Review by Booklist Review
Gr. 3^-5. Like other books in the Kids Can series, this combines information presented at middle-grade level with activities that help children absorb it. The familiar horizontal format gives plenty of space for the black-and-white-illustrations, including cartoon-like drawings, photographs, and diagrams. Meteorologist Mark Breen offers insights into the complex subject of weather forecasting, explaining the science that lies behind these useful predictions. Hands-on projects include making a barometer, a rain gauge, and a "tornado" from a spinning column of water in two-liter plastic bottles taped together. Informal, yet always informative, this book is a good place to look for weather-related activities for classroom or home-based science projects. --Carolyn Phelan
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Review by School Library Journal Review
Gr 4-6-In this lively book, readers are encouraged to use their powers of observation and some homemade equipment to become weather forecasters. Directions for making related tools from easy-to-find materials appear throughout the text, and include a barometer, a weather-observation log, a wind vane, a Beaufort Scale, and a hygrometer. The authors explain how to convert temperatures from Celsius to Fahrenheit and how to predict the temperature by counting cricket chirps. Sections called "Ask Mark," "weather lore," and "quick-take forecasts" reinforce the scientific principles under discussion and mention some of the myths of weather prediction such as Groundhog Day. A useful, accessible book illustrated with black-and-white diagrams and cartoons.-Kathryn Kosiorek, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Brooklyn, OH (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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