The 13-Storey Treehouse (The Treehouse Books) (The Treehouse Series, 1)

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Het verband dat ze schetst tussen de natuurlijke klimaatvariaties en de menselijke geschiedenis is verbijsterend. Zo gaat ze in op de val van het West-Romeinse Rijk, maar ook de Khmer, de Maya, de Azteken, de oude puebloculturen in Noord-Amerika, enz. Nooit pretendeert ze dat het klimaat de enige factor is, wel dat je telkens opnieuw ziet dat die grote rupturen in de menselijke geschiedenis elke keer samengaan met ingrijpende klimatologische variaties (bv. droogtes die decennia duren en waartegenover de droogtes die we nu meemaken een peulschil zijn). Als culturen en maatschappijen dergelijke klimaatvariaties goed doorstaan, is dat omdat ze flexibel waren, niet op één paard wedden, omdat er snel en doortastende aanpassingen werden doorgevoerd, en dat alles voldoende gedragen door de maatschappij. Meestal zie je echter politieke instabiliteit, opstanden, hongersnoden, gebieden die verlaten worden. Dat laatste kon nog makkelijk in een dunner bevolkte wereld, maar is nu allesbehalve evident. Helemaal vrolijk word je er niet van, maar het goede is dat ze de verbanden uitlegt, wel eens formuleert wat er nodig zou zijn om de huidige klimaatverandering aan te pakken, maar nooit pamflettistisch wordt. The story continues with the expanded treehouse with new things to find and explore. There is a trampoline, a chocolate waterfall, a dinosaur petting zoo, and so much more. This time, they have the added benefit of a time machine to help them get their book finished in time. The Long, Long Life of Trees is written in praise of the physical beauty of trees and traces their cultural meanings. I worked on the principle that if I found something surprising, someone else probably would, too: what might be obvious to a botanist, a forester or local historian can still be a revelation to the rest of us. Of course, I cannot comment on the accuracy of the science, but given Prof Trouet's CV, there's no reason to doubt the contents.

Find more support and resources for Read Write Inc. in our parents' guide to Read Write Inc.> Looking for printed books for phonics practice at home? There are four steps involved to get a class discussion going about the series. They should come to the discussion prepared with all necessary materials, then you need to establish rules to drive the discussion. Everyone needs to respond to questions, and then you can draw conclusions from the book. Andy wakes up one morning, and on his way to getting breakfast, he meets Terry, painting a white cat yellow to turn it into a canary, or a "catnary". After being dropped from the treehouse, the cat grows wings and flies away. Andy and Terry are then greeted by their animal-loving friend Jill, who wants to find her pet cat, Silky. It turns out that the cat Terry painted was that exact cat. Andy and Terry try to remain innocent when Jill questions them. Right after Jill leaves, Andy and Terry receive a call via a 3D video phone by their publisher, Mr Big Nose, who is upset that the duo is behind schedule. Comparisons of climate in various areas to historical events was really interesting. Most history books I've read completely missed just how much influence climate has had on politics. Genghis Khan's expansion took place during a series of wet years when there was plenty of fodder for the horses & many countries failed due to droughts that resulted in their people rebelling. Fascinating stuff that I don't recall reading about in most histories. Perhaps they didn't know. More secrets revealed by trees.

