Exploring Earth S Surface

Looks at the different landforms found on Earth, including volcanoes, plains, waterfalls, valleys, and coastlines.

Volunteering is a fun way to show good citizenship. Readers discover many ways to help others by becoming a volunteer and see how easy it is to make a real difference in their communities--activities including planting a tree and feeding the hungry are discussed. With the help of accessible text, readers learn how rewarding and enjoyable volunteering can be. Bright photographs capture the energetic spirit of young volunteers in a way that adds excitement to each page.

Early readers examine how volcanoes, earthquakes, and erosion change the surface of the Earth.

About geological formations on Earth.

Earth's Many Landforms is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.1.6 and Literacy.L.1.4. Large color photographs of glaciers, valleys, canyons, plateaus, volcanoes, mountains, plains, and islands along with descriptive text demonstrate the varied types of landforms throughout the world. This book should be paired with “Exploring Earth's Surface" (9781448888399) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.

Describes the formation of the earth, the composition of its surface and interior, and the effects of earthquakes and volcanoes.