'If the Sun were the size of a grapefruit, Earth would be the size
of a grain of salt. Even the largest planet, Jupiter, would be only
as big as a large pea.' Some things are so big or so old that it's
hard to wrap your mind around them. In If, we look at these
hard-to-imagine objects and events and compare them to things we
can instantly see, feel and touch. It is wonderful new way of
seeing the world and is a fascinating way of understanding numbers
and big ideas for children aged 8 and upwards. The author, David J
Smith has found ingenious ways of scaling down everything from time
lines (the history of the Earth is compressed into a single year!),
to quantitites (all the wealth in the world is divided into one
hundred coins), to size differences (the planets are shown as
different-sized balls). Each description is beautifully illustrated
to reinforce the concept in a child's mind. By reducing everything
to human scale, the big ideas and concepts are easier to grasp and,
therefore, more meaningful. This fact-filled book is for children
who love to be wowed by exciting new facts, figures, stats and
information. It is also the perfect vehicle for visual learners,
since it's 'infographic' approach makes information easier to
understand through imagery. As well as being an excellent read for
pleasure, If is also an amazing classroom resource that can be
reached for again and again when studying scale and measurement in
maths, but also has many applications for the study of space or the
earth in science and geography, social studies and PSHE. For those
who want to delve deeper, thre are 6 suggestions for practical
projects at the back of the book as well as a full page of resource
information. Covers topics as diverse as: evolution of man and
early life forms, time line of the last 3000 years in history,
inventions through the ages, continents, water, energy and
population.
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