Exploring Weather (Exploring Science)

by EdCatherall (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1990

  $4.35

  The series from which this book is taken is directly aimed at the National Curriculum Science 5-16 levels 3 to 6. It covers a wide range of topics. Each book has a structured development of its scientific content, giving the reader a clear progression through the topic. Process skills are tested using the suggested record-keeping and self-assessments. Primary and lower secondary school teachers should find this book of interest. This book contains a detailed description of the development of weather, and discusses the importance of weather in our lives, how it is predicted and the range of weather systems on our planet. It also looks at the effects of deforestation and pollution on the world's weather. It progresses from the simple to the more complex concepts involved in the weather. Ed Caterall is a British science teacher and lecturer, and is the author of Wayland's Young Scientist , and Science is Fun series.