12 Things to Know about Climate Change

by Vicki Hayes

Overview

Help make complex current events approachable with a timely series for middle grade students. Students get the facts on relevant topics that come straight from news headlines. Each book breaks the topic into 12 short chapters that provide a balanced understanding accessible to grades 4 and up. Loaded with stat boxes, sidebars, and “Think About It” features, these nonfiction books support critical thinking skills and will encourage awareness of world issues. Climate change is one of today's biggest headlines. From rising temperatures to fossil fuel, and from deforestation to extreme weather, there are a lot of facts to keep straight. Help middle-grade students get the essential information about this complex current events issue with 12 short chapters that provide a balanced understanding accessible to grades 4 and up. Easy-to-read, approachable text offers insights into the science of greenhouse gases, the effects of climate change on farming, and how countries are adapting and creating climate solutions for the future. Loaded with stat boxes, sidebars, and "Think About It" features, this nonfiction book supports critical thinking skills and encourages awareness of global issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645824060
Publisher:	The Creative Company
Publication date:	01/14/2025
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.95(h) x (d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

Editorial Reviews

If the Today’s Headlines series feels familiar, that’s because it’s a refreshed and updated version of 12-Story Library’s 2016 series, Turning Points in US History. Though it follows the same general structure of highlighting 12 main points about a given topic, the text has been edited to a lower reading level (fourth grade) and updated with new stats and facts. The crisp design features large, eye-catching photos and diagrams, sidebars, and critical-thinking prompts. The topics are timely, and readers will get a good sense of the subjects’ breadth if not their depth, making them good first-stops on a student’s learning or research journey. Climate Change presents many facets of this phenomenon, from contributing factors (deforestation, increases in greenhouse gases) to scientific evidence (rising temperatures and sea levels, more extreme weather) to steps people can take to slow its progression. Global Immigration considers push (war, natural disasters) and pull (job opportunities, better education) factors that lead to human migration, as well as challenges migrants face. Political Parties leads with history, filling in readers on the origins of political parties in the U.S., the general ideals major (and some third) parties encompass today, and the roles they play in elections. Water Access dives into difficulties people face in procuring clean, safe water, highlighting such causes as population increase and climate change.

If the Today’s Headlines series feels familiar, that’s because it’s a refreshed and updated version of 12-Story Library’s 2016 series, Turning Points in US History. Though it follows the same general structure of highlighting 12 main points about a given topic, the text has been edited to a lower reading level (fourth grade) and updated with new stats and facts. The crisp design features large, eye-catching photos and diagrams, sidebars, and critical-thinking prompts. The topics are timely, and readers will get a good sense of the subjects’ breadth if not their depth, making them good first-stops on a student’s learning or research journey. Climate Change presents many facets of this phenomenon, from contributing factors (deforestation, increases in greenhouse gases) to scientific evidence (rising temperatures and sea levels, more extreme weather) to steps people can take to slow its progression. Global Immigration considers push (war, natural disasters) and pull (job opportunities, better education) factors that lead to human migration, as well as challenges migrants face. Political Parties leads with history, filling in readers on the origins of political parties in the U.S., the general ideals major (and some third) parties encompass today, and the roles they play in elections. Water Access dives into difficulties people face in procuring clean, safe water, highlighting such causes as population increase and climate change. 

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