Big Book of Earth & Sky Book by Bodie Hodge & Laura Welch | MB - Homeschool

Did you know that delta-wing aircraft borrowed design from a fossil lizard? Or what causes ground lightning? The five different spheres that comprise the atmosphere? That the earth is actually a pear-shaped oblate spheroid? What the tallest mountain on each continent is? Or what a cave pearl is? These are just some of the amazing facts beautifully presented in The Big Book of Earth and Sky. Visually stunning, it is packed with information on earth science: the earth’s atmosphere, geologic formations, ocean life and zones, the science of erosion, fossil fuels, precipitation and much more, all presented in an inviting, child-friendly format. Our family is using this incredible resource as a springing-off point for earth science and geography study. One section of the book provides a very interesting study of the layers of the geologic column and a very convincing portrayal of how they were laid down by a catastrophic flood, so that the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian and Devonian layers (all consisting of ocean creatures and plant life) were laid down first, followed by six more layers, consisting of land plants and animals. As the publisher has said elsewhere, our worldview informs our willingness to approach science from a biblical perspective, but for those with an open enough mind to consider these ideas, this is a very plausible explanation for the order of the geologic column.