Shake, Rattle, and Roll: The World's Most Amazing Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Other Forces (Spencer Christians World of Wonders)

By Spencer Christian and Antonia Felix

Book Overview

Discover the amazing forces that shape the earth!

Where do "killer clouds" come from? What causes the birth of anisland? How tall is the tallest mountain . . . and how come youcan't see it? Can cockroaches really predict an earthquake?

Join popular ABC-TV weather forecaster Spencer Christian as heunearths the mysteries of volcanoes, tornadoes, and other naturalevents so powerful they've changed not only the face of the planetbut the very course of history! Find out what makes the earthquake. Create your own shock wave. Discover what volcano covered anentire city with over four feet of ash, and how the lost continentof Atlantis disappeared. Plus, you'll learn the answer to thatage-old question, will Old Faithful always erupt on time?

It's an action-packed tour that will have you shaking, rattling, and rolling as you explore the forces that shape our world.Intriguing, easy-to-do activities let you experience amazingnatural phenomena up close--and dozens of fascinating sidebars, funfacts, and illustrations bring the world's wonders to vivid life.The natural world has never been this awesome!

For children ages 8 to 12

Also available in Spencer Christian's World of Wonders series: CanIt Really Rain Frogs?: The World's Strangest Weather Events

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471152919
• ISBN13: 9780471152910
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 11 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 10

Customer Reviews

I recommend this book for teachers of Earth Science

I teach Earth Science to 6th graders. This book has been very useful for when I had to teach about Earthquakes and Volcanoes. The illustrations in the book are simple, yet excellent for showing some of Earth's processes. The drawings show how hot spot volcanoes are formed, how subduction works, and how geysers erupt. It compares the convection currents in a pot of boiling water to the way molten lava moves under the Earth's crust. I enlarge many of the illustrations and make them into transparencies to use as visual aids for my students. These help me to explain complicated concepts in simpler terms. The book has fun facts that can be copied onto transparencies too. Some that I liked were "Bizarre Things Animals Do before an Earthquake"( Cute illustrations of animals going bonkers), "Early Explanations About Earthquakes" (Shows a jaguar brushing up against the pillars of the world), "The Discovery of Pompeii (Nice illustration of the method for creating sculptures of the bodies found in Pompeii). There are lists of the world's deadliest volcanic eruptions and the most destructive earthquakes in the world. The book has several hands-on experiments that can be done in class or would be fun to do at home with your children. I just purchased the other books in Spencer Christian's World of Wonders series because I loved this one so much.

The best kids' book on the topic I've found

I liked this book for its straightforward language and friendly graphics. It is jam-packed with fun facts and easy activities that illustrate major concepts in earth science. I don't agree with the age range stated... The back of the book says ages 8 to 12, and I think this is more appropriate. I intend to use this book as a more interesting text for a sixth-grade lesson that I will be teaching on plate tectonics and vulcanology.