Bug Lab for Kids (eBook)

Family-Friendly Activities for Exploring the Amazing World of Beetles, Butterflies, Spiders, and Other Arthropods

John W. Guyton (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
144 Seiten
Quarry Books (Verlag)
978-1-63159-633-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Your bug adventure starts here!Bug Lab for Kids is a collection of more than 40 fun activities for exploring the exciting world of arthropods, which makes up more than 90 percent of all animals on earth, including insects, spiders, centipedes, butterflies, bees, ants, and many others! Written by entomologist and educator Dr. John W. Guyton, this fascinating and informative book teaches young bug enthusiasts how to find, interact with, and collect arthropods safely. Begin Your Adventure. Learn how to dress to collect, start a field notebook, and use the scientific method, as well as the best places to look for bugs. Also, make and use an insect net, collecting jars, pitfall traps, and more, and investigate how to care for live arthropods. Preserving Insects. Find out the best ways to photograph insects, make a spreading board, and pin insects. The Most Common Insect Orders. Explore Coleoptera (beetles), Diptera (flies and mosquitos), Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies), and many more. Other Arthropods. Conduct experiments with centipedes and millipedes, sow bugs and pill bugs, granddaddy longlegs, and others. Creative Projects. Re-create a paper wasps nest with papier-mache, make a pitcher plant and fly game, and set up a butterfly watering station. Butterflies, Bees & Other Pollinators. Learn how to rear butterflies and explore their migration patterns, conduct a local survey of pollinators, host a honey tasting, and make a pollinator habitat. Turn a fascination for bugs into a love of science and nature withBug Lab for Kids! The popular Lab for Kids series features a growing list of books that share hands-on activities and projects on a wide host of topics, including art, astronomy, clay, geology, math, and even how to create your own circusall authored by established experts in their fields. Each lab contains a complete materials list, clear step-by-step photographs of the process, as well as finished samples. The labs can be used as singular projects or as part of a yearlong curriculum of experiential learning. The activities are open-ended, designed to be explored over and over, often with different results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults, they are enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain firsthand knowledge on your favorite topic with Lab for Kids.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.6.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Lab for Kids
• Reihe/Serie: Lab for Kids
• Zusatzinfo: 75 color photos and 125 color illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Tiere / Pflanzen / Natur
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
• Schlagworte: 10 • 3 year old • 4 years • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • Activity • Agriculture • All About • ants • aphids • arthropods • arts and crafts • arts and crafts projects • back yard • backyard • backyard activities • Basics • Beekeeping • bees • Beetles • Beginner's Guide • Biology • Book • bug behavior • bug camp • bugfest • bug identification • Bugs • bugs book for kids • bug science activities for kids • Butterflies • caddisflies • Camouflage • CAMP • Catch • centipedes • children • cicadas • citizen science • Class • cockroaches • Cocoon • Coleoptera • Course • craft • creepy crawly • crickets • Curriculum • Demonstration • Diptera • dragonflies • Draw • Elementary School • entomologist • Entomology • Environmentalism • Essentials • Experiential Learning • Experiment • experiments • explained • Flies • Foundation • fundamentals • Guidelines • Handbook • Hemiptera • Homeschooling • how to • HUNT • Hymenoptera • Idea • Ideas • Identify • Information • insect • insect book for children • Insects • Inspiration • instruction • Introduction • Isoptera • Kindergarten • lacewings • larva • learn • Lepidoptera • lesson plan • lessons • Make • Maker • Manual • metamorphosis • Migration • millipedes • Mosquitoes • Moths • Nature • Nature Activities • Neuroptera • Observe • outdoor activities • Outdoors • outdoor science • outdoor science projects • Photos • physical characteristics • Pollination • pollinators • pupa • pupae • Reference • resource • science experiments for kids • science projects for kids • shield bugs • Sketch • Skills • Spiders • Steam • steam activities • stem • STEM activities • Step by Step • Sticks and Stones • Student • summer vacation • summer vacation activities • techniques • Termites • TIPS • Training • Trichoptera • Tutorial • wasps
• ISBN-10: 1-63159-633-0 / 1631596330
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63159-633-9 / 9781631596339