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Author
Publisher
Rosen Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Nearly every page of this visual guide supplies striking and large format photos of rocks with multi-sentence captions. This comprehensive series makes clear that rocks are constantly changing over time, because they are impacted by environmental factors, such as erosion, heat, melting, and pressure, as well as human activities.
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Igneous rocks form when molten rock cools and hardens. Readers will learn how differences in composition and cooling form different types of igneous rocks. Chapters include graphic organizers to help explain topics such as mountain formation, volcanoes, and how igneous rocks fit into the larger rock cycle.
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Metamorphosis" means "change," and metamorphic rocks are rocks that have been transformed by heat and pressure. Chapters focus on explaining the forces that can change rocks, how metamorphic rocks are classified, and graphic organizers help illustrate how metamorphic rocks are part of the rock cycle.
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Sedimentary rocks form from built-up layers of eroded rock and plant matter pressed together over time. At-level text and graphic organizers explore how the makeup of sediment, rock formation, and identifying different kinds of sedimentary rocks. Readers will also learn how fossils form in sedimentary rocks, and the role sedimentary rocks play in the rock cycle. The interactive eBook version features videos, graphic organizers, and photographs that...
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