What Can an Animal Do?

What can an animal do? All kinds of things! This book encourages children to notice the characteristics and behaviours of a world of different animals: from gnawing, swimming beavers to spinning, climbing spiders to hopping, baby-toting kangaroos. What Can an Animal Do? is a lively introduction to observing, comparing, and describing - all things budding scientists can do, too.

About the author

Lawrence Lowery taught in the Oakland, CA, public schools before becoming a professor of science education at the University of California, Berkeley. He has more than 40 years' experience creating science activities and programs, developing curricula, and writing articles and books, including the NSTA Press publication The Everyday Science Sourcebook and the I Wonder Why series.

Summary

What can an animal do? All kinds of things! This book encourages children to notice the characteristics and behaviours of a world of different animals: from gnawing, swimming beavers to spinning, climbing spiders to hopping, baby-toting kangaroos. What Can an Animal Do? is a lively introduction to observing, comparing, and describing - all things budding scientists can do, too.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence F. Lowery, Lawrence F Lowery, Lawrence F. Lowery
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2013
• EAN: 9781936959457
• ISBN: 978-1-936959-45-7
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 237 mm x 250 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 190 g
• Illustrations: Illustrations
• Series: I Wonder Why (Paperback); I Wonder Why (Paperback); I Wonder Why
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology