These colorful, fact-filled books present lessons about ecosystems and ecology for children.
When is a weed not a weed? How can a jackrabbit survive in the desert? Why is the climate cooler higher in the mountains? Now you can learn the answers to these and other questions about ecology. With the ideas and activities in Ecology for Every Kid, you'll have fun exploring everything from your role in spreading plant seeds, to greenhouse gases' effect on the earth's temperature.
Format: Soft Cover, 219 pages, 6 X 9 inches
Author: Janice VanCleave
Publisher: Wiley Publishers
Date Published: January, 1996
Recommended Ages: Children-Young Adult
Use a raisin cookie, a pencil, and a toothpick to learn how a woodpecker gets its food. With uncooked rice and a sock, see how a mountain goat maintains its footing on rocky slopes. In other fascinating projects, you'll find out how a cactus stores water, how fox-hunting affects tree growth, and much more.
You'll find most of the materials you need around the house or classroom. The book also contains many helpful diagrams and illustrations plus a glossary of bold-faced terms for you to refer to whenever necessary. Every activity has been pre-tested and can be performed safely and inexpensively in the classroom or at home.
Table of Contents:
- Space Sharers.
- Connections.
- Togetherness.
- Best or Worst of Friends?
- Food Chain.
- Outcasts.
- Dinosaur Breath.
- Up and Down.
- Fitting In.
- Boundaries.
- Icy Lands.
- Woodlands.
- Grasslands.
- Hot Spot.
- Highlands.
- Watery Home.
- Water Problems.
- Global Warming.
- Good and Bad.
- Acid Rain.
- Protector.
- Buildup.
- Reusable.
- Limited.
- Endangered.
- Glossary.
- Index.
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