Author: Maria Racanelli
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1448801516
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Explores how animals use mimicry to protect themselves.
Animal Mimics
Author: Maria Racanelli
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1448801516
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Explores how animals use mimicry to protect themselves.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1448801516
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Explores how animals use mimicry to protect themselves.
Animal Mimics
Author: Susan K. Mitchell
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 9780766032934
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
"Find out how animals mimic other, and more dangerous animals to keep themselves safe from predators"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 9780766032934
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
"Find out how animals mimic other, and more dangerous animals to keep themselves safe from predators"--Provided by publisher.
Masters of Disguise
Author: Belback
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN: 1627178791
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
In Masters of Disguise: Animal Mimicry, students will learn how animals must protect themselves from predators. Young readers will love turning the page as they gain valuable information and are prompted to answer questions along the way. Take a fantastic photo journey into the wild with Rourke’s Close-Up on Amazing Animals for readers in grades K–3. Readers will explore the unique adaptations and relationships that help animals survive in the wild. Repetitive text aids comprehension while real photographs assist in vocabulary development for beginning readers.
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN: 1627178791
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
In Masters of Disguise: Animal Mimicry, students will learn how animals must protect themselves from predators. Young readers will love turning the page as they gain valuable information and are prompted to answer questions along the way. Take a fantastic photo journey into the wild with Rourke’s Close-Up on Amazing Animals for readers in grades K–3. Readers will explore the unique adaptations and relationships that help animals survive in the wild. Repetitive text aids comprehension while real photographs assist in vocabulary development for beginning readers.
Minn of the Mississippi
Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395273999
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Follows the adventures of Minn, a three-legged snapping turtle, as she slowly makes her way from her birthplace at the headwaters of the Mississippi River to the mouth of river on the Gulf of Mexico.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395273999
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Follows the adventures of Minn, a three-legged snapping turtle, as she slowly makes her way from her birthplace at the headwaters of the Mississippi River to the mouth of river on the Gulf of Mexico.
Animal Tricksters
Author: Joanne Mattern
Publisher:
ISBN: 1634406958
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
You may know that some animals play like they're dead to avoid predators. Did you know that one animal mimics the sound of the baby of its prey? Some animals are really tricky!
Publisher:
ISBN: 1634406958
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
You may know that some animals play like they're dead to avoid predators. Did you know that one animal mimics the sound of the baby of its prey? Some animals are really tricky!
Mimic Makers
Author: Kristen Nordstrom
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 1580899471
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
“Young readers will be captivated by the contemporary inventors and inventions featured, and inspired to incorporate biomimicry into their own designs.” —Miranda Paul, author of One Plastic Bag and Water is Water Who's the best teacher for scientists, engineers, AND designers? Mother nature, of course! When an inventor is inspired by nature for a new creation, they are practicing something called biomimicry. Meet ten real-life scientists, engineers, and designers who imitate plants and animals to create amazing new technology. An engineer shapes the nose of his train like a kingfisher's beak. A scientist models her solar cell on the mighty leaf. Discover how we copy nature's good ideas to solve real-world problems! WINNER AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books A National Science Teacher Association Best STEM Book “Mimic Makers reveals marvels of engineering inspired by nature with images that invite careful observation and explanations that are expressive, but never over simplified.” —Kim Parfitt, AP Biology and Environmental Science teacher, curriculum developer for Howard Hughes Medical Institute Biointeractive, and recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Math Teaching. “Amazing! . . . Love that the book features the scientists and inventors, and that there is a diverse set of them. —Janine Benyus, co-founder of the Biomimicry Institute
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 1580899471
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
“Young readers will be captivated by the contemporary inventors and inventions featured, and inspired to incorporate biomimicry into their own designs.” —Miranda Paul, author of One Plastic Bag and Water is Water Who's the best teacher for scientists, engineers, AND designers? Mother nature, of course! When an inventor is inspired by nature for a new creation, they are practicing something called biomimicry. Meet ten real-life scientists, engineers, and designers who imitate plants and animals to create amazing new technology. An engineer shapes the nose of his train like a kingfisher's beak. A scientist models her solar cell on the mighty leaf. Discover how we copy nature's good ideas to solve real-world problems! WINNER AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books A National Science Teacher Association Best STEM Book “Mimic Makers reveals marvels of engineering inspired by nature with images that invite careful observation and explanations that are expressive, but never over simplified.” —Kim Parfitt, AP Biology and Environmental Science teacher, curriculum developer for Howard Hughes Medical Institute Biointeractive, and recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Math Teaching. “Amazing! . . . Love that the book features the scientists and inventors, and that there is a diverse set of them. —Janine Benyus, co-founder of the Biomimicry Institute
Cheats and Deceits
Author: Martin Stevens
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198707894
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Cuckoos lay eggs carefully matched to their host's own clutch.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198707894
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Cuckoos lay eggs carefully matched to their host's own clutch.
Mimicry in Butterflies
Author: Reginald Crundall Punnett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Butterflies
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Butterflies
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Masters of Disguise
Author: Rebecca L. Johnson
Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
ISBN: 1541528433
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
In the animal kingdom, survival is the name of the game—and not everything is as it seems. A number of animals rely on particularly clever tricks to fool predators or prey. A baby bird mimics a poisonous caterpillar. A moth escapes bats by making sounds that interfere with the bats' echolocation. A tiny rain forest spider builds a big spider "puppet" out of bits of dead leaves, insect parts, and other items. Find out more about some of nature's most bizarre and bloodthirsty con artists and meet the scientists who are working to figure out just how they pull off their amazing tricks.
Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
ISBN: 1541528433
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
In the animal kingdom, survival is the name of the game—and not everything is as it seems. A number of animals rely on particularly clever tricks to fool predators or prey. A baby bird mimics a poisonous caterpillar. A moth escapes bats by making sounds that interfere with the bats' echolocation. A tiny rain forest spider builds a big spider "puppet" out of bits of dead leaves, insect parts, and other items. Find out more about some of nature's most bizarre and bloodthirsty con artists and meet the scientists who are working to figure out just how they pull off their amazing tricks.
Barbed Wire Baseball
Author: Marissa Moss
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 1613124937
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
As a boy, Kenichi “Zeni” Zenimura dreams of playing professional baseball, but everyone tells him he is too small. Yet he grows up to be a successful player, playing with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig! When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in 1941, Zeni and his family are sent to one of ten internment camps where more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry are imprisoned without trials. Zeni brings the game of baseball to the camp, along with a sense of hope. This true story, set in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, introduces children to a little-discussed part of American history through Marissa Moss’s rich text and Yuko Shimizu’s beautiful illustrations. The book includes author and illustrator notes, archival photographs, and a bibliography.
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 1613124937
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
As a boy, Kenichi “Zeni” Zenimura dreams of playing professional baseball, but everyone tells him he is too small. Yet he grows up to be a successful player, playing with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig! When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in 1941, Zeni and his family are sent to one of ten internment camps where more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry are imprisoned without trials. Zeni brings the game of baseball to the camp, along with a sense of hope. This true story, set in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, introduces children to a little-discussed part of American history through Marissa Moss’s rich text and Yuko Shimizu’s beautiful illustrations. The book includes author and illustrator notes, archival photographs, and a bibliography.