Cover: Explore Earth's Five Oceans
 

Explore Earth's Five Oceans

From the Series Explore the Continents
  • Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 2

Oceans cover three-quarters of the planet. This fascinating book shows how the world's five oceans - Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic - are interconnected and why they are vitally important to the rest of Earth. Concise text, easy-to-read maps, and dazzling full-color photographs provide kids with an overview of these unique biomes. Topics include
• the four zones that make up the marine biome
• the plants and animals that inhabit the zones in each ocean
• the unique features of each ocean, such as coral reefs
• oceans in danger and how to conserve oceans
Teacher's guide available.

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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 2
Age Range 5 - 8
Dewey 551.46
Lexile NC830L
ATOS Reading Level 4.8
Guided Reading Level L
Subjects Geography, Social Studies
Genres Nonfiction
Publisher Crabtree Publishing
Imprint Crabtree Classics
Copyright 2011
Number of Pages 32
Dimensions 8.5 x 10.75
Graphics
BISACS JNF037070, JNF051180, JNF051080
Rights Included WORLD
Language English

Reviewed on 15 January 2010

Explore Earth‘s Five Oceans - Children's Literature

The five oceans are actually one big “world ocean.” This is one of the interesting facts that are explained in this brief but comprehensive nonfiction text. Photographs, maps, and illustrations aptly combine with short text to describe the basics of oceanography. Maps show the oceans and the continents, and explanations are given concerning the equator, the hemispheres, and the four main directions. Several pages contain illustrations of the animals that live in oceans in the sunlit, twilight and midnight zones. Words such as bioluminescence are defined in the text and also found in the glossary.

Author: Bobbie Kalman