3.77 STARS from 65 GoodReaders
The focus of FOSSILS TELL OF LONG AGO is how fossils are made and what classifies as a fossil.
Children
will learn how animals bodies and plants can be deposited in silt and
end up as fossils. Also how creatures can leave fossil footprints, as
well as be
captured in amber or snow.
Here
are some sample pages. The first excerpt shows sedimentation, but you should know that there
is more emphasis in the drawing on the process than there is in the text on how this works and
what it looks like.
The book also
discusses how the climate has changed over time for some places. How
areas that are cool and cold now, used to be tropical. And how sometimes
the land has risen so that so places that were at sea level in dinosaur
days are now at the top of mountains.
SUMMARY:
The artwork in FOSSILS TELL OF LONG AGO is child friendly and has some humor thrown in. I love that there's a good deal of diversity shown--different genders and colors, and even a child in a wheelchair.
Generally speaking, there is some good introductory information here, and I like the idea of 'creating your own fossil' by making a print of your hand; but honestly, too much of the end of the book is wasted, in my opinion, by non-educational content. Two children, for example, hide the fossils they made and then talk about what they are going to do in the future. Senseless but not harmful.
FOSSILS TELL OF LONG AGO would be a good book for a classroom or one to share with children at home. To get the absolute most from the book will take some supplementary emphasis from adults. But it's excellent for introducing ideas without getting too complicated.
Pam~
FOSSILS TELL OF LONG AGO
(Let's Read and Find Out Science 2)
by Aliki
Reading Information:
Word Count: 813
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 3.6 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 13815
Lexile: 480L
--sample pages available
--other reviews available
--available in Spanish!
Los fosiles nos hablan del pasado
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