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Continental Drift: The Evolution of Our World from the Origins of Life to the Far Future

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Learn how the continents have changed throughout time and how continental drift has influenced the world we live in today!

Explore how the continents have drifted, from the Devonian Era to the Jurassic Period, to form the world as we know it! This beautiful book will take readers through different periods and explore the ecosystems and conditions of each time and how the changes led to where we are now. Learn about sea life, insects, animals, plants, rocks, and more! This book will be sure to capture the attention of young readers and educate them in the process!

80 pages, Hardcover

First published October 2, 2018

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Martin Ince

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805 reviews22 followers
March 27, 2023
L’histoire de la Terre, de la vie sur terre et de l’évolution des espèces est intimement liée au mouvement de plaques tectoniques qui composent les continents et les fonds marins sur notre planète. Ce documentaire se propose de retracer, de façon chronologique, l’histoire des continents terrestres en partant d’il y a 4,5 milliards d’années.
La problématique est posée clairement dès le départ : en étudiant la dérive des continents, leur disparition ou leur assemblage, on étudie également l’émergence de la vie sur terre, et l’histoire de son évolution. Ainsi, pour chaque grande période, une carte montre d’abord les super-continents, avec un calque de nos continents actuels pour comprendre les mouvements, puis s’ensuit 3 pages détaillant précisément les espèces animales et végétales typiques. Des encarts font des points plus précis sur les recherches et découvertes en cours. Le format de ce documentaire est incontestablement une réussite : les cartes étendues permettent de bien se représenter dans l’espace et dans le temps. De plus, les illustrations stylisées se démarquent par leur trait fin, et les lecteurs apprécieront d’en apprendre autant sur les dinosaures que sur les insectes ou les mammifères. La langue est claire, recherchée mais pas inutilement compliquée. Enfin, les dernières pages imaginent la suite de la dérive des continent dans les millénaires suivants, en vulgarisant les théories scientifiques actuelles. Une belle façon d’ouvrir la réflexion sur le futur de notre planète !
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2,212 reviews2 followers
July 10, 2020
Big and gorgeous.

Great pictures. Great information on geographical changes and plants and animals over earth's history. Kids who love dinosaurs will love it. Vocabulary may be difficult at first, but the more times it's looked at them more they will get out of it. Has a great timeline in the back. Parents might want to read it with younger children.

Great for middle grade!
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109 reviews
November 5, 2023
This is a great book for researching the evolution of planet Earth. I'm reading it to help my students understand how the geological and atmospheric changes affected the evolution of animals in the Paleozoic Era. I love big books like this!
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October 1, 2021
Wow! This large-scale book is FULL of information and lots of cool maps and illustrations to engage with. Information is presented through geological eras--reading through this is like traveling through time! The publisher indicates this book is for ages 7-10 but I feel that is too young for this amount of detail and the vocabulary level. I would say ages 11+ is more fitting. I do, however, think younger kids interested in science would adore flipping through this large-format book just for the timeline of maps and illustrations of what life on Earth looked like in the past. It's fascinating and incredible: a a natural history museum in book form.
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