Customer Reviews

Earthsearch

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I originally bought the book for an 11 year old young man as Christmas persent. My son (26) looked it over and asked if I really was going to give it to the 11 year old? Other members of my family have now seen this and asked that I order more for various family members. Its very interactive and contains many interesting and intriguing bits of information. The cover alone is a wonder. I wound up giving the book to my grandson for Christmas and he's 7 years old. Now his dad is enjoying it, as well. I can picture and imagine everyone enjoying this Museum in a book.

Buy this book.

Simply stated, one of the best hands-on books I've come across. Stretched over the span of a summer this book managed to keep an entire neighborhood of kids (ages 5-12) busy and interested in the world around them.

An excellent addition to any library, home or school, this book tends to be more accessible to kids than its companion Explorabook. The experiments are easy for anyone of any age to execute.

I honestly intended to buy this book for my 7 year old granddaughter, but I've had it a week, and find new facts of amazement each time. I took your advise a & did not read it cover to cover, but just roamed around till something caought my eye. Now I have to buy it for ALL the grandkids.

EarthSearch is amazing! It is a book that tells the truth in ways that can really helps kids (and all readers) understand issues like wealth and poverty and their effect on nutrition around the world. The examples used are really eye-opening, such as having a large, medium and small pile of M&M's, dividing up the class based on where a spinner lands (note lack of choice in the matter of where the spinner lands), then giving the largest pile of candy to the smallest group, which represent the wealthiest people, the medium to the the middle group, and the smallest to the largest group of people, who are representing the poorest poeple on the planet. These are the types of lessons kids need to learn so that they can work towards improving the basic rights that need to be seen the world over. If any teachers are considering this book, get it! It is important. I am 22 years old and if my girlfriend was not a teacher, I would have bought the copy we found today rather than letting her buy it. I think if this book does not arrive to me as a gift this holiday season, I will be making the purchase soon.

(Other examples in the book, among others: recycling, trash management, different types of money around the world, and more!)

Earthsearch is the kind of book that educators and parents are always looking for. It's fun for both adults and children. Information packed, plenty of hands-on learning, encourages interaction, and presents very interesting views on how we see our earth. Very easy, enjoyable reading, I finally understood concepts I had never been able to understand when I was younger. Highly recommend.

I sat up reading & playing with this book for over an hour the day it arrived! I learned about light & mirrors & really enjoyed that everything I needed to do their activities is attached to the book or on a page! What a great idea & how well executed! Great for casual learners or for homeschoolers!

I'm always looking for fun learning tools for my son. He doesn't much care for school and he only does what's required. He loves this book and doesn't even realize he is learning new things. To him, it's just fun. And the hands on stuff makes it really fun!

I'm not going to mince words, but this is an amazing book. I showed it to my friends and they loved it! One friend loved the population clock, and another friend liked the maze on p27. You don't have to rate mine helpful, but if you want to keep us kids busy, get us this book!

What this book does better than anything else I've ever read is present the world in very visual and dramatic ways. For example, there is one game in the book called "Where are you born" which consists of flipping a spinner that tells you how wealthy the country you're "born" into is. Since the numbers are determined by population and not geography, your change of getting a wealthy, first world country is quite small. It makes you feel awfully lucky for not having to live on less than 2 dollars a day...

And this is just an example of the kinds of things this book talks about. It has similarly interesting and meaningful exercises to demonstrate all kinds things, from earth's geological composition to human physiology. Some of the concepts are definitely above the heads of kids under ten, though the book's child-friendly approach ensures that they'll enjoy it anyway. If you buy it for your kids as a parent though, I highly recommend you take a gander.

This is a Klutz book, which wasn't clear to me. It really is like visiting museum, there are things to look at, lots of different displays (text boxes) lots of pictures, and tons of information. My 9 year old who does not love to read, thumbs through it often, coming up with another quirky fact. He loved the coins from various nations and the rice servings and the hands on feel to it. This is not a book, it's an experience.

My son looking at this goes, I loved that book! It gave hours of fun.