What is a meander? Why did ancient civilizations spring up along the banks of great rivers? How do dams change river landscapes? Landscapes and People explores the landforms that make up the world around us. This title explores rivers and explains how the landscape is formed and changed, as well as how people and settlements change and are changed by the landscape. Finally, each title looks at …
This series allows readers to see how earth's landforms have developed over millions of years. This exciting new geography series introduces some of the earths major landforms, including all key characteristics of their physical geography and how they have come to look the way they do. An examination through case studies, maps, and aerial photographs, illustrates the affects humans have had on …
What are rock strata? How do people grow food in mountain areas? How does mining change mountain landscapes? Landscapes and People explores the landforms that make up the world around us. This title explores mountains and explains how the landscape is formed and changed, as well as how people and settlements change and are changed by the landscape. Finally, each title looks at how change in the…
What are coral islands? How do people live on the island of St. Lucia? Why might some islands disappear under the sea? Landscapes and People explores the landforms that make up the world around us. This title explores islands and explains how the landscape is formed and changed, as well as how people and settlements change and are changed by the landscape. Finally, each title looks at how chang…
A cross curricular approach to helping children to discover science of the world and rainforests through easy to accomplish activities and reinforcing non-fiction information.
This new geography series introduces and explores earth's landforms. Coverage includes all key aspects of physical geography--Why does this landform exist? How was it formed? How was it altered? How has erosion come into play? Affects of humans on the landform are delivered largely through case studies and are used to open up the possibility of comparing & contrasting.