Explore Fossils!: With 25 Great Projects

Description

In Explore Fossils! With 25 Great Projects, readers can expand their dinosaur obsessions into learning opportunities that take them beyond Triceratops, Stegosaurus, and even Tyrannosaurus rex to other animals, plants, and microbes that lived long before humans. Explore Fossils! introduces young readers to the history of life on Earth as revealed b

Cynthia Light Brown is the author of several books for Nomad Press, including Amazing Kitchen Chemistry Projects You Can Build Yourself and Explore Rocks and Minerals!. She has 25 years of experience as an environmental consultant specializing in pollution prevention, toxicology, and using Geographic Information Systems for mapping natural resources and protecting the environment. Cynthia lives in Pittsburgh, PA. Grace Brown is a freshman at Mt. Lebanon High School with a particular interest in math and science. This is her first book. Grace lives in Pittsburgh, PA. Bryan Stone is a cartoonist and the illustrator of several books for Nomad Press including Explore Night Science!, Explore Flight!, Explore Rivers and Ponds!, Explore Rocks and Minerals!, Explore Electricity!, and Explore Money!. He lives in West Fairlee, VT.

Praise for Explore Fossils! With 25 Great Projects School Library Connection, May 2016 "In this easy to read and well organized book, readers are introduced to fossils... Scattered throughout the text are 25 projects for the reader to create, including a supply list and step-by-step instructions... Recommended" Booklist Online Exclusive 2/12/16 "... Browsers, of course, will have a fine time, but this book is even better suited for STEM programs, including those at camps and in museums." Other books by Cynthia Light Brown Amazing Kitchen Chemistry Projects Roald Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry "Chemistry experiments in the kitchen! From mysterious oobleck to soda rockets, this book is the greatest fun. I can't wait to try some of these experiments. The grandchildren? They will have to wait." Explore Rocks and Minerals! 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments Booklist "This offering from the Explore Your World series introduces budding geologists to basic information about rocks and minerals... Appended with the usual back matter, this is makes a good choice for classroom science units." Mapping and Navigation Marla Conn, Educational Consultant "... a perfect STEM title and a wonderful resource for students in grades 4--7. It encourages students to draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research."