Backyard Biology

Donna Latham

Description

Offering a deep peek into the world right outside your door, this life science book for middle readers gets kids excited about the natural world with fantastic hands-on science experiments!Where can you study biology? Everywhere! Do you need special equipment? No!Biology is the study of life, and life is all around you. You can find life thriving in the city and in the country, teeming in ecosystems around the planet-in deserts, oceans, and even the Arctic. Backyard Biology: Discover the Life Cycles and Adaptations Outside Your Door with Hands-On Science Activities introduces readers ages 9 to 12 to the amazing world of life science right outside their doors, no matter where they live. Plentiful text-to-self and text-to-world connections provide foundational learning. This title has been revised and updated to reflect 2020 educational standards and incorporate new scientific discoveries! Backyard Biology: Discover the Life Cycles and Adaptations Outside Your Door with Hands-On Science Activities invites readers ages 9 through 12 to investigate living things in their own environments, including yards, parks, nature areas, and playgrounds. Backyard Biology turns readers into Nature Detectives with activities and projects that encourage children to build on a foundation of textual discovery and apply their knowledge to real-world problems and solutions. Activities include constructing a plankton net to collect pond samples and growing microorganisms in a Winogradsky column. Projects use materials already in most homes, reimagining and repurposing everyday items, as well as mining the recycling bin! Essential questions, short sidebars, and links to online primary resources help readers learn about the natural world around them and connect that natural world to the very survival of the human species. About the Build It Science set and Nomad PressBackyard Biology is part of a set of four Build It Science books that explore accessible science. The other titles in this set are Fairground Physics, Climate Change, and Kitchen Chemistry. Nomad Press books in the Build It series integrate content with participation. Combining content with inquiry-based projects stimulates learning and makes it active and alive. Nomad's unique approach simultaneously grounds kids in factual knowledge while allowing them the space to be curious, creative, and critical thinkers.All books are leveled for Guided Reading level and Lexile and align with Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. All titles are available in paperback, hardcover, and ebook formats.

Informations

• Publié par: Nomad Press
• Date de parution: 15 avril 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781619308947
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 70 Mo

Extrait

BACKYARD BIOLGY Discover the Life Cycles and Adaptations Outside Your Door with HandsOn Science Activities

Donna Latham Illustrated by Michelle Simpson

BACKYARD BIOLGY

Discover the Life Cycles and Adaptations Outside Your Door with HandsOn Science Activities

Donna Latham Illustrated by Michelle Simpson

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CONTENTS

Backyards Around the World . . . iv

Introduction The Study of Life . . . 1

Chapter 1 Cells Alive! . . . 12

Chapter 2 Microbiology Reveals an Invisible World . . . 26

Chapter 3 Plants Make Life Possible . . . 44

Chapter 4 Plant Life Cycles . . . 57

Chapter 5 Adaptations Are a Matter of Life and Death . . . 73

Chapter 6 Animal Life Cycles . . . 88

Chapter 7 Be the Difference . . . 98

Glossary  Metric Conversions Resources  Essential Questions  Index

Interested in Primary Sources? Look for this icon. Use a smartphone or tablet app to scan the QR code and explore more! Photos are also primary sources because a photograph takes a picture at the moment something happens. You can find a list of URLs on the Resources page. If the QR code doesn’t work, try searching the internet with the Keyword Prompts to find other helpful sources. biology

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BACKYARD BIOLOGY BACKYARDS AROUND THE WORLD

BACKYARD IN NORTH AMERICA

BACKYARD IN SOUTH AMERICA

BACKYARD IN RUSSIA

BACKYARD IN GREENLAND

BACKYARDS AROUND THE WORLD

BACKYARD IN JAPAN

BACKYARD IN NORWAY

BACKYARD IN GERMANY

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THE STUDY OF LIFE

Were do you îve? In te country, în a cîty, by te beac, near a desert? Werever you are, you can ind a woe ot o îe rîgt outsîde your door!

Introduction

îe îs everywere. îe Lourîses în deserts, orests, and oceans—even în te Arctîc. You can Ind a pace to expore îvîng tîngs amost anywere you go. But even î you don’t ave pans to trave anytîme soon, you can be a biologist în your own neîgborood.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

What characteristics do most living things share?

Your communîty îs an îdea pace or scîentîIc învestîgatîon. Parks, paygrounds, and nature preserves are outdoor scîence abs. Dîscover îe over your ead, under your toes, and at your Ingertîps. Ask questîons, make predîctîons, and record your observatîons. hînk îke a scîentîst!

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WORDS TO KNOW

BACKYARD BIOLOGY

biologist:a scientist who studies LIFE ON EARTH biology. biology:the study of life and of Biology îs te study o îe and îvîng tîngs. living organisms. Eart boasts a mînd-boggîng diversity o diversity:a range of different things. organisms and ecosystems . Pus, a îe organism:any living thing. on Eart îs connected. îe orms range ecosystem:a community of rom învîsîbe microorganisms squîrmîng living and nonliving things and their environments. under your tumbnaî to gîgantîc bue waes microorganism:a living thing swîmmîng în oceans. so small that it can be seen only with a microscope. Eart’s species are so varîed and pentîu, species:a group of plants or ît’s trîcky to îdentîy ow many tere are. animals that are closely related Accordîng to te Natîona Scîence Foundatîon, and produce offspring. scîentîsts ave named and recorded 1.9 mîîon predator:an animal that hunts specîes out o about 8.7 mîîon specîes în another animal for food. exîstence. Scîentîsts are aways Indîng new ichthyologist:a scientist who studies fish. specîes—some beîeve Eart’s tota number may be coser to 10 mîîon. marine biology:the study of life in the water. microbiology:the study of For exampe, în microorganisms. 2018, a researc team Take a look at botany:the study of plants. dîscovered an amazîng, Squalus clarkae zoology:the study of animals. newy îdentîIed in this video! adapt:to change to survive in specîes în deep waters Florida Today new or different conditions. Squalus clarkae of te coast o Beîze. camouflage:the use of colors Wîe some peope or patterns to blend in with a background. tînk te creature adaptation:a change a plant resembes an anîme or animal has made to help it caracter, ît’s actuay a bîg-eyed dogIs sark! survive. About 20 to 28 înces în engt, tîs sender sark îs an aggressîve predator . Scîentîsts named te sarkSqualus clarkae, or “Genîe’s dogIs” to onor Eugenîe Cark (1922–2015), an Amerîcan ichthyologist and marine biology pîoneer. Eart added a new named specîes to îts boomîng tota number.

The STuDY Of LIfe

BOUNTIFUL BIOLOGY

Wî you dîscover a new specîes? Maybe! As a backyard bîoogîst, you’ expore tree dîferent brances o bîoogy.

• Microbiology îs te study o mîcroorganîsms. Mîcro means “sma.” Mîcroorganîsms are so tîny, tey can’t be seen wît te uman eye aone. To vîew tem, peope need mîcroscopes.

• Botany îs te study o pants. Pants are essentîa to te natura word. hey ep make îe on Eart possîbe.

• Zoology îs te study o anîmas. îke pants, anîmas adapt to te word around tem.

For exampe, te mossy ea-taîed gecko camouflages agaînst surroundîng trees and rocks. ït dîsappears as toug ît was wearîng an învîsîbîîty coak. Oter anîmas deveop beavîors and pysîca traîts necessary or survîva. Wat adaptations wî you observe în your backyard adventures?

Can you spot the mossy leaf tailed gecko in this photo? Credit: Frank Vassen (CC BY 2.0)

BIO The prefix “LIFE.” means OLOGY The suffix means “THE STUDY OF.”

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