Is There Anyone Out There?: This report investigates whether there is life beyond planet Earth. (Collins Big Cat) - Softcover

Bishop, Nic

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007186355 ISBN 13: 9780007186358

Publisher: Collins, 2005

Synopsis

Is There Anyone Out There? investigates whether there is life beyond planet Earth. The non-chronological report examines what we already know about the Solar System and the possibility of life on other planets. It also offers ideas of what aliens in certain sorts of environments might look like.

·White/Band 10 books have more complex sentences and figurative language.

· Text type – A non-chronological report.

· Pages 30 and 31 contain a table of conditions needed to sustain life to encourage children to recap the information.

· Curriculum links – Art and design: Mother Nature designer; Science: Forces and movement, Plants and animals, Variation.

· Leading science and wildlife author and photographer Nic Bishop has contributed three other titles to Collins Big Cat – Look Out Butterfly!, Fantastic Flying Squirrel and The Cloud Forest.

· This title is paired with a story on the same theme: Buzz and Bingo in the Starry Sky by Alan Durant.

· This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

· This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

About this title

Book Description:

This report investigates whether there is life beyond planet Earth.

Synopsis:

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical teaching notes are included at the back of each book. A fascinating look at the ways in which man is trying to discover the answer to one of the great questions - are we alone in the universe? Find out about spacecraft sent to other planets, telescopes and the use of radio signals in the search for alien life. Leading science and wildlife author and photographer Nic Bishop has contributed three other titles to Collins Big Cat - Look Out Butterfly!, Fantastic Flying Squirrel and The Cloud Forest.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0007186355
• ISBN 13: 9780007186358
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32