Michael Elsohn Ross is captivated by children's natural curiosity and their innate abilities for scientific exploration. His work focuses on making scientific discoveries accessible through engaging, hands-on experiments designed for open-ended play. Collaborating with educators, he developed methods that transform everyday observations into grand adventures, encouraging young minds to use all their senses to explore and conclude. Ross's approach simplifies scientific understanding, making discoveries feel like child's play and fostering a lifelong passion for independent inquiry.
The book examines the global community's response to the humanitarian crisis driven by climate change, emphasizing it as the foremost challenge to human development in the 21st century. It delves into the implications of climate change on society, highlighting the need for urgent action and collaboration among nations to address the escalating crisis and its effects on vulnerable populations. Through various perspectives, it aims to foster awareness and inspire solutions for a sustainable future.
This fascinating book examines the paramount human rights issue of our time:
clean drinking water. Pollution, population surge, and climate change will
deprive an estimated 2 billion citizens of this fundamental right by 2050. The
author argues for the need to establish innovative, sustainable practices to
safeguard this precious human right.
A source of inspiration for young women with strong social convictions, She Takes a Stand highlights 16 extraordinary women who have fought for human rights, civil rights, workers' rights, reproductive/sexual rights, and world peace. Among these are many who have been imprisoned, threatened, or suffered financial hardships for pursuing their missions to change the world for the better. Included are historic heroes such as anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells and suffragist Alice Paul, along with contemporary figures such as girls-education activist Malala Yousafzai; Sampat Pal Devi, who fights violence against Indian women; and SPARK executive director Dana Edell, who works to end the sexualization of women and girls in the media. Taking a multicultural, multinational perspective, She Takes a Stand spotlights brave women around the world with an emphasis on childhood details, motivations, and life turning points--in many cases gleaned from the author's original interviews--and includes related sidebars, a bibliography, source notes, and a list of organizations young women can explore to get involved in changing their world.
