Kids' Book of Weather Forecasting: Build a Weather Station, "Read" the Sky and Make Predictions! by Mark Breen; Kathleen Friestad
	List Price:   $12.95 Unit Price:   $10.36 You Save:   $2.59 (20%) ISBN-10:   1885593392 ISBN-13:   9781885593399 Publisher:   Ideals Publications Series:   Kids Can Bks. Edition:   illustrated Category:   Science Books Pub. Date:   May 2000 Pages:   144 Format:   Trade Paper 2 Ages:   7 to 14 Grades:   2 to 8
Awards
2007  Beehive Children's Fictional Book Award  Nominee/Honoree
Description/Notes
A hands-on introduction to the science of meteorology, explaining how to make equipment to measure rainfall, wind direction, and humidity, record measurements and observations in a weather log, make weather predictions, and perform other related activities. This book explains the complex subject of weather forecasting & includes such activities as making a barometer, a rain gauge, & a tornado. Kids discover what makes the weather tick and learn how to predict what's ahead. Activities include making equipment to measure rainfall, wind direction and speed, humidity, and barometric pressure; recording measurements and observations in a Weather Log; and simulating weather events to demonstrate the science behind them. Imagine how proud any child would be advising parents to bring an umbrella because it's going to rain. Kids will be doing that and much more: Kids build their won weather equipment. Forget expensive store-bought kits. Th learning happens when you make everything from scratch: from a psychrometer to a barometer, a hair hygrometer to a rooster wind vane. You can give a complete forecast. Kids record their observations in a Weather Log, use graphs and charts, and spot trends. Read the cloud and wind direction, and look to the sunset's glow to make more accurate predictions. Ask Mark, the meteorologist: What's the worst forecast you ever gave? How have computers changed forecasting? What do you like best about your job? Do you believe weather lore? Weather on the wild side: Hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards and floods -- how they happen and how our predictions are becoming more accurate. Kids experience what makes the weather tick in this hands-on introduction to the science of meteorology. The authors explain how to make equipment to measure rainfall, wind direction, and humidity, record measurements and observations in a weather log, make weather predictions, and perform other related activities.