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100 Facts Planet Earth

Author: Peter Riley   Series: 100 Facts

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100 Facts Planet Earth book for kids is bursting with awesome images, great activities and exactly 100 mind-blowing facts. Children will learn everything they need to know about our wonderful planet. 100 Facts Planet Earth book for kids covers key topics about our world in easily-digestible, numbered facts. Every page features detailed illustrations and colourful photographs that bring the text to life for kids. Essential topics covered in 100 Facts Planet Earth:

  • Where Earth came from and where it is in space
  • The layers of Earth, precious materials and preserving the planet
  • Natural events, spectacular scenery and what we can learn about the evolution of Earth Examples of 'I don't believe it' fascinating facts:
  • Some fossils of bacteria are 3.5 billion years old.
  • The longest stalactite is 59 metres long. The tallest stalagmite is 32 metres tall.
  • By the middle of the 21th century, 30-50 percent of all living species may be extinct. Activities to make learning accessible and interactive include:
  • Make salt crystals using table salt, a magnifying glass and a dark-coloured bowl!
  • Recreate a geyser eruption using a bucket, plastic funnel and plastic tubing
  • Quiz question: What shape is a barchan sand dune? Author: Peter Riley Consultant: Clive Carpenter Pages: 48 Age: 7+ Dimensions: 9 X 12 Format: Paperback with holographic foil ISBN: 9781782091950
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About the Author

Peter Riley is a leading poet in Britain. His collections of poetry and other writings include Love-Strife Machine (1969), The Linear Journal (1973), Lines on the Liver (1981), Track and Mineshafts (1983), SNOW HAS SETTLED... BURY ME HERE (1997), Passing Measures: Selected Poems (2001), ALSTONEFIELD: A POEM (2004), ARIA WITH SMALL LIGHTS (2003), and Excavations (2004).

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Publisher
Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd
Published
1st January 2014
Pages
48
ISBN
9781782091950

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