Additional Reading Outlines for Year Three - Earth Science

DK Guide to Space, Bond, 1999, DK Publishing, Inc., New York, NY, ISBN 0-7894-3946-8

This book may be substituted for The Dorling Kindersley Picturepedia: Space in year three of the Four Year Plan. It is a spectacular picture book for younger children and includes broad coverage of the topics we study. It is generally available. The sections are labeled GS.

DK Guide to the Savage Earth, Day, 2001, DK Publishing, Inc., New York, NY, ISBN 0-7894-7919-2

This book may be substituted for the earth portions of The Dorling Kindersley Picturepedia: The Earth in year three of the Four Year Plan. It is a picture book for younger children and offers good coverage for plate tectonics, weathering, and erosion for month six, but weak coverage of topics for months four and five. It also includes redundant coverage of weather. It emphasizes the sensational more than most DK books. We continue to look for better coverage of this subject material. It is generally available. The sections are labeled GSE.

DK Guide to Weather, Allaby, 2000, DK Publishing, Inc., New York, NY, ISBN 0-7894-6500-0

This book may be substituted for the weather portions of The Dorling Kindersley Picturepedia: The Earth in year three of the Four Year Plan. It is a picture book for younger children and includes good coverage of the topics we study, although it tends to emphasize the extreme aspects of weather. It is generally available. The sections are labeled GW.

No Place Like Home - Year Three - Earth Science