Description
A team of scientists explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where millions of pieces of plastic have gathered, having drifted there from rivers, beaches, and ocean traffic all over the world.
ISBN
1467712833 / 9781467712835
Status
Available
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Publication
Millbrook Pr Trade (2014), 48 pages
User reviews
LibraryThing member Mishker
"Offers a wake-up call for the way we leave our footprint even on remote places of the Earth."
Join a scientific expedition in the Pacific Ocean! Follow scientists on a three week journey to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch; a gyre in the in Pacific Ocean where a lot of human waste especially
The scientific method will guide kids through the process of asking questions, forming a hypothesis, experimenting and processing data to form conclusions.
Plastic, Ahoy! researchers ask questions about how all the plastic in the ocean is affecting marine ecology, habitat, food chains and marine life. We get to see exactly how their research is carried out, along with tools they use and experiments that they carried out. All of this is documented with great photography. A good addition for any science classroom or any child interested in science. This book offers a good way to explore a current environmental issue that they can follow along with and affect with their actions in real life.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
Join a scientific expedition in the Pacific Ocean! Follow scientists on a three week journey to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch; a gyre in the in Pacific Ocean where a lot of human waste especially
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plastics have gathered.The scientific method will guide kids through the process of asking questions, forming a hypothesis, experimenting and processing data to form conclusions.
Plastic, Ahoy! researchers ask questions about how all the plastic in the ocean is affecting marine ecology, habitat, food chains and marine life. We get to see exactly how their research is carried out, along with tools they use and experiments that they carried out. All of this is documented with great photography. A good addition for any science classroom or any child interested in science. This book offers a good way to explore a current environmental issue that they can follow along with and affect with their actions in real life.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
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LibraryThing member Sullywriter
A good book on the subject for readers not yet ready for Loree Griffin Burns' Tracking Trash.
LibraryThing member paula-childrenslib
A team of scientists explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where millions of pieces of plastic have gathered, having drifted there from rivers, beaches, and ocean traffic all over the world.
Awards
AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books (Finalist — 2015)
SB&F's Best Books (2014)
Green Earth Book Award (Winner — Children's Nonfiction — 2015)
William C. Towner Student Award for Informational Text (Nominee — 2016)
The Best Children's Books of the Year (Nine to Twelve — 2015)
Nerdy Book Award (2014)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
48 p.; 9.25 inches