Endangered Energy: Investigating the Scarcity of Fossil Fuels

by Rani Iyer

Overview

Fossil Fuels are an important part of the Earth. Humans have come to rely on them as a source of energy. What exactly are fossil fuels? How does our dependence on them harm the environment? What are alternate sources of energy and how do we reverse the damage we’ve already done? Endangered Energy answers these questions by engaging readers with lively text, graphic features, and stunning photography. Readers will discover why fossil fuels matter to them and the part they play in protecting them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491420379
Publisher:	Capstone Press
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Series:	Endangered Earth
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.75(w) x 8.75(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	860L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 10 Years

About the Author

Rani Iyer loves to write about science, nature, and culture. She worked for her doctoral degree in remote rain forests all over Western Ghats, India. She has authored many scientific papers, online and print articles, and books for children.

Table of Contents

The world runs on energy — Meet the fossil fuels — The effects of fossil fuels — Saving energy, saving earth.

Interviews

Meets NGSS—Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems; Earth's Systems (Human Impact on Earth's Systems) Shows readers the causes and effects of human actions, including their own actions, have on the Earth Shows readers ways humans, including themselves, can stop and reverse harm done to the Earth Tackles important global environmental issues in a way readers can understand Uses examples relatable to readers Uses text features and graphic features to help explain content

Editorial Reviews

04/01/2015
Gr 4–6—Readers who aren't anxious about the environment will be after reading these alarmist screeds. Each volume surveys a natural resource that has been threatened by human use or overuse with consequences that range from species extinctions and public health hazards to globe-spanning climate change. Each ends with vague guidelines for more responsible behavior, such as turning off electric lights and using less plastic. Photos of dead fish, oil-soaked sea life, and fields of brightly colored industrial slime reinforce the message. Along with misleading generalizations, such as a claim in Endangered Energy that 300 million years ago Earth "was mostly covered by swamps," the authors make some terrifying but debatable assertions: for instance, over the past 150 years we have changed our planet's oceans "forever" and that even that today "all living beings are at risk" from misuse of fossil fuels. The copyediting isn't topflight either. VERDICT Despite the flaws, these issues are important, and even if these introductions are stronger on general concepts than specific facts, they should stimulate enough concern to fuel further inquiry.

School Library Journal

These volumes point to the role humans have played in endangering Earth’s resources. The information is presented in four chapters; each book’s final chapter focuses on what government and individuals can do now before it’s too late. . . .texts are accessible and supported by photos, diagrams, and related fact boxes.

Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book

The pictures, captions, and FACTS provide the reader with specific examples of environmental issues presented in each chapter. . . .I can imagine this series being used as a jumping off point for your students to begin thinking about the diversity and talking about the interconnectedness of the issues surrounding Earth’s endangered resources.

NSTA Recommends

STARRED REVIEW! The colorful text is engaging, and features highlighted and defined keywords, photo illustrations, marginal insets, and a variety of interesting charts and graphs. Educators will approve of the Common Core connections and alignment with Next Generation Science Standards. Young readers will delight in the easy-to-use format of this series for their research needs.

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