{"product_id":"rivers-and-streams-rebecca-siegel-9781619307025","title":"Rivers and Streams!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy are rivers and streams important to life on Earth?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDid you know that without rivers, human life might not have developed as it did? We might be a very difference species if it wasn't for rivers, as would the other plants and animals who depends on rivers and streams for food, transportation, water, and power!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eRivers and Streams! With \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e25 Science Projects for Kids\u003c\/em\u003e, readers ages 7 to 10 dive in and discover how rivers change the shape of the land while plants, animals, and humans change the shape of rivers. Through fun facts, engaging content, and essential questions, kids learn about the vital role that rivers and streams have played in human history and explore the ways rivers and streams might affect our future. Science experiments that promote critical thinking and creative problem solving encourage kids to make their own discoveries about the waterways they might pass every day.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTalking about earth science means talking about climate change. How are rivers affected by our changing climate, and what can we do to help rivers and streams stay healthy in their changing environment? \u003cem\u003eRivers and Streams!\u003c\/em\u003e encourages kids to think creatively as they search for actionable solutions to the problems faced by today's waterways.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudent-led STEAM projects that promote the use of the scientific method, such as investigating a local watershed, looking for life in water samples, modeling how insects walk on water, and making a water wheel, let kids get their hands wet and their minds working as they make real-life connections to the text. Fun facts, engaging illustrations, links to primary sources, timeline, glossary, and resources make this a terrific introduction to one of earth's most important resources--rivers and streams!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRivers and Streams!\u003c\/em\u003e is part of a set of four Explore Waterways books from Nomad Press. In the \u003cstrong\u003eExplore Waterways\u003c\/strong\u003e set, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTitles in the \u003cstrong\u003eExplore Waterways\u003c\/strong\u003e set include \u003cem\u003eMarshes and Swamps! With 25 Science Projects for Kids\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eLakes and Ponds! With 25 Science Projects for Kids\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e Oceans and Seas! With 25 Science Projects for Kids\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eRivers and Streams! With 25 Science Projects for Kids. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eNomad Press books in the Explore Your World series for children ages 7-10 integrate content with participation. Common Core State Standards, the Next Generation Science Standards, and STEM Education all place project-based learning as key building blocks in education. Combining content with inquiry-based projects stimulates learning and makes it active and alive. Nomad's unique approach simultaneously grounds kids in factual knowledge while allowing them the space to be curious, creative, and critical thinkers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Siegel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1619307022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781619307025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nomad Press (VT)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 8.20w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2019 pg. 43","brand":"Rebecca Siegel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939265249535,"sku":"9781619307025","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0ca036d4-385e-4a71-b95b-be326ee6d911.jpg?v=1681440478","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rivers-and-streams-rebecca-siegel-9781619307025","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}