Author: John F. Waters
Publisher: Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Scienc
ISBN: 9780606369534
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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For use in schools and libraries only. In the ocean, sharks are near the top of the food chain. Sharks have the same five senses as humans do, but they have an extra sixth sense that makes them especially deadly hunters. What is this sense and how does a shark use all six senses to track down prey? Read and find out! With colorful illustrations from Bob Barner and engaging text from John F. Waters, Sharks Have Six Senses is a fascinating look into one of the most powerful predators in the sea. Featuring rich marine-biology vocabulary bolded throughout the text, this book also includes a Find Out More section with additional shark facts and web research prompts about shark conservation efforts. Both the text and the artwork were vetted for accuracy by Dr. George H. Burgess, director of the Program for Shark Research at the Florida Museum of Natural History. This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Let's-Read-And-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.
Author: Andy Ray
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1682121348
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
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Love sharks for their might and amazing jaws. Love sharks because they balance the marine ecosystem by keeping population under control. Love sharks because they are here to stay. This shark-inspired picture book will teach you all there is to know about these amazing beasts. Since it's a picture book, lessons will be remembered more effectively through photo memory. Order your copy today! Did you know, though, that many sharks could fit inside of your hand? Not all sharks are menacing; the few that are just get all the attention. You are more likely to die from the flu than you are from a shark attack. Following that logic, you should be more fearful of snotty-nosed kids than you are of sharks. Sharks are fascinating creatures. Did you know that they have six senses? Do you know what kind of skeletons they have? They don't have bones! Do you know whether they lay eggs or have babies? Do you know that they make "Mermaid's Purses"? There are many interesting things to learn about sharks. Some of them even glow in the dark! Surprisingly sharks are more refreshing than New Socks. Sharks actually contribute to the health of the ocean. It is important for us to learn about them, because if they go extinct the whole balance of the ocean will be compromised. We shouldn't be too terrified of sharks. We terrorize them much more. Sharks do attack and kill humans, that is true, but humans kill hundreds of millions of sharks. We need to learn more about these amazing creatures, and we need to learn to respect them.
Author: Helen Purperhart
Publisher: Hunter House
ISBN: 0897935055
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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"A SmartFun book for ages 3-7"--Cover.
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Publisher: Nags Head Art, Inc.
ISBN: 9781878405517
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Author: Darlene R. Stille
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1404805990
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 14
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Describes the life of a hammerhead shark.
Author: Stephanie Hanes
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
ISBN: 0805097171
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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A probing examination of Western conservation efforts in Africa, where our feel-good stories belie a troubling reality The stunningly beautiful Gorongosa National Park, once the crown jewel of Mozambique, was nearly destroyed by decades of civil war. It looked like a perfect place for Western philanthropy: revive the park and tourists would return, a win-win outcome for the environment and the impoverished villagers living in the area. So why did some researchers find the local communities actually getting hungrier, sicker, and poorer as the project went on? And why did efforts to bring back wildlife become far more difficult than expected? In pursuit of answers, Stephanie Hanes takes readers on a vivid safari across southern Africa, from the shark-filled waters off Cape Agulhas to a reserve trying to save endangered wild dogs. She traces the tangled history of Western missionaries, explorers, and do-gooders in Africa, from Stanley and Livingstone to Teddy Roosevelt, from Bono and the Live Aid festivals to Greg Carr, the American benefactor of Gorongosa. And she examines the larger problems that arise when Westerners try to “fix” complex, messy situations in the developing world, acting with best intentions yet potentially overlooking the wishes of the people who live there. Beneath the uplifting stories we tell ourselves about helping Africans, she shows, often lies a dramatic misunderstanding of what the locals actually need and want. A gripping narrative of environmentalists and insurgents, poachers and tycoons, elephants and angry spirits, White Man’s Game profoundly challenges the way we think about philanthropy and conservation.
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1607106825
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 413
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An entertaining trivia compendium flush with fun facts about all things science. Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe is your anecdote to boring science textbooks. Uncle John and his loony lab partners will take you back to the Big Bang and forward to the distant future. You’ll see the science in everything around (and inside) you, and learn the truth about the most egregious science myths (such as—you can’t “sweat like a pig” because pigs don’t sweat). How many amazing facts await your visual cortex in these 494 pages made up of atoms (print version) or bits and bytes (e-book)? As Carl Sagan would have said, “Billions and Billions!” So put on your thinking cap and check out: · Pluto denied · Kitchen chemistry · Football gets physics-al · Planet Earth’s sudden hot flashes · Food’s incredible journey . . .through you · The science of surfing, skating, and snowboarding · How they plugged the hole in the ozone layer · How “defenseless” animals stay alive · Sci-fi that’s more fi than sci · Ancient astronomers · Know your clouds And much, much more
Author: Warwick Frost
Publisher: Channel View Publications
ISBN: 1845411633
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 271
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Zoos are important and popular tourist attractions. Spread around the world, they are typically located in major cities, with visitation levels comparable to other major attractions. Nature-based attractions constructed in artificial settings, they face the challenge of trying to balance potentially conflicting aims of conservation, education and entertainment. The best are continually developing fresh and effective techniques on visitor interpretation and management, the worst highlight the manipulation of animals for human gratification. Taking a global approach, this book examines the problems and paradoxes of zoos as they try to balance their roles as visitor attractions while repositioning themselves as leading conservation agencies. "This book provides a detailed and critical examination of the conflicting roles and identities of the modern zoo from a tourism perspective and as such reminds us that zoos are as much about the people who visit them as about the animals that they display. At a time when they are under continual critical scrutiny, this book delivers a fresh approach to our understanding and appreciation of zoos and of the challenges and opportunities that they face as they strive to remain relevant within modern society." Andrew Tribe, University of Queensland, Australia
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Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831714532
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Author: Jim Toomey
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780740738159
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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A collection of Sherman's Lagoon comic strips.
