Classrooms usually have a set curriculum. Those enthusiastic young learners who have already mastered the objectives are sometimes forgotten. What they need is a differentiation of their learning from the norm. It’s often a difficult task for teachers who might be focused more on the struggling learners. Nomad Press has many fantastic titles that allow for extended learning with some amazing independent learning titles.

The newest include THE OCEAN and THE CARBON CYCLE. They begin with a cartoon panel introduction to each of the 6-7 chapters. From there, readers learn with descriptive text, handy Words to Know boxes, and activities to enhance and excite users to learn more. Here is an example of one that is an extra you can download from NOMAD SITE. QR codes are also included that bring even more knowledge to the topic. The back pages include Additional Resources, an Index and an extensive glossary in case you missed them in those Words to Know boxes in each chapter, .

Great for home or classroom, these titles will for sure excite and motivate.

In The Ocean: Explore a Watery World with Hands-On Science Activities for Kids, young marine biologists learn the ocean’s history and the key roles it plays on Earth, including its part in the carbon cycle and in regulating weather and climate. Explore the polar oceans, intertidal zones, the shallow ocean, and the deep open ocean, and the incredible biodiversity adapted to living there. Find out how people use and rely on the ocean and how humans are making a giant impact on this massive body of water.

(For Grade Levels 3-6)

Young scientists explore how the first life forms that evolved on our planet consumed carbon and now, 4 billion years later, carbon is still the building block of all known forms of life.

Learn all about the carbon cycle and the human influence on that cycle through a compelling narrative, links to online resources, essential questions, text-to-world observations, hands-on STEM activities, and graphic-novel-style illustrations and photographs.

(For Grades 7-10)

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