Soil

by Richard Spilsbury, Louise Spilsbury

Overview

Soil looks at how different types of soil form, change, erode, and are used around the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781432946937
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2011
Series:	Let's Rock
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 4.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	1030L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 10 Years

About the Author

Richard Spilsbury is an experienced author of nonfiction books for young people. He has written about a wide range of topics including science, nature, and history.

Louise Spilsbury is an experienced author of nonfiction books for young people. Her writing covers a wide range of topics from animals and science to history and social studies.

Table of Contents

What is soil? — How do rocks form soil? — What else is in soil? — How do we identify different soils? — What do we use soil for? — How can we protect soil? — Make a dirt shirt!

Editorial Reviews

Each of these easy-to-read and informative books, written by well-known nonfiction authors Louise and Richard Spilsbury and Chris Oxlade, explains what each type of rock is, where it is found, how the rock is formed, what we use the rocks for, and how we can protect them. The format makes this a great set for classrooms studying rock formations. Each book also includes "Rock Roles," which explains the work that is involved in the study of rocks, "Science Tips," "Number Crunching," where amazing numbers and percentages about rocks are revealed, and "Biography," which explores people who have made important discoveries. These different sections are more like side notes in the margin that are highlighted with colorful borders. Tricia Grady, Franklin (Indiana) Community Middle School Library Media Connection November/December 2011

Library Media Connection

Gr 4–6—Enhanced by plenty of photos, digital paintings, and diagrams, these examinations of rocks and related substances treat their topics in unusual detail. Each describes distinguishing characteristics, creation, history (the "rock cycle"), and human uses in central narratives with additional notes, suggestions for activities during walks outside, and occasional thumbnail biographies of scientists in side boxes. Each volume ends with a simple activity ("Make Your Own Sediment!") plus a handful of multimedia resources and places to visit. Pleasant surprises include a picture of the diamond-studded skull created by Damien Hirst in Crystals, discussions of erosion and other environmental issues in Soil, and, in Fossils, mention of "living fossils," "trace fossils" (such as those created by footprints), fossil fakes, and fossil fuels.

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