Author: Mary Boone
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1666327743
Category : Habitat (Ecology)
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
"Spend a day and night in the tundra! Learn about this cold habitat through the intriguing animals that call it home. Catch breakfast mid-flight with a peregrine falcon. Spend the afternoon snoozing with an Arctic fox. Take an evening trek with a herd of caribou. After dark, sit still with an Arctic hare as hides from hungry wolves. What will tomorrow bring in the tundra?"--
Day and Night on the Tundra
Author: Mary Boone
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1666327743
Category : Habitat (Ecology)
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
"Spend a day and night in the tundra! Learn about this cold habitat through the intriguing animals that call it home. Catch breakfast mid-flight with a peregrine falcon. Spend the afternoon snoozing with an Arctic fox. Take an evening trek with a herd of caribou. After dark, sit still with an Arctic hare as hides from hungry wolves. What will tomorrow bring in the tundra?"--
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1666327743
Category : Habitat (Ecology)
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
"Spend a day and night in the tundra! Learn about this cold habitat through the intriguing animals that call it home. Catch breakfast mid-flight with a peregrine falcon. Spend the afternoon snoozing with an Arctic fox. Take an evening trek with a herd of caribou. After dark, sit still with an Arctic hare as hides from hungry wolves. What will tomorrow bring in the tundra?"--
Tundra
Author: Peter D. Moore
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438118724
Category : Environmental sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Describes the tundra biome, including climate, geology, geography and biodiversity.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438118724
Category : Environmental sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Describes the tundra biome, including climate, geology, geography and biodiversity.
Tuktuk
Author: Robin Currie
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
ISBN: 1628558792
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
As the sun begins to set, arctic animals scurry to prepare for six months of darkness and cold. Tuktuk the collared lemming is almost ready for the long winter night – all he needs is warm fur to line his nest. When one furry kamik (boot) slips off an Inuit driver’s sled, Tuktuk is in luck! But as he drags it home, Putak the polar bear, Aput the arctic fox, and Masak the caribou eye this little lemming’s prize and want it for their own. Can Tuktuk outwit the other animals and convince them that one furry kamik is no good for anyone bigger than a lemming?
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
ISBN: 1628558792
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
As the sun begins to set, arctic animals scurry to prepare for six months of darkness and cold. Tuktuk the collared lemming is almost ready for the long winter night – all he needs is warm fur to line his nest. When one furry kamik (boot) slips off an Inuit driver’s sled, Tuktuk is in luck! But as he drags it home, Putak the polar bear, Aput the arctic fox, and Masak the caribou eye this little lemming’s prize and want it for their own. Can Tuktuk outwit the other animals and convince them that one furry kamik is no good for anyone bigger than a lemming?
Serious Games
Author: Stefan Göbel
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319191268
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
This book constitutes the proceedings of the First Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2015, held in Huddersfield, UK, in June 2015. This conference bundles the activities of the International Conference on Serious Games Development and Applications, SGDA, and the Conference on Serious Games, GameDays. The total of 12 full papers and 5 short papers was carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. The book also contains one full invited talk. The papers were organized in topical sections named: games for health; games for learning; games for other purposes; game design and development; and poster and demo papers.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319191268
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
This book constitutes the proceedings of the First Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2015, held in Huddersfield, UK, in June 2015. This conference bundles the activities of the International Conference on Serious Games Development and Applications, SGDA, and the Conference on Serious Games, GameDays. The total of 12 full papers and 5 short papers was carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. The book also contains one full invited talk. The papers were organized in topical sections named: games for health; games for learning; games for other purposes; game design and development; and poster and demo papers.
A Walk on the Tundra
Author: Rebecca Hainnu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781549042409
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Inuujaq, a little girl who travels with her grandmother onto the tundra, soon learns that the tundra's colourful flowers, mosses, shrubs, and lichens are much more important to the Inuit than she originally believed. This informative story, which teaches the many uses for Arctic plants, also includes a field guide with photographs and scientific information about a wide array of plants found throughout the Arctic ecosystem."--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781549042409
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Inuujaq, a little girl who travels with her grandmother onto the tundra, soon learns that the tundra's colourful flowers, mosses, shrubs, and lichens are much more important to the Inuit than she originally believed. This informative story, which teaches the many uses for Arctic plants, also includes a field guide with photographs and scientific information about a wide array of plants found throughout the Arctic ecosystem."--
The Great Frozen Land (Bolshaia Zemelskija Tundra)
Author: Frederick George Jackson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Author's sledge expedition along the Arctic coast of Siberia from Waigatz Island to Lapland, 1893-94, to test cold weather clothing and equipment and to study the Samoyed people.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Author's sledge expedition along the Arctic coast of Siberia from Waigatz Island to Lapland, 1893-94, to test cold weather clothing and equipment and to study the Samoyed people.
LIFE
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Red Sky at Night
Author: Elly MacKay
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN: 1101917857
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
A memorable collection of weather sayings, beautifully arranged in story form and illustrated by renowned paper artist Elly MacKay. Red sky at night, sailor's delight. And, the next morning, when the dew is on the grass, no rain will come to pass. These are the perfect conditions for a grandfather to take his grandchildren out on a fishing trip. Especially since, as the saying goes, when the wind is from the West, then the fishes bite the best. The family takes a boat out on the lake, fishing and swimming and eventually camping out on a nearby island, taking full advantage of the gorgeous weather. But the next day . . . red sky in the morning, sailors take warning! The family ventures back home just in time to avoid a rainstorm. But not to worry -- the more rain, the more rest. Fair weather's not always best. Acclaimed paper artist Elly MacKay illustrates a lovely family narrative through the use of weather aphorisms, creating a beautiful and informational story which will appeal to children's timeless fascination with the natural world.
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN: 1101917857
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
A memorable collection of weather sayings, beautifully arranged in story form and illustrated by renowned paper artist Elly MacKay. Red sky at night, sailor's delight. And, the next morning, when the dew is on the grass, no rain will come to pass. These are the perfect conditions for a grandfather to take his grandchildren out on a fishing trip. Especially since, as the saying goes, when the wind is from the West, then the fishes bite the best. The family takes a boat out on the lake, fishing and swimming and eventually camping out on a nearby island, taking full advantage of the gorgeous weather. But the next day . . . red sky in the morning, sailors take warning! The family ventures back home just in time to avoid a rainstorm. But not to worry -- the more rain, the more rest. Fair weather's not always best. Acclaimed paper artist Elly MacKay illustrates a lovely family narrative through the use of weather aphorisms, creating a beautiful and informational story which will appeal to children's timeless fascination with the natural world.
The Origin of Day and Night
Author: Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781772271805
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this Inuit tale, the actions of a hare and a fox change the Arctic forever by creating day and night. In very early times, there was no night or day and words spoken by chance could become real. When a hare and a fox meet and express their longing for light and darkness, their words are too powerful to be denied. Passed orally from storyteller to storyteller for hundreds of years, this beautifully illustrated story weaves together elements of an origin story and a traditional animal tale, giving young readers a window into Inuit mythology.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781772271805
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this Inuit tale, the actions of a hare and a fox change the Arctic forever by creating day and night. In very early times, there was no night or day and words spoken by chance could become real. When a hare and a fox meet and express their longing for light and darkness, their words are too powerful to be denied. Passed orally from storyteller to storyteller for hundreds of years, this beautifully illustrated story weaves together elements of an origin story and a traditional animal tale, giving young readers a window into Inuit mythology.
Ecology
Author: Manju Yadav
Publisher: Discovery Publishing House
ISBN: 9788171417162
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Ecology is an underdisciplinary science and extends to diverse fields such as Zoology, Botany, Earth Science and Geography. The present title is an effort to summarize the basic concept and principles of the subject, to present the elementary factual information with which a person to be competent in the field should be familiar, and to show how these principles and facts may be applied in a practical way to the interests and welfare of man. Although the book relates especially to animals, enough material given covering plants to bring out their essential place in the system of nature and to emphasize the bioecological point of view.
Publisher: Discovery Publishing House
ISBN: 9788171417162
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Ecology is an underdisciplinary science and extends to diverse fields such as Zoology, Botany, Earth Science and Geography. The present title is an effort to summarize the basic concept and principles of the subject, to present the elementary factual information with which a person to be competent in the field should be familiar, and to show how these principles and facts may be applied in a practical way to the interests and welfare of man. Although the book relates especially to animals, enough material given covering plants to bring out their essential place in the system of nature and to emphasize the bioecological point of view.