Weather Projects for Young Scientists

Science News,  Jan 13, 2007  

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WEATHER PROJECTS FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS

MARY KAY CARSON

Weather predictions affect us all the time, from our decision about whether to carry an umbrella to our knowledge that a snowstorm will close schools tomorrow. This engaging book for young people the science behind explains common weather phenomena and provides instructions for conducting relevant science projects. As a meteorology primer, the book explains how atmospheric changes result in weather, how hurricanes form, and how the seasons result from the positioning of the sun and Earth. Chapters are devoted to wind, weather watching, forecasting and clouds and the water cycle. Each chapter contains fast facts about its topic. Carson, a Iongtime children's book author, also explains important environmental issues related to weather, such as climate change, ozone depletion, and acid rain. Throughout each chapter are step-by-step instructions for projects such as constructing a barometer and a sundial, creating a rainbow, and whipping up a tornado in a bottle. Each experiment includes a "sci ence fair spin," which is a set of suggestions for expanding a given project into a presentation. The book ends with a weather glossary and a list of weather-related web sites. For age 9 and up. Chicago Review Press, 2007, 134 p., b&w illus. paperback, $14.95.

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