Earth Science Unit Study Books

In conjunction with our Earth Science Unit Study we referenced several books.

Experiment and Activity Books

• How the Earth Works (How It Works)
• How the Earth Works: 60 Fun Activities for Exploring Volcanoes, Fossils, Earthquakes, and More
• Janice VanCleave's A+ Projects in Earth Science: Winning Experiments for Science Fairs and Extra Credit

Living Science

• Rocks, rivers & the changing earth,: A first book about geology, (Young Scott books) - Explains how the Earth works in a story format from a scientific perspective.
• Flood: Wrestling With The Mississippi  - This book tells the story of the 1993 flooding which occurred all up and down the Mississippi River. The causes are explained beginning with the history of the levee system, with top-quality photographs in a way that is easy to understand. Here's an excerpt, "And so the French built a wall of earth, a levee, between themselves and the river. When finished, the levee was more than a mile long, 4 feet high, and 18 feet wide at the top. That levee was the first human attempt to wrestle with the Mississippi and to tame it. It was also the first of many levees to be built."
• Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (Scientists in the Field Series)  

Picture Books

• The River by Bernadette Watts (water cycle)
• How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World
• A Storm Called Katrina tells the story of how the people dealt with the hurricane.
• How Mountains Are Made (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
• The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A Book About The Water Cycle
• The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth (Magic School Bus) - Mrs. Frizzle and her class journey inside the Earth where they discover rocks and the Earth's layers.

Landforms

• Geography from A to Z: A Picture Glossary (Trophy Picture Books)

Biomes

• One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest
• One Day in the Desert (Trophy Chapter Book) 
• The Magic School Bus Takes A Dive: A Book About Coral Reefs
• In the Rain Forest: A Book about Rain Forest Ecology (Magic School Bus) 
•  North Pole South Pole
• The Magic School Bus: All Dried Up: A Book About Deserts

Tsunamis

• Tsunami! - This story is about how Ojisan, a village elder, saves the people from the Tsunami.
• Selvakumar Knew Better - tsunami
• The Big Wave - tsunami

Volcanos

• Jamari's Drum- Picture book that tells the story of an African Volcanic eruption and how the village restores order.
• The House on the Volcano - Set in Hawaii, two children disagree about legend and scientific explanation for volcanic eruptions. (Written in the 1960's, some parts would likely be altered today.) 
• Mount St. Helens Volcano: Violent Eruption (American Disasters) - Non-fiction book about how people survived and what they were doing during the Mount St. Helen's eruption. 
•  Volcanoes: Journey to the Crater's Edge
•  Hill Of Fire (I Can Read, Book 3)

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