Fault Lines & Tectonic Plates: Discover What Happens When the Earth's Crust Moves With 25 Projects

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The ground beneath your feet is solid, right? After all, how could we build houses and bridges if the land was moving all the time? Actually, the ground beneath us really is moving very slowly all the time! In Fault Lines and Tectonic Plates: Discover What Happens When the Earth's Crust Moves, readers ages 9 through 12 learn what exactly is going on under the dirt. When slowly drifting continents bump up against each other along fault lines we experience earthquakes, volcanoes, and tidal waves! Mountains and trenches are visible results of the slow movement of the earth's crust, as tectonic plates create the landscape of our world over time. With science-minded projects such as a homemade earthquake "shake table" and edible tectonic boundaries, this book makes the complex and fascinating topic of plate tectonics accessible for kids. Readers learn the geological reasons behind earthquakes and also practical ways of behaving in those types of natural disasters. Links to online primary sources and videos make concepts clear and encourage kids to maintain a healthy curiosity in the topic. Guided reading levels and Lexile measurements place this title with appropriate audiences.

Kathleen Reilly has written several books for Nomad Press, including Planet Earth: 25 Environmental Projects You Can Build Yourself; Explore Weather and Climate! With 25 Great Projects; Explore Soil! With 25 Great Projects, and Natural Disasters: Investigate Earth's Most Destructive Forces. Kate lives in Raleigh, NC. Chad Thompson is a graduate of Columbus College of Art and Design and has worked at Walt Disney Feature Animation studio in Florida animating movies. He illustrated Micronations: Invent Your Own Country and Culture for Nomad Press. Chad lives in Kissimmee, FL.

Praise for other books by Kathleen M. Reilly Explore Soil! With 25 Great Projects Booklist "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 ... a broad-ranging, inviting approach to the topic." John Witz, Senior Corporate Geologist, Environmental Products & Services of Vermont "This is a 'must read' for preteens interested in understanding the planet we call home. Explore Soil! Is an easy-to-understand look at a complicated science." Explore Solids and Liquids! With 25 Great Projects Library Media Connections "With a frog-like creature with Albert Einstein's face as the guide, each chapter provides background material leading the reader to a series of well-constructed hands-on activities." Recommended Booklist "Experimenters are asked to make predictions, try multiple variations, and record observations... This should provide inspiration and insights into scientific exploration for students, teachers, and budding mad scientists." Cities: Discover How They Work with 25 Projects 2014 Silver Moonbeam Award Booklist "Propounding the emerging interdisciplinary paradigm of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and design, and mathematics), this hands-on informational book discusses how cities' complex structures and systems function together ... Reilly helps foster an appreciation for the way that cities function almost as organisms with vibrant systems and interdependent structures." School Library Journal "According to the 2010 Census, 80% of Americans live in urban areas. But do they know what it takes to make a city run? From this well-organized and engaging text, readers will learn how cities developed and grew... this is a worthy title for any library collection." Planet Earth: 25 Environmental Projects You Can Build Yourself 2008 Bronze Moonbeam Award National Science Teachers Association "This delightful and informative guide to the natural world is sure to captivate the attention of young readers..." Booklist "Both comprehensive and approachable, this title in the Projects You Can Build Yourself series combines explanations of science concepts and environmental issues with hands-on projects..." Curriculum Connections: School Library Journal "... presents background material and easy-to-replicate activities that focus on the basic elements of the natural world and environmental issues."