Animal Mechanicals
Humans may have some great technology at their fingertips,
but some of the best mechanics are found in the animal kingdom! This series
explores the amazing body structures, systems, and skills used by animals from
every part of the animal kingdom, including amphibians, birds, fish and other
seas creatures, insects and spiders, mammals, and reptiles. Readers will learn
the mechanics behind a cheetah?s speed and an owl?s amazing hearing ability.
They?ll make connections between the animals? tools and their habitat, which
serves as an excellent lesson in adaptations. This technology-based approach to
animals provides an exciting scope for young readers. The fact-based layout and
vivid visuals will allow the animal world to come to life!
? Supports the Next Generation
Science Standards by encouraging scientific understanding of animals and their behavior
? "Fact File"
design will hook readers? interest
? Excellent supplement to both life science and technology
curricula
