Author Bioĭonna Latham is an award-winning author and playwright. In Backyard Biology, children will scout out different habitats to observe and investigate-and do their part to protect them. When children experiment with phototropism and geotropism, they'll discover the ways plants move. They'll discover what mystery plants sprout from collected soil samples and build a rolypoly habitat. Children will construct a plankton net to collect pond samples, and they'll grow microorganisms in a Winogradsky Column. Readers become Nature Detectives with activities and projects that encourage children to make discoveries. Trivia and fun facts bring animals, plants, and microorganisms to life, in all their wonder. And life is right outside your door! Backyard Biology invites children ages 9 and up to investigate living things-especially in yards, parks, nature areas, and playgrounds. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.Life is everywhere, thriving in the city and in the country, teeming in ecosystems around the planet-in deserts, oceans, and even the Arctic. Canals and Dams meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction and is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. In Canals and Dams: Investigate Feats of Engineering, children will gain an appreciation for the important field of engineering as they develop their own building skills. Theyll create a paper-cup zip line, build an arch, and simulate a tsunami, while experimenting with gravity, hydroponics, and velocity. They'll engage in hands-on explorations of buoyancy, Newtons third law of motion, and forces that push and pull structures.
Through dazzling success and heartbreaking failure, they developed increasingly sophisticated tools and building methods.Īctivities and projects encourage children to explore the engineering process and to try, try again through trial and error. Readers will discover that engineers and builders alike put their lives on the line to advance civilization, experiencing triumphs and tragedies in building big. Trivia and fun facts illustrate engineering ingenuity and achievements from ancient aqueducts to the Suez Canal and the Hoover Dam.
Canals and Dams: Investigate Feats of Engineering invites children ages 9 and up to explore the innovation and physical science behind the amazing waterways and barriers our world depends on.
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