Description
Based on the idea that knowledge is power, The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea shows how the ocean works and why this immense ecosystem needs our protection. Experiments using everyday materials help explain scientific concepts, such as why the ocean is salty, how temperature affects water density and why fish don't get waterlogged.
A focus on pollution and other ecological hazards raises awareness. Young scientists will gain a hands-on understanding of how “booms” clean oil spills and how a garbage patch roughly twice the size of Texas came to exist in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Newsy sidebars bring readers up to date on efforts to combat environmental hazards --- such as the use of oysters to help squelch pollution in urban waterways. An ideal tool for classroom use or the perfect way to spend a rainy day, The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea is an essential part of any science library.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age:
- 8 to 12
- Grade:
- 3 to 7
- Reading age:
- 8 to 12
Awards
- Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award
- Short-listed, Information Book Award, Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada
- Short-listed, Red Cedar Award, BC Young Reader's Choice
- Winner, Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street Children's Book Committee
- Winner, Science in Society Book Award, Canadian Science Writers' Association
- Winner, Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre
- Winner, Lane Anderson Award, Fitzhenry Family Foundation
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The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea
Author Helaine Becker discusses the many ways the ocean is changing and how those transformations will affect life in the ocean and on land. She looks at the creatures that live in the oceans and what people are doing to protect these bodies of water. The games and experiments allow children to roll up their sleeves and get wet as they learn what they can do to help protect the Earth’s oceans.
Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Best Books for Kids & Teens. Spring, 2012.
