Amazing Mammals, Part II (Ranger Rick's NatureScope) - Softcover

National Wildlife Federation

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070471045 ISBN 13: 9780070471047

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1998

Synopsis

A collection of stories, games, trivia questions, crafts, and experiments introduce readers to different mammals

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Ranger Rick's NatureScope is a creative, activities-centered education series dedicated to inspiring in children an understanding and appreciation of the natural world, while developing the skills they will need to make responsbile decisions about the environment. Teachers, parents, scout leaders, camp counselors, and anyone else committed to sharing nature with kids will want to collect all the volumes of these award-winning nature guides, filled with kid-pleasing indoor and outdoor activities. Each book includes: reproducible "copycat pages," with games, puzzles to color, and more; reay-to-use activities, including arts and crafts, creative writing, science experiments, songs, games, and curriculum tie-ins...with complete materials lists and step-by-step instructions; essays and case studies from leading scientists for group discussion; expanded glossaries and bibliographies. Hopping, swinging, grimacing, buidling, flying. Mammals are a fascinating bunch of creatures--and they move and behave in fascinating ways. Whether examining how these clever animals get from palce to place or how they build their habitats, this highly illustrated book gets kids hooked on their fellow mammals. They'll get the inside scoop on the unique behaviors of cats, prairie dogs, aardvarks, bats, shrews, horses, tenrecs, dolphins, dugongs, platypuses, kangaroos, and more. Activities like puzzles and crafts reinforce the learning--and make it fun. And by the end of the book, cildren will be able to answer questions like: "how important are thumbs?" or "Why do beavers build dams?"

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0070471045
• ISBN 13: 9780070471047
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96