"With 25 illustrated biographies of amazing scientists from around the world"--Cover. Includes index.
Contents:
Jodie Darquea Arteaga (b. 1980) Ecuadorian: Go fishing in a bowl to learn about bycatch. Eunice Newton Foote (b. 1819) American: Perform a greenhouse gas experiment by trapping the suns energy -- Jean-Henri Fabre (b. 1823) French: Build an insect habitat to study isopod behavior -- Eugenius Warming (b. 1841) Danish: Make a paper cactus to see how cacti expand when it rains -- William Emerson Ritter (b. 1856) American: Capture invertebrates in their natural habitats -- George Washington Carver (b. 1884) American: Grow beans under different soil conditions -- Ed Ricketts (b.1897) American: Create a tide pool in a plastic tub -- G. Evelyn Hutchinson (b. 1903) English: Use a plastic bottle and nylons to capture plankton -- Dora Priaulx Henry (b. 1904) American: Fabricate a moving model of a barnacle -- Rachel Carson (b. 1907) American: Make a Secchi disk to test water clarity in a pond, lake, or stream -- Eugen Odom (b. 1913) American: Use quadrat sampling to study the biodiversity of ecosystems -- Akira Miyawaki (b. 1928) Japanese: Plant chia seeds to learn how trees protect soil -- E.O. Wilson (b. 1929) American: Make a sweep net to capture amazing arthropods -- C.S. Holling (b. 1930) Canadian: Make plaster casts of animal footprints -- O'Neil Ray Collins (b. 1931) American: Dissect a mushroom and make prints from the spores -- Sylvia Earle (b. 1935) American: Create an oil spill in a bowl and try to clean it up -- Wangari Maathai (b. 1940) Kenyan: Germinate beans in a jar and plant a tree -- Robin Wