Right now I'm reading Richard Fortey's Earth: An Intimate History. It came highly recommended but so far it's not doing it for me.
I find myself reading things like "Continental crust on average is less dense (upper layer 2.7 gm/cc) than oceanic crust (greater than 3.0 gm/cc.)" and thinking, "Maybe I can turn that into a problem for when we do density, pressure, and buoyancy in physics next year. Help them see why continents are above sea level. Give them an idea of how the stuff they're supposed to be learning can actually be useful... But how would I do that?"
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I find myself reading things like "Continental crust on average is less dense (upper layer 2.7 gm/cc) than oceanic crust (greater than 3.0 gm/cc.)" and thinking, "Maybe I can turn that into a problem for when we do density, pressure, and buoyancy in physics next year. Help them see why continents are above sea level. Give them an idea of how the stuff they're supposed to be learning can actually be useful... But how would I do that?"