How to Make a Planet: A Step-By-Step Guide to Building the Earth

by Scott Forbes

Book Overview

Young readers can follow along as two children perform an experiment in which they create a new planet, replicating in ten steps the exact processes that formed Earth. Within that context, author Scott Forbes manages to clearly explain basic concepts that span the science curriculum, including: chemistry (atoms, protons, neutrons, elements), physics (gravity), astronomy (star formation, supernovas, galaxies, the Milky Way, black holes), earth science...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894786882
• ISBN13: 9781894786881
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.9" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7