Backyard Biology: Observing Nature at School

It's time for you and your students to take a safari, but only as far as your schoolyard or backyard at home. This award-winning volume gets students involved hands-on with the nature's drama unfolding on the micro level in a nearby patch of grass or sandy lot, including examples of competition, predation, change, and cooperation. Whether it's an anthill or a spider' web, a butterfly or some moldy bread, there are valuable lessons to be learned.

Activity topics include: sharpening observation skills, decomposition in nature, structure in nature, and more. Skills challenged include: predicting, observing, recording, following directions, cooperating, and critical thinking.

Everything's here to help you make each project a success -- organizational procedures, required and optional materials lists (readily available), teaching suggestions, and complete, step-by-step directions for all projects.

Also features a two-sided, full-color (one side) pull-out poster with Observing Nature on one side and Things to Look for In Nature on the other side. Illustrated throughout with helpful line art as well as fun recurring "mouse" characters. All 16 pages perforated for easy removal.