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48 pp.
| Carolrhoda |
May, 2000 |
LibraryISBN 1-57505-387-X$$19.93
|
PaperISBN 1-57505-438-8$$6.95
(3)
4-6Backyard Buddies series.
Illustrated by
Darren Erickson.
Photographs by
Brian Grogan.
Designed to involve kids in the scientific method of asking questions and testing hypotheses, each book begins with instructions for finding, hosting, drawing, and observing the creature under study. Ross explains spider and millipede life cycles and includes a section describing elementary school students' experiments, followed by professional entomologists' experiments. Illustrated with diagrams, cartoons, and color photos. Glos., ind.