Explore, create and investigate Wind and Water. Learn about these elements through experiments, investigations and hands-on tasks. What on Earth? takes the reader on a journey of discovery to explore the natural elements of our world.

Find out how humans have harnessed the wind's energy and travelled the world. Create an experiment using your own windmill and learn how to make a sail racer. Discover all about the water cycle and make a precipitation gauge or grow your own stalactite. This series takes a cross-disciplinary approach, including links to culture, history, arts and crafts, as well as the science behind each topic. Internal links encourage children to choose their own path through the book, with each spread providing a new adventure.

This book is part of a book series called What On Earth? .

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by QED Publishing .

Paulina Morgan works as an independent illustrator based in Santiago de Chile. She studied design before moving to Barcelona, Spain to obtain her master's degree in Art Direction. She worked in advertising before deciding to pursue her passion for illustration. Isabel Thomas is an experienced author of non-fiction books for children and has written many articles for national newspapers including The Guardian and The Times.

This book has the following chapters: Wind and Weather
Windy poems. 4
Why does the wind blow?. 6
Spinning snakes. 8
The Wind Eagle. 10
How strong is the wind?. 12
Measure wind speed. 14
Follow the wind. 16
Make a windsock. 18
Predicting the weather. 20
Make a weather vane. 22
Wind chill. 24
Inside a storm. 26
Tornado in a bottle. 27
The Power of Wind
Harnessing the wind. 28
Ships ahoy!. 30
Sail racers. 32
Windmills. 34
Make a pinwheel. 36
From wind to wire. 38
Making music. 40
Wind and Nature
Carried on the wind. 42
Seed spinners. 44
Away with the wind. 46
Make a wind trap. 48
Windy World
Wild wind. 50
Gliding. 52
Let's go fly a kite!. 54
Make a kite. 56
Out of this world. 58
Templates. 60
Glossary. 62
Index. 64