This compact guide will help you understand--and enjoy--the unique zone where land and ocean meet. It is a guide to:
Seashells
Sea Plants
Shore Birds
Jellyfish, Starfish, Sand Crabs
With over 475 marine subjects illustrated in full color, Seashore Life not only aids in identification but also gives an overall picture of life at the shore.
Using clear text and detailed illustrations, Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press present accurate information in a handy format for the beginner to the expert. These guides focus on what your students are really going to see. They are easy to use: detailed, full-color illustrations, text, and maps are all in one place. They are easy to understand: accurate, accessible information is simplified without being misrepresented. They are authoritative, containing up-to-date information written experts and checked by specialists. And they are portable: handy and lightweight, designed to fit in a pocket and be carried anywhere.
Common American species. 423 color illustrations.
Common American species. 423 color illustrations.
This is a practical beginner's guide to the most common American wildflowers. Emphasis is on those with showy petals and those that the amateur is most likely to see. Special features include:
• Where to look for wildflowers
• Tips on how to collect and grow them
• Simplified range maps
As an added aid to quick and easy identification, the flowers are grouped according to color.
Seashells of the World is an introduction to the world of marine seashells, emphasizing the most attractive and best-known species. This guide will help you to:
-Identify
-Classify
-Understand the beautiful shells you see and collect
No other animals are so widely collected, traded, or bought and sold because of their beauty and rarity. 160 pp., full-color illustrations.
This guide to the snakes, frogs, turtles, and salamanders of North America aids in the identification of 212 species. Learn:
- How to tell the difference between reptiles and amphibians
- How and where to find them
- How to separate fact from fable
Reptiles and Amphibians includes full-color illustrations, up-to-date range maps, and a host of fascinating facts about these interesting and unusual animals.
Using clear text and detailed illustrations, Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press present accurate information in a handy format for the beginner to the expert. These guides focus on what your students are really going to see. They are easy to use: detailed, full-color illustrations, text, and maps are all in one place. They are easy to understand: accurate, accessible information is simplified without being misrepresented. They are authoritative, containing up-to-date information written experts and checked by specialists. And they are portable: handy and lightweight, designed to fit in a pocket and be carried anywhere.
A guide to familiar American species. 218 animals in full-color.
A guide to familiar American species. 218 animals in full-color.
A guide to the most familiar American birds. 129 birds in full-color. This guide will help you identify-quickly and easily-the birds you are most likely to see. It tells you:
• What to look for
• Where and when to look
• How to attract birds
Range maps show where each bird is found, and handy tables at the back of the book contain a wealth of additional information about migration, eggs, nests, and food. This is the perfect bird book for beginners at any age.
Simply, accurately, and graphically, this Golden Guide explains:
Massive movements of the atmosphere
Weather instruments and how they are used
The origins, development, and effects of storms
How to interpret weather maps
Full-color illustrations and up-to-date facts help you understand the fascinating phenomena of weather, and how changes are predicted.
Discover the Red-bellied Turtle, which is nearly extinct. Uncover a Garter Snake in your backyard. Locate an Alligator Lizard--or a Legless one. Identifying reptiles is fascinating and fun with this classic Golden Field Guide. Abundant illustrations and the Key Characteristic system, preferred by professionals, make this single-volume reference an outstanding choice for nature projects, collectors of all ages, and scientific study.
• All of North America in one volume
• 278 species and 500 subspecies in 22 families...plus 18 exotics
• Illustrations include juveniles and adults, body forms, undersides, scales, and more!
• Text, range maps, and illustrations seen together at a glance
• Common and scientific names
• Convenient measuring rules
• Plus first aid information for snakebites.
Experiment with magnetism, create fun games, and amaze your friends. Magically dangle a chain of marbles from the wand, make the marbles dance without touching them, and more. Includes 1 magnet wand (7.63 inches long) in assorted solid colors and 5 bicolor magnet marbles (.63 inches in diameter). Ceramic magnets are completely encased in plastic. Ceramic magnets are the most lightweight and economical magnets. Children safety tested for ages 4+.
A big, durable 8" high magnet. Horseshoe-shaped plastic handle is easy to grip for even the youngest hands. Ages 3 and up.
Set of 6 magnets, all different colors. Painted on both sides, tough ceramic ring magnets.
Just attach a discarded plastic soda bottle to each end of the Tornado Tube, one with water, one empty. Stand the empty bottle on a flat surface, as the water begins to flow down from the full bottle, a vortex will descend from the top with an amazing similarity to a tornado. Bottles not included.
• For 70 years, made in the U.S.A. with over 300 million sold worldwide
• Stretches like an accordion, bounces and walks down steps
• Made of metal for long lasting wiggly jiggly fun
• Comes boxed and perfect for presents, party favors, Easter baskets, grab bags, prizes and stocking stuffers
• Recommended for children 5 years of age and older
For 70 years, made in the U.S.A. with over 300 million sold worldwide. Stretches like an accordion, bounces and walks down steps. Made of metal for long lasting wiggly jiggly fun. Comes boxed and perfect for presents, party favors, Easter baskets, grab bags, prizes and stocking stuffers. Recommended for children 5 years of age and older
• Build your own simple solar thermal updraft towers
• Collect the sun’s energy and use it to spin five colorful turbines
• Learn about thermal updrafts and solar thermal energy.
Solar thermal energy refers to the technology of collecting solar energy in the form of heat and making it useful, for example, by converting it into electricity or heating homes. Huge solar thermal towers are being installed in sunny places around the world to convert the sun's heat into electricity via turbines powered by hot air. With this kit, you can build your own simple solar thermal updraft towers to collect the sun's energy and use it to spin colorful turbines. Test the solar turbines in various configurations and compare the results from two different towers. Learn about thermal updrafts and solar thermal energy.
Grow a marvelous crystal garden with these fast-growing crystals. The centers of four flower cards bloom into delicate crystal structures in just a few hours. You can practically see the crystals form before your eyes on the branches of filter-paper trees. Learn about how and why crystals form, and experiment with different colored flowers.
Look in the box and see the lunar phases in three dimensions! Each hole shows a different lunar phase! Comes with 5 stickers, full moon, new moon, waning moon, crescent moon, and quarter moon. 7.5" x 7.5" x 3.1".
Gives star positions for any date. Shows constellations, stars to 5th magnitude, nebula, Milky Way and the ecliptic. Major stars luminous for outdoor use. Has instructions, planet positions and Zodiac dial on reverse.