Presents more than seventy activity plans, designed for elementary science classes, that links specific published children's stories to such studies as biology and astronomy.
Helps children understand the relationship between water, air and heat and how they interact to make weather happen. Children also learn how to build their own homemade weather station.
Suggests a variety of outdoor and indoor activities for winter, focusing on science topics such as animal behavior, the formation of icicles, frost pictures, and the nature of heat.