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Uit de jaarringen kan heel wat meer afgeleid worden, want de dikte van elke jaarring, de samenstelling van vroeg- en laathoutcellen en de aanwezige koolstof14-isotopen in elke jaarring zegt ook wat over de temperatuur en de neerslag van dat jaar. Zo kan de een gemiddelde temperatuur en neerslag van eeuwen terug gereconstrueerd worden. Using trees to figure out climate history is fascinating & she describes both its upsides & limitations. It's not straight forward & there are some big gaps, but also some surprisingly detailed records that are used to calibrate other methods such as carbon dating. She briefly touches on ice & stalagmite sampling, both of which are similar to tree ring samples. This gets her into wood microscopy a little & the book has some pictures. It's a fascinating field & she discusses it to the correct depth for this book. ( R. Bruce Hoadley is tops in the field & I've worked through 2 of his books with my cheap microscope.) Towards the end of the book her theme really embraces our current climate change & she has a lot of interesting facts to support it, but she also gets rather strident & repetitive, both a real turn off to me. Vervolgens krijg je een duidelijk beeld van het studiedomein van de dendrochronologie; het is meer dan ringen tellen, zeg maar. Ook waarom het eerste dendrochronologische onderzoeksinstituut in de woestijn in Noord-Amerika is opgericht. Dat doet ze bij alles: ze ziet, ondanks het feit dat ze zelf al haar hele carrière zowat jaarringen ademt, toch nog heel helder wat er voor de leek mogelijk verrassend is of domweg niet evident. Ze gaat daar allemaal op in, zonder het te vereenvoudigen, maar ook, en dat maakt het boek echt af wat mij betreft: het is zo goed geschreven. Ze kan verhalen boeiend vertellen, ze schrijft domweg mooi, mooie zinnen, rake formuleringen én met een heerlijk gevoel voor humor, zonder dus ook maar op enig moment de lezende leek te onderschatten. Geen eenvoudige lectuur soms - sommige wetenschappelijke finesses ontgingen me -, maar ongelooflijk boeiend en leerrijk.

Tate Britain’s winter retrospective demonstrated Paul Nash’s extraordinary and enduring feeling for trees. His autobiography, Outline, works as a companion to his painting career, linking the beech tree in his special childhood place in Kensington Gardens to the mysterious group of beeches silhouetted on the hill at Wittenham Clumps, and then to the devastated, topless trunks in the first world war battlefields of northern France. A lot of my friends and family knew I had a thing about trees before March. But it was when I started talking about my trip to Muir Woods that they realized just how much I love trees. I’m obsessed with trees. I have favorite trees around my neighborhood. I leaned my head against the trunks of several redwoods. I maybe talked to a couple of them. I know lists of tree facts. Inhoudelijk is er duidelijk geprobeerd om dit toch wat academische onderwerp toegankelijk te maken. Dat is goed gelukt, maar ik denk dat er wel meer uit gehaald kon worden. Een ander inhoudelijk punt van kritiek is dat er toch behoorlijk deterministisch met de gegevens wordt omgegaan. Trouet zegt enerzijds dat er natuurlijk nooit direct bewijs is dat droogte X de oorzaak is voor de ondergang van wereldrijk Z, maar legt anderzijds wel erg vaak de relatie tussen de twee. Tegelijkertijd meldt ze dan dat er allerlei andere factoren zijn die ook een rol kunnen spelen bij de ondergang van wereldrijk Z, waardoor je eigenlijk je eigen argument onderuit haalt. Causaliteit, oorzaak en aanleiding, worden niet helder uit elkaar gehaald en dat vind ik niet sterk voor iemand die daar beroepsmatig dagelijks mee bezig is. In Letters and Sounds, there are ‘sets’ within the Phases – so your child might not know all the sounds in every book within their Phase. Trouet has written a fascinating book - not only about how it all works - but also a peek into the life of a dendrochronologist. Perhaps contrary to popular belief, these scientists not just work in labaratoria, but actually go out into the woods, dating trees. Which, I discovered, does not mean they have to cut the tree down, but drill into a tree, which leaves the tree alive and allows them to get a sample. Trouet has worked in wide-ranging places such as Tanzania, Greece, the United States and Siberia. In lava fields, mountain ranges, and tropical jungles.You can test your students on each chapter to gauge their reading comprehension. During discussions, encourage questions about the topic as they go through the story. You can start a discussion about the fantasy aspect of the books by asking if these situations can really happen. I have two complaints. Many words are defined, but only once and there are many, many words that mean something very specific. The reader is less familiar with the terminology than the author, and she forgets this. Many words can be used in a general sense This causes confusion. Complaint number two—the author goes on and on from one subject to another. The information should have been better organized. I would have preferred more structure to the information presented. On closing the book, I feel I’ve been told a huge quantity of interesting information, but I have difficulty summing up and organizing what has been said.

At the beginning of the book, there is a detailed illustration of the different areas of the treehouse. Andy writes the words for their book, and Terry does the illustrations. There are so many things to do in the treehouse that you won’t want to leave. They have self-making beds, a game room, vines to swing on. They even have a vegetable vaporizer that is a great way to eat your vegetables without having to taste them. These machines can discern whether or not you are hungry and feed you accordingly. The audiobook is narrated by Coleen Mario. She speaks clearly but way too fast. I had to turn the speed down to 80%--and then it sounds distorted. There is a lot of information to absorb. A reader needs time to think about that which they are told if it is going to be remembered! Had she spoken slower, I would have given four stars to the narration but have instead settled on three.These stories have been made into a play as well. The play has the treehouse at 52 stories high. It happens to be Andy’s birthday, but Terry forgot. Another character has disappeared, and Terry’s partner, Jill, has fallen into a deep sleep. Andy and Terry must set off on an adventure beyond the Treehouse. They face some very challenging obstacles along the way. There is a hungry caterpillar and a kingdom of angry vegetables. There is even a voyage of ninja snails that has been going on for 100 years.

The book begins with the narrator and fictional depiction of the author, Andy Griffiths, giving an introduction to himself, his friend and illustrator Terry Denton, and their treehouse. I liked this book. It was somewhat technical but the author did a good job explaining how using tree rings can show events in the past. Most commonly, the dating of events using tree borings and cuttings from logs used in objects is what is done. How the methods work, what the rings look like, and how they are correlated with other artifacts from the past is covered in the first few chapters. The examples come from all over the world, and especially in Arizona where most of her work has been conducted. I had the opportunity to zoom on an author’s interview on the publication date, so I managed to get more information about this book before I read it. That helped give it more depth and context as to what Trouet is like in her work and writing.Griffiths, Andy; Denton, Terry (illustrator) (2013). The 13-story treehouse. Feiwel and Friends. ISBN 9781250026903. LCCN 2013404222. This vivid account of self-sufficiency at the outbreak of the second world war is a testament to the human capacity to keep going and keep hoping. The apples are vital to the Bells’ physical and spiritual survival: reminders of nature’s eternal, cyclical strength and pledges of future peace. The book is valuable, too, for the portrait of the infant Anthea Bell, who grew up to become famous as the translator of the Asterix books. These books can help cover standards of the curriculum. Hopefully, they can even inspire your students to write their own stories. Klimaatveranderingen zijn van alle tijden, of beter gezegd natuurlijke klimaatveranderingen. Dit weten we o.a. dankzij de dendrochronologie, de studie van jaarringen van zowel levende bomen als dood hout en gefossiliseerd hout. Hiermee kunnen haarfijne chronologieën opgesteld worden tot duizenden jaren terug in de tijd, die ons heel veel leren over klimaatgebeurtenissen en welke impact deze hadden op de geschiedenis en de mens. Aanhoudende droogteperioden hebben bvb. meteen een impact op de landbouw en voedselvoorziening, wat kan leiden tot hongersnoden, economische crisis, politieke oproer, opstanden, oorlogen, epidemieën, pandemieën, enz. Zo zal klimaatverandering geen onbelangrijke rol gespeeld hebben in de ondergang van o.a. de Romeinen en de Maya's. Dendrochronology has taught us how climate changes have impacted past societies. The author goes on to speak out against deforestation, the burning of fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. One can scarcely state this to be new, but nevertheless she adds her voice to those speaking out against man’s impact on the environment. She adamantly supports the urgent need for change.