Weather! [Paperback]

Rebecca Rupp (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

Do you know what would happen if the Earth's atmosphere suddenly disappeared? Deprived of oxygen and bombarded by ultraviolet radiation, our bodies would swell, our blood would boil, and our eardrums would explode. Is there a kid on the planet who wouldn't think that information was just too cool for words?

As a homeschooling mom (with a Ph.D. in microbiology), author Rebecca Rupp learned first-hand that kids respond best to scientific information when it is presented in a way that is fun, lively, and off-beat. To keep the attention of her three young sons, she combined impeccable science with strange-but-true examples and exciting experiments and projects designed to reinforce important concepts. A product of Rupp's many years as a student and a teacher, WEATHER is a breakthrough book for exciting kids about science.

Rupp's approach is as much fun for grownups as it is for kids. Who doesn't want to know whether the flapping of a butterfly's wings can eventually set off a tornado? Or why snow that fell white turned pink on the ground? Or that the Hindenberg exploded after lightning ignited the flammable paint on the zeppelin's outer cover?

Bursting with the kinds of ideas, facts, statistics, and explanations that kids find irresistible (and that are guaranteed to make them smarter than their parents!), WEATHER is the ultimate book for every budding meteorologist.

Sample Experiments and Projects from Weather: Start a Tornado in a Bottle, Make Your Own Compass, Set Off Lightning on a Plate, Make Your Own Hygrometer (to measure humidity in the atmosphere), Become a Real Rainmaker, Whip Up a Batch of Atmosphere in a Pan and more.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-8-A lively, upbeat presentation. Chock-full of solid information, this compendium includes lots of slightly offbeat, appealing observations, such as why snow can be different colors and the names of the winds in ancient Greece. The basic format of the book is two columns per page, but the layout is often altered by color photographs, fun facts, and children's journal pages that combine serious science and youthful eye views. Twenty-two projects are included; they range in difficulty from producing a rainbow with sunlight, a shallow pan, and a mirror to making a hygrometer with a foot-long piece of human hair and some cardboard. Numerous, attention-grabbing visuals illustrate experiments, the levels of the Earth's atmosphere, the shape of snowflakes at different temperatures, and much more. Students writing reports, and family members wanting to predict weather by methods more sophisticated than looking out the window, will find lots of fascinating information here.
Kathryn Kosiorek, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Brooklyn, OH
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“…nurtures students’ interest in meteorology…” – NSTA reports

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (November 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580174205
• ISBN-13: 978-1580174206
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #452,773 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Rebecca Rupp has written nonfiction articles for many national magazines on topics ranging from the history of blue jeans to the science of ice cream. She is also the author of THE DRAGON OF LONELY ISLAND, THE WATERSTONE, and several nonfiction books, both for children and adults. Of THE RETURN OF THE DRAGON, she says, 'I hope all of you enjoy the return of Fafnyr's cave - and hearing from Aunt Mehitabel again - as much as I have. Much as I love the three-headed dragon, I also love Aunt Mehitabel. I plan to be just like her when I turn eighty-five.' Rebecca Rupp lives in Vermont with her husband, three sons, three cats, and a tarantula named Immanuel Kant.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The weather is lovely. Cone on in!, November 9, 2006

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Brenda Scott (Minneapolis) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Weather! (Paperback)

What a wonderful book for anyone with even a passing interest in weather. A wealth of beautiful illustrations, both graphics and photographs, aided the well-written script. Rupp uses a clever device to appeal to kids of various ages and attitudes: the continuing weather diaries of two siblings, one a meticulous, precise older sister, the other a boy of infinite imagination and application. They give their versions of the same information with words and pictures, bringing elements across in a way that may have escaped the mere pedagogues among us. I read it with our 6 and 9 year old and was pleased to catch our 13 year old taking a peek when he thought he was alone. All boys. All interested.

4.0 out of 5 stars Weather book, January 29, 2012

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Christopher McMullen - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Weather! (Paperback)

This book is great for weather experiments for the kids. I used it for cub scouts and the boys loved it.