Life Cycles (Investigate!)

(Paperback, Revised ed.)

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What hatches out of frogspawn Do reptiles lay eggs What kind of baby animal drinks milk 'Investigate' encourages science enquiry with an interactive, investigative, and visual approach to a wide range of core curriculum topics. The format allows students to use scientific processes such as prediction, hypothesis, and inference in answering a series of questions on important topics throughout the book.

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Focus questions challenge the reader to hypothesize an answer before reading the facts about each of the topics in the series. The questions are identified by a large Q and the answers by a large A. Colored photographs, cutaway graphics, diagrams and maps are used throughout the series to illustrate the different concepts. Books in the series include: Animal Characteristics, Animal Needs, Earth's Resources, Electricity, Life Cycles, Magnets, Plants, Push & Pull, Rocks & Soil, Senses, Sound, Sunlight, Teeth, Water, and Weather & Seasons. Suggested grade level of K-2, but can be used in the early childhood schools for science instruction. Recommended--Kristi Betts, Librarian, Kinkeade ECS, Irving Independent School District--10/3/2008-- "Irving Independent School District"
Part of the Investigate series, which encourages scientific inquiry through an interactive and visual approach. Excellent real-life photos. Also includes checklist, glossary, and index. Easy-to-understand for the younger ones! Recommended--Dianne Chenault, Library Media Specialist Arlington Independent School District10/10/2008-- "Arlington Independent School District"

Author Bio

Charlotte Guillain has written nearly 100 books, both fiction and non-fiction. Some of her best-selling titles for Raintree include the 'Space' and 'Growing Up' series. Among her forthcoming titles are Pandarella and Goldiclucks and the Three Bears in the 'Animal Fairy Tails' series, and 'The Frilly Goats Fluff' which will be published by Franklin Watts in June 2012. Before writing children's books, Charlotte worked as a bookseller, a teacher of English as a Foreign Language, and an editor.