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Lang, Susan S. Holm, Sharon Lane, Illustrator

More Nature in Your Backyard: Simple Activities for Children

48 pp. | Lerner/Millbrook | January, 1998 | Library ISBN 0-7613-0308-1

(3) K-3 Twenty simple activities lead children to observe and hypothesize about the world around them. Organized into five categories (insects, birds, snow, soil, and plants), these engaging projects--preserving a spider web, using soil to clean water, for example--use commonly available materials and can usually be executed at home. Clear illustrations elucidate the directions. Sidebars include interesting factual tidbits. Bib., ind.

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