Pistes d'exploration

Share with a peer one interesting or little-known fact that you learned. Write it on a Did you know… sentence strip to be displayed in class.

In teams, invent a true or false card game with some of the intriguing facts.

Refer to the food webs described on pages 16 and 17. In groups, choose an animal and create a food web for it. 

Choose a category (people, animals, plants…) and find five interesting new pieces of information to share with the class.

Create game cards with questions about information in the book.

Using infographics, design an informational poster about yourself.

Analyze the cover title and graphic art. Make a list of the pictograms. Work with a partner to compose a few sentences that summarize what this book might be about.

Choose (five) categories and write an “I wonder…” and an “I think…” statement for each.

Create an infographic digital poster for one of Canada’s National Parks.

The Plants That Shook the World

Mots-clés

Non-fiction , animals , comparisons , infographics , nature , pictograms , plants , statistics

Commentaire descriptif

This book uses the tools of infographics to convey general principles and systems that govern our natural world. Graphics in vivid colours depict timelines, graphs, and systemic diagrams on topics such as “Growing Up,” “Food Webs” and “Evolution.” Other sections focus on fun facts, such as “Fast and Slow,” Big and Small” and “Record Breakers.” An index and glossary are also included. The discussion of large, encompassing systems may be new to young readers. The spread on “Reproduction” covers both plants and animals, for example. In “Energy production,” a single diagram shows how, at the molecular level, plants and animals need each other to survive. Strong images and abundant headings can teach children to scan for information, whether for a research project or for personal interest. On a more philosophical level, this book sends the message that we humans are a small and dependent link in a much greater whole.