How dogs came from wolves and other explorations of science in action

Title
How dogs came from wolves and other explorations of science in action

Personal Author EPSB
Jack. Myers

Summary
Intriguing questions about animals are answered by scientists in these twelve explorations taken from the award-winning column in "Highlights for Children" magazine.

Year Published
2004

Series
Scientists probe 12 animal mysteries

Physical Description
64 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm

Edition
1st Boyds Mills Press pbk. ed.

Note
This title may be found in the Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention Purple System Choice Library Grade 5 Level S kit.
 
"Scientists probe 12 animal mysteries."

Contents
Introduction: Elephant talk: Scientists discovered how to listen in -- Do dogs see in color? To find out, scientists taught them a game -- How dogs came from wolves: People bred tame animals from wild ones -- Long-distance whale: It?s the very same whale. You can tell by its tail -- How birds hatch their eggs: It?s not easy -- Why the puffins came back to egg rock: After a hundred-year absence, they?re back! -- Tracking the wandering Albatross: Bird spends most of its life on the wing -- Living on the edge of danger: Ant loves heat -- Seal is a sneaky swimmer: Scientist caught it saving energy -- Cool story about an Antarctic fish: Why doesn?t it freeze? -- Warm-blooded fish? Some fish can keep parts of their bodies warm -- High-tech fish: They have their own electric fields.

Subject
Animals -- Miscellanea.

Added Author
Rice, John, 1958-

Summary
Intriguing questions about animals are answered by scientists in these twelve explorations taken from the award-winning column in "Highlights for Children" magazine.

ISBN
9781590782781

Publisher
Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 2004.


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George P. NicholsonCL5Teacher resource31004000269378Checked out
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