Author: Sandra Downs
Grade Level: 4th - 6th
Pages: 64
Climb aboard as we journey below the Earth. This exciting book takes readers on a journey that will help explain what happens on Earth: volcanoes, hot springs, and mud pots. This very informative book explains the process of how volcanoes are formed, the different types of volcanoes, and various events that occur during a volcanoes lifetime. The book also discusses less popular volcanic events such as geysers and hot springs. I promise, once children find out about the magma heating under the Earth's surface they will find hot springs and geysers a little more interesting, The book is fairly text heavy, but the photographs that are provided will leave student's asking for more.
Volcanoes are definitely exciting, but it is also important for students to see the value of some of the Earth's other natural phenomena, which this book does in a very fun and informative way. If it were up to me a field trip to Yellowstone National Park would be in order, but if that is not possible the next best way to teach these topics would be this book. I would be sure to have many more photos and videos to supplement the text.Check out a live cam of Old Faithful Geyer located in Yellowstone National Park here: http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/live/live4.htm
The geyser erupts approximately once every hour.
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