Book Description
No butterflies were harmed in the making of this exciting pop-up handbook, featuring six vibrant pops. Full color.
Author : Robert Sabuda
Publisher : Hyperion Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,64 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Butterflies
ISBN : 9780786805587
No butterflies were harmed in the making of this exciting pop-up handbook, featuring six vibrant pops. Full color.
Author : Susan Leigh Tomlinson
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 26,74 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : 0811735680
For nature-lovers, birders, and students of wildlife and biology, keeping a field notebook is essential to accurately recording outdoor observations. This unique guide offers instruction on how to do it-what to look for, what information should be recorded and how to organize it, basic drawing skills using line and color, and incorporating maps and charts, as well as advice on equipment to take in the field and using conventional field guides.
Author : Greg de Nevers
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,16 MB
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520274806
The California Naturalist Handbook provides a fun, science-based introduction to California’s natural history with an emphasis on observation, discovery, communication, stewardship and conservation. It is a hands-on guide to learning about the natural environment of California. Subjects covered include California natural history and geology, native plants and animals, California’s freshwater resources and ecosystems, forest and rangeland resources, conservation biology, and the effects of global warming on California’s natural communities. The Handbook also discusses how to create and use a field notebook, natural resource interpretation, citizen science, and collaborative conservation and serves as the primary text for the California Naturalist Program.
Author : Nancy Baron
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 24,89 MB
Release : 2010-08-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 1597269654
Most scientists and researchers aren’t prepared to talk to the press or to policymakers—or to deal with backlash. Many researchers have the horror stories to prove it. What’s clear, according to Nancy Baron, is that scientists, journalists and public policymakers come from different cultures. They follow different sets of rules, pursue different goals, and speak their own language. To effectively reach journalists and public officials, scientists need to learn new skills and rules of engagement. No matter what your specialty, the keys to success are clear thinking, knowing what you want to say, understanding your audience, and using everyday language to get your main points across. In this practical and entertaining guide to communicating science, Baron explains how to engage your audience and explain why a particular finding matters. She explores how to ace your interview, promote a paper, enter the political fray, and use new media to connect with your audience. The book includes advice from journalists, decision makers, new media experts, bloggers and some of the thousands of scientists who have participated in her communication workshops. Many of the researchers she has worked with have gone on to become well-known spokespeople for science-related issues. Baron and her protégées describe the risks and rewards of “speaking up,” how to deal with criticism, and the link between communications and leadership. The final chapter, ‘Leading the Way’ offers guidance to scientists who want to become agents of change and make your science matter. Whether you are an absolute beginner or a seasoned veteran looking to hone your skills, Escape From the Ivory Tower can help make your science understood, appreciated and perhaps acted upon.
Author : Richard Louv
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 41,29 MB
Release : 2008-04-22
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 156512586X
The Book That Launched an International Movement Fans of The Anxious Generation will adore Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller. “An absolute must-read for parents.” —The Boston Globe “It rivals Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.” —The Cincinnati Enquirer “I like to play indoors better ’cause that’s where all the electrical outlets are,” reports a fourth grader. But it’s not only computers, television, and video games that are keeping kids inside. It’s also their parents’ fears of traffic, strangers, Lyme disease, and West Nile virus; their schools’ emphasis on more and more homework; their structured schedules; and their lack of access to natural areas. Local governments, neighborhood associations, and even organizations devoted to the outdoors are placing legal and regulatory constraints on many wild spaces, sometimes making natural play a crime. As children’s connections to nature diminish and the social, psychological, and spiritual implications become apparent, new research shows that nature can offer powerful therapy for such maladies as depression, obesity, and attention deficit disorder. Environment-based education dramatically improves standardized test scores and grade-point averages and develops skills in problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making. Anecdotal evidence strongly suggests that childhood experiences in nature stimulate creativity. In Last Child in the Woods, Louv talks with parents, children, teachers, scientists, religious leaders, child-development researchers, and environmentalists who recognize the threat and offer solutions. Louv shows us an alternative future, one in which parents help their kids experience the natural world more deeply—and find the joy of family connectedness in the process. Included in this edition: A Field Guide with 100 Practical Actions We Can Take Discussion Points for Book Groups, Classrooms, and Communities Additional Notes by the Author New and Updated Research from the U.S. and Abroad
Author : Kyle Olmon
Publisher : Orchard Books (NY)
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 18,22 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780439543248
Provides readers of all ages with a colorful tour of medieval castles through detailed pop-up diagrams with informative and factual text about their construction, inhabitants, and the era in which they were used.
Author : Richard W. Thorington
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 23,19 MB
Release : 2006-08-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0801884020
Publisher description
Author : Robert Sabuda
Publisher : Reader's Digest Young Families, Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,10 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Endangered species
ISBN : 9780895776686
Meet some of the animals who are endangered. This unique pop-up book will show you what you can do to help, while it delights you with its colorful cut-paper artwork!
Author : Geoffrey Grainge Watson
Publisher :
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 40,70 MB
Release : 1963
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Bob Sheasley
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 30,52 MB
Release : 2008-07-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780312373641
Each day, Bob Sheasley leaves Lilyfield Farm and heads into the city. And each day, he brings along a basket of eggs for his coworkers at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Depending on the breed of hen, these eggs may be white, green, rose, blue, or as brown as chocolate. And they are all deliciously fresh, a taste of the rural way of life that people have enjoyed for millennia, one in which chickens have played a supporting role for nearly as long. In Home to Roost, Sheasley tells of the intertwined relationship between humans and chickens. He delves into where chickens came from, what their DNA tells us about our kinship, how we’ve treated our feathered fellow travelers, and the roads we’re crossing together. This is a story of agriculture and human migration, of folk medicine and technology, of how we dreamed of the good life, threw it away, and want it back. Modern farming has changed the lives of both bird and man over the past century. But backyard farmers like Sheasley offer hope for a return to the pleasures of locally grown food, as diverse as the chickens he’s raised on Lilyfield Farm. With wit and personal insight, Home to Roost examines of how our lives can be changed for the better, with something as simple as a backyard coop.