Adrienne Mason
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Teaches children about biodiversity, describing its importance, and threats from habitat destruction, overharvesting, and climate change among other things. Describes how humans can be like the biblical Noah and care for Earth's species, offering examples of people who have devised creative ways of helping the environment. Includes a glossary of terms.
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"Using a highly visual approach and a "slow build" of concepts, Whales To the Rescue explores how whales help to maintain a healthy ocean and, by extension, a healthy and biodiverse planet. Whales are ecosystems engineers -- animals that create, modify or maintain a habitat or ecosystem. In its lifetime, a whale can improve our planet's health by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide, one of the most abundant greenhouse gases, in the atmosphere. How?...
4) Change It!
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Shows the physics of matter into solids, liquids and gases so that it can be understood.
6) Skunks
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Provides information on different kinds of skunks, including physical characteristics, behaviors, and habitats.
8) Secret spies
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Lu and Clancy discover a top secret map with an encoded note in Aunt Izzy's trunk, and try to discover, by dressing up in disguise and using nifty gadgets, if she is a spy.
10) Living things
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The 13 hands-on activities encourage children aged five to nine to explore the characteristics and basic needs of living things, including photosynthesis, metamorphosis and communication.
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