Difficult words are defined right in the margins, and fun cartoon illustrations abound. Meanwhile, a closing chapter on protecting living things provides a strong, comprehensive review. Latham does not neglect conservation issues and includes tips about treating the natural world with care during and after experiments. All experiments utilize easily obtained supplies from around the house and can largely be completed independent of excessive adult assistance. Relevant experiments and activities follow each of the seven chapters and are fully explained in step-by-step directions with illustrations.
This volume begins with a brief overview of the branches of biology and offers detailed discussions on a host of topics including microbiology and cells, botany, animal life cycles, and adaptations. A good choice for science collections.- Caroline Geck, Camden Street School Library, Newark, NJĬopyright 2013 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.įebruGrades 4-7 Science is everywhere, and the Build It Yourself series encourages children to view the wide world around them as their own laboratory. An appended master glossary contains approximately 180 terms. Each activity expands students' vocabularies through "Words to Know" mini-glossaries on the pages on which they appear. The "Did you know" boxes contain interesting facts about the topics of investigation.
Many illustrations, diagrams, and sidebars are integrated into the text. Each activity begins with an overview, provides a list of needed supplies, and then usually offers two pages of numbered directions. It provides nature projects that can easily be implemented and includes growing microbes, molds, and yeasts engaging in chemical chromatography and learning what average people can do to protect neighborhood habitats.
Gr 5-8-This resource guide contains a wealth of information and challenging activities for budding scientists. Latham’s accessible, encouraging tone, along with such experiments as creating habitats for woodlice (aka roly-polies) and building bird nests using natural materials, should pique kids’ interest and get them outdoors. MaThis addition to the Build It Yourself series incorporates 25 projects for kids to try as they explore the “ecosystems that are outside your door.” The book’s eight chapters cover biology (and microbiology), cells, and the life cycles of both plants and animals, among other topics definitions of key terms appear throughout, as do Hetland’s cartoons and diagrams.
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