Save the Planet: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

by Cecilia Minden

Overview

Save the Planet: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle applies the NCTE/IRA Standards to science and social studies content. Each book sends the reader on a fact-finding mission, posing an initial challenge and concluding with questions and answers. Through engaging, interactive scenarios, learners can experiment with text prediction, purpose-driven research, and creative problem solving—all critical thinking skills—while learning about ways to care for our planet.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781602796713
Publisher:	Cherry Lake Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/2010
Series:	Explorer Library: Language Arts Explorer Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	8 - 10 Years

About the Author

Cecilia Minden is the former director of the Language and Literacy Program at Harvard Graduate School of Education. She earned her PhD in Reading Education at the University of Virginia. Dr. Minden has written extensively for early readers. She is passionate about matching children to the very book they need to improve their skills and progress to a deeper understanding of all the wonder books can hold.

Table of Contents

Your Mission What You Know Shopping in Tokyo, Japan Reducing in Colorado Reusing in British Columbia Artwork in Nigeria Recycling in Denmark Electronic Waste in China Landfill Park in Virginia Mission Accomplished! Consider This Glossary Learn More Further Missions Index