Busy with Bugs
160 Extremely
Interesting Things to Do with Bugs
by Toni Albert, illustrated by
Margaret Brandt |
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2010 Award
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$15.95 |
From
the Introduction to Busy with Bugs:
"Since bugs are little
animals, we must treat them with respect and care....This book is packed
with interesting activities, including collecting and keeping live bugs.
By handling them gently and taking care of them respon-sibly, you'll
learn to love and protect all living things on our planet. You'll become
a better caretaker of our Earth."
Toni Albert |
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3-8 |
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72 pages, 8 ½ x 11 |
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ISBN: |
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978-1-929432-05-9 |
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Paperback: |
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$11.95 |
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Grades: |
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3-8 |
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72 pages, 8 ½ x 11 |
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ISBN: |
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978-1-929432-06-6 |
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Bug Adventures
for Young Scientists!
Description: Busy
with Bugs provides an ant hill of activity for kids who love bugs
and bug adventures.
The book buzzes with practical how-to information, fun
facts, and 160 exciting hands-on-bugs activities. You'll find:
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Field guide information
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How to care for bugs
and keep them as pets
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How to make amazing
discoveries by doing 160 activities with bugs
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Stunning art in
butterfly colors
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Silly "Bug Giggles"
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Fascinating "Bug Buzz"
with surprising bug facts
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Glossary, index,
resource list, and guide to keeping bugs
Packed with Activities!
Kids can:
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Build seven different
bug traps, including a Potato Trap
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Estimate the
temperature of the air by listening to a cricket's chirp
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Plan a Grasshopper
Field Day with friends
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Talk to fireflies with
a penlight
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Plant a butterfly
garden — or a caterpillar garden
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Watch a millipede clean
its feet
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Collect a spider web
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Find out if aphids
prefer the color yellow
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Make a Fly-Right-In Bug
Trap to catch flying bugs. Put bits
of fruit in a wide-mouth jar, or at
night, put a glow stick in a
jar to catch bugs that are attracted to light.
Place a funnel in the jar with the small end of the funnel pointing down.
Then when bugs fly in, they won't be able to get out again. Observe them
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Busy with Bugs has stunning art in butterfly colors by illustrator,
Margaret Brandt. Illustrations are carefully researched to be accurate representations of insects and bugs to help children identify them in the
field. Every illustration is meticulously labeled. |
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