EXPLORE RIVERS AND PONDS! WITH 25 GREAT PROJECTS

From puddles, lakes, and streams to rivers, bogs, and swamps, this installment of the Explore Your World series combines hands-on activities with ecology and science, allowing kids to have fun while learning about the freshwater biomes and the latest in conservation and protection. Entertaining illustrations and fascinating sidebars illuminate the topic and bring it to life, while Words to Know highlighted and defined within the text reinforce new vocabulary. Projects include assembling an ecologist's field kit, creating a fishless aquarium, pouring casts of animal tracks, and building a watershed replica. Additional materials include a glossary and a list of current reference works, websites, museums, and science centers.

Carla Mooney is a writer whose work has appeared in Golfer Girl, Highlights, and Learning Through History. She is the author of several books in the Build It Yourself series, including Amazing Africa Projects You Can Build Yourself and George Washington: 25 Great Projects You Can Build Yourself. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Bryan Stone is a cartoonist who graduated from the Center for Cartoon Studies and is the illustrator of Explore the Solar System! He lives in White River Junction, Vermont.