Customer Reviews

Awesome Ocean Science!: Investigating the Secrets of the Underwater World (Williamson Kids Can Books)

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This book looks awesome. I bought it to use as part of an ocean studies year with my second grader. Full of great information as well as great experiments that you can easily do at home. All the supplies are things you have or are easily attainable. The experiments are not to complicated but fun enough to hold interest. Very fun! We also ordered the Sea puzzles companion book also by Cindy.

I checked this book out at the library, but I might buy it so we can spend more time doing EVERY activity. Most pages include a hands-on activity or experiment that demonstrates some aspect of how the ocean works.

The chapters are "The Magic of Our Water World" which is a general overview about the four/five oceans and the water cycle and salinity and density, "Mysterious Moves: Waves and Currents," "Changing Scenes: Shorelines and Tide Pools," "Secrets of the Deep: The Ocean Floor," "Sea Life: Will the True Fish Please Swim By?" and "Saving Our Seas: Stand Up and Be Counted."

We have tried the first few projects. They were all successful, except one (waves in a bottle). My kids are excited about what they are learning; they don't want me to close the book.

The activities are easy and fun. I love the pictures in this book too.

I think this book would be great for anyone. The activities are very creative and fun. This would be great for teachers!

I bought this book to add some hands-on learning to our Creation Science study of the Ocean. The book has been great, despite a few spots of evolution-based science and environmentalist undertones. We simply look over those points and use the applicable lessons. Most, if not all activities can be done with household items and don't take longer than 20 minutes to do, most take even less time.