? And scientists have only explored a very small part of it!

In Oceans and Seas! With 25 Science Projects for Kids readers ages 7 though 10 dive into the underwater world of some of the most amazing landscapes on Earth. On this amazing underwater adventure, kids experience the ocean’s tropical reefs and spot crabs, sea sponges, and thousands of kinds of fish darting in its crags and folds. They’ll meet a giant squid with eyes the size of dinner plates and an umbrella-like bioluminescent jellyfish.

Through fun facts, engaging illustrations, links to primary sources, timeline, glossary, and resources, readers will be challenged to think about how ocean creatures and plants survive and depend on each other from the sunlit surface to the seafloor, where sunlight does not exist. Student-led STEAM activities, such as building a submarine and creating an ocean in a bottle, use the framework of the scientific method to reinforce learning and enhance critical and creative thinking skills as kids learn about efforts to conserve these incredible creatures and their habitats.

Oceans and Seas! is part of a set of four Explore Waterways books from Nomad Press. In Explore Waterways, readers ages 7 to 10 learn about the waterways of our world, including the what, where, how, and who about the origination, content, and aquatic life that water contains. Through science-minded STEAM projects and experiments that encourage readers to think of waterways as part of a larger ecosystem, kids develop critical and creative thinking skills about the role waterways play in our world. Other titles in the Explore Waterways set include Lakes and Ponds!, Marshes and Swamps!, and Rivers and Streams!

Product details

• Authors: Anita Yasuda, Yasuda Anita
• Assisted by: Tom Casteel (Illustration), Casteel tom (Illustration)
• Publisher: Nomad Press (VT)
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781619306981
• ISBN: 978-1-61930-698-1
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 254 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Series: Explore Your World; Explore Your World
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology