Rachel Carson and Ecology for Kids

Her Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities and Experiments

Rowena Rae

• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN:
  9780897339360
• Edition: 1

Rachel Carson was an American biologist, conservationist, science and nature writer, and catalyst of the modern environmental movement. She studied biology in college at a time when few women entered the sciences, and then worked as a biologist and information specialist for the US government. She is best remembered for her book Silent Spring, which exposed the widespread misuse of chemical pesticides in the United States and sparked both praise and fury. In addition to exploring Carson's personal life and scientific career,  Rachel Carson and Ecology for Kids will introduce readers to such concepts as the components of ecosystems, the needs of living things, energy cycles, food chains and food webs, and adaptations. This lively biography includes sidebars and twenty-one hands-on activities that are sure to inspire the next generation of scientists, thinkers, leaders, agricultural producers, environmental activists, and world citizens.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Time Line
• Introduction
• 1. A Path to Biology
• 2. Rachel Sees the Sea
• 3. Writing About the Ocean
• 4. Expanding Her Range
• 5. Under the Sea and On Top of the World
• 6. The Wonder of Nature
• 7. Everything Is Connected
• 8. When Birds Can’t Sing
• 9. Rachel’s Last Chapter and Her Influence
• Acknowledgments
• Glossary
• Resources to Explore
• Selected Bibliography
• Notes