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

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

Jack. Myers

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

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2004

Scientists probe 12 animal mysteries

Descripción física
64 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm

Edición
1st Boyds Mills Press pbk. ed.

Nota general
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."

Contenido
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.

Término de la materia
Animals -- Miscellanea.

Autor añadido
Rice, John, 1958-

Síntesis
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

Información de publicación
Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 2004.


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