water

A simple introduction to water, describing its properties, uses, and interaction with people and the environment. Includes five basic experiments.

Full-color photographs and simple text introduce young readers to living things that need water to survive.

Discusses the physical properties and importance of water, including information on the water cycle.

Presents information on air and water pollution, acid rain, water shortages, and the importance of fresh drinking water, and includes case studies from around the world.

Discusses the disastrous year 2000 overflow of a Romanian reservoir that held heavy metals and cyanide, pouring the deadly mix into rivers that feed the Danube and killing all living creatures in its path.

Describes the many forms water takes on Earth, with photographs capturing its more beautiful, and unique, variations the water molecule assumes, including clouds, fog, icebergs, snowflakes, glaciers, steam, oceans, and rivers.

Suggests projects to explore the properties of water and ways of putting them to use for floating and energy.

Photographs and simple text describe many ways a group of young children use and have fun with water.

Discusses what makes rain, how it falls to the ground, and what happens when it hits the ground. Includes activities and experiments.

Explains what can be done to stop water pollution and conserve water.