Janice Vancleave's Ecology for Every Kid: Easy Activities That Make Learning Science Fun (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780471100867)

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 aboutecology. With the ideas and activities in Ecology for Every Kid, you'll have fun exploring everything from your role in spreadingplant seeds, to greenhouse gases' effect on the earth'stemperature.

Use a raisin cookie, a pencil, and a toothpick to learn how awoodpecker gets its food. With uncooked rice and a sock, see how amountain goat maintains its footing on rocky slopes. In otherfascinating 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 orclassroom. The book also contains many helpful diagrams andillustrations plus a glossary of bold-faced terms for you to referto whenever necessary. Every activity has been pretested and can beperformed safely and inexpensively in the classroom or athome.

Also available in this series from Janice VanCleave:

ASTRONOMY FOR EVERY KID

BIOLOGY FOR EVERY KID

CHEMISTRY FOR EVERY KID

DINOSAURS FOR EVERY KID

EARTH SCIENCE FOR EVERY KID

GEOGRAPHY FOR EVERY KID

GEOMETRY FOR EVERY KID

THE HUMAN BODY FOR EVERY KID

MATH FOR EVERY KID

PHYSICS FOR EVERY KID

Author: Janice VanCleave
ISBN-10: 0471100862
ISBN-13: 9780471100867
Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
Published: 01/12/1996
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.25h x 5.84w x 0.69d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 03/01/1996 pg. 1182
School Library Journal 04/01/1996 pg. 152