From a pleasant summer shower to the catastrophic effects of a hurricane, this book explores Earth's weather: what happens and why it happens. Understand the importance of the Sun in our weather, see the water cycle in action and find out how global warming could affect our weather in the future. Understand how our planet really works with this fantastic new series that combines core topics from the science and geography curriculums. Packed with amazing facts and fabulous imagery. Suitable for use at Key Stage 2 and with older Hi-Lo readers.

 

This book is part of a book series called Planet Earth .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Octopus Publishing Group .

Jim Pipe is an author, who has written numerous nonfiction books for children.