Discover the Oceans: The World’s Largest Ecosystem
Lauri Berkenkamp, Illustrated by Chuck Forsman

Discover the Oceans: The World’s Largest Ecosystem leads kids ages 8 and up on an adventure to one of Earth’s most mysterious places. Home to colorful reefs, strange and exotic creatures, deep canyons, and enormous mountain ranges, the world’s oceans cover 90 percent of the planet and a world of extremes. Seemingly invincible, it can be hard to understand just how threatened the oceans really are.

Discover the Oceans: The World’s Largest Ecosystem leads kids ages 8 and up on an adventure to one of Earth’s most mysterious places. Home to colorful reefs, strange and exotic creatures, deep canyons, and enormous mountain ranges, the world’s oceans cover 90 percent of the planet and a world of extremes. Seemingly invincible, it can be hard to understand just how threatened the oceans really are.

In Discover the Oceans: The World’s Largest Ecosystem, kids explore the oceans as if they are there, learning how to navigate, find food, and protect themselves from the elements and predators. Kids see how plants and animals adapt and survive on the water’s surface all the way down to the ocean floor and everywhere in between. “Try This” ideas that encourage active learning can be done anywhere—you don’t have to be on ocean. Using common household supplies and recycled items, the activities range from making a dip net to catch fish and creating a homemade diving bell, to finding the North Star in the sky and much more.

On this marine adventure kids will learn about the history of human exploration of the ocean, its delicate balance of nature, and the stunning secrets hiding beneath the waters of the world’s oceans. In the process they’ll appreciate just how vital this fragile environment is to our planet’s future.