Explore six renewable energy technologies that are used around the world! Accessible verse and lush illustrations introduce children to important information about how we can harness the planet’s natural resources including wind, water and sun. Inset boxes define new words like “turbine,” while extensive endnotes further explain the science behind each power source and the benefits of clean energy.
This book provides a lovely way to begin to introduce renewable energy to younger children.
It has bright, colourful, double-page illustrations throughout the book which also showcase the types of power used in a range of settings around the world. Each page has a short rhyming verse about that helps readers understand the process more easily. Each page also has small boxes that give further information about a particular part of the process and also highlights key vocabulary. The information pages at the back of the book provide more detail and also allow children to have experience of reading non fiction style texts. Putting these at the end allows the reader to gain some background knowledge about the subject before tackling the more difficult text. The information pages also have some great labelled diagrams that support children in understanding how the process works.
A resource provided by the publisher to accompany the book Planet Power.
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