How Mountains Are Made (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)

Great read for little kids and great resources foe science unit studies.

While there is a LOT of information here, I don't think it would hold the attention of children in the age group indicated: it is just too MUCH information. I think small children would get board after a while. Of course preteens might find it more interesting. Smaller ones would more than likely need to read book a little at a time.However, I'm still trying to figure out how we got so many mountains. If it takes millions of years, why are they here? The earth is only around 6,000 years old. Not nearly enough time to push plates around so many times. Oops.... Now I remember: God made them! Well, at least the ones that were here originally. Then, yes, He built ways into the system for new mountains to form. It takes time, but nowhere near millions of years. That's just science fiction.

I am uncertain my 4 1/2 year old granddaughter was getting all the nuances. Then they suggested that you put a towel on the table and scrunch it together with 2 flat hands, mimic-ing the plates coming together to create mountains. She got that part! Then we put a sticker on the towel to represent a sea shell, and she got that too! Great inspiration for talking about science.

This is great. You can combine it with going out to the countryside to see what kind of mountains you can identify, or we also got play-doh out and created them!

Perfect book for an introduction to plate tectonics! I used as an anchor text with my 2nd graders.

I so appreciate the way I can obtain books at Amazon for a good price. This book is fun to read.

I have used this book for many years in my Science classroom. I would not say it is garbage. I am a Geology grad student and even though the explanation of the asthenosphere is not completely accurate the mountain building sections are quite good for young children. There is obviously some debate over what the asthenosphere is composed of. According to Steven M. Stanley, the asthenosphere is a "low velocity" zone. Seismic waves have been shown to slow down going through it. So apparently there are geophysicists that believe it is partially molten. I give this book a B+ for effort in a difficult subject and await the expert geophysicist's version of a mountain building story!

I am certainly not an Earth Scientist, but I can say that this book proves to be an excellent starting point for young children to grasp the basic understanding that the Earth itself is a lot more complex than one can see on the surface.The beginning story-line of children setting out for a mountain hike captures a child's interest from the start. The illustrations are imaginative and capture the wonder of God's creation beautifully. The boook covers some basic concepts such as how the trees begin to thin out and get smaller as the climb gets steeper. They even mention how they can see the top of the mountain but that it seems to take "forever" to get there. This helps the educator explain the concept of perspective.The book mentions 4 main theories about mountain formation:1. Folded2. Dome3. Fault-Block4. VolcanicA child is introduced to fossils and erosion. They learn the term Lithosphere and see a simple diagram of such. Then there is a follow-up diagram of the Lithosphere, the Magma, and Rocky Mantle.While I appreciate the scientist's concern about the acuracy of the information, I find that this provides a good starting point for children to learn and understand some basic concepts about what might be going on inside of the Earth.NOTE: Depending on your view of the age of the earth, you may like to know that this book utilizes millions of years in its descriptions.

It's amazing how, as adults, we think we know how something works/is created and yet when we try to explain it to a child we come across as blithering idiots (well, I did anyway). This series of books is just amazing. I have a few of them but would seriously consider buying the whole set for my home educated child as they are incredibly child-friendly in their design, language and illustrations. They lay out the facts without dumbing it down and really do encourage the child to want to know more about the subject, which is great. Some kids can be turned off science as they feel it's boring or they are intimidated by it but these books take the mystery away and make it known that it is accessible to anyone and everyone. If they were just a little bit longer then I would definitely give them 5 stars. Thoroughly recommend them to everyone. This particular book has got 5 stars as it uses the idea of children who live in a valley and who choose to hike a mountain as the story to explain "How Mountains Are Made." There are lots of colour diagrams to help the child (and adult) to understand the subject better and it leaves you feeling like you want to go out and find more information and not just put it back on the book shelf.

Great little book, clear information. Vocabulary is appropriate for children aged 5-8. Provides information on how different types of mountain are made. Links age of mountains to fossils found on them which I found interesting. Nice little experiment using a tea towel described. Would have liked it even more, if it had mapped other examples of mountain types on other continents not just North America though.

The books of this series are very good. I am very happy with the content. One must have these books for home schooling and as extra reading for their kids.

Ideal for school learninf