The Stem Encyclopedia of Water Written by Gerry Bailey Illustrated by Yuliya Somina Published by BrambleKids
COntents 4-5 A WET BEGINNING Comet collisions H20 Hot wet and primeval Water Life 6-7 OUT OF THE SWAMP Bubbling planet Baby fish Wet to dry The oldest living things Life elsewhere 8-9 AND ON TO THE ICE Age of ice At the poles Below freezing The big thaw Trapped in ice 10-11 A WATERY PLANET Deep oceans Wonderful water 3 disguises 12-13 FALLING RAIN Evaporation Clouds The water cycle 14-15 Rivers The river s course Lakes 16-17 RUSHING RIVERS Grinding water Waterfalls Rapids River bores 18-19 OCEANS AND SEAS Where did they come from Sea blue Ocean bed Salty sea How deep does it get 20-21 EXPLORING THE DEPTHS Diving suits Swimming underwater Out of breath Jacques Cousteau Sunken treasure 22-23 HARVESTING THE SEA Fishing Farming fish Factory ships Shellfish on ropes 24-25 THE SEA’S RICHES Sea vegetables Salt Seaweed Pearls 26-27 VALUABLE RESOURCES Deep-sea research Sea-floor mining Off-shore rigs 28-29 TOO MUCH WATER Flash floods Sea walls Houses on stilts Tsunami 30-31 DOWNPOUR Monsoon Global warming Forecasting 32-33 TOO LITTLE Drought Drinking water Wells Spreading deserts 34-35 PRECIOUS WATER Conserving water Cooking Old water Drinking plants Filling up Recycling
52-53 LIFE IN THE SEA Shoals of fish Deep sea fish Plankton Dugong Blue whale 54-55 RIVERSIDE Amphibians Birds Mammals 56-57 THE STUFF OF LEGEND Kraken Neptune Jonah Mermaids Noah Altlantis King Canute 58-59 A WORK OF ART Ship in a bottle Water music Ice sculpture Water colors The great wave Dyes Tie dye GLOSSARY and INDEX 36-37 BODY WATER Blood Waterproof skin Eyebrows Tears Sweat 38-39 WATER PLANTS Capillary action Hydroponics Floating gardens Mangrove 40-41 SPREADING IT AROUND Raising water Flooding fields Crop irrigation Drip drip drip Pipelines 42-43 CROSSING WATER Bridges Venice Aquaducts 44-45 AFLOAT Rafts Cutty Sark Water transport 46-47 SEA TRAVELLERS Astrolabe Compass Triremes Captain James Cook A huge fleet Modern explorers 48-49 WATER POWER Water into electricity Wave power Water mills 50-51 WATER FOR PLEASURE Diving Swimming Shark swimsuits Waterskiing Ice skating Windsurfing Surfboarding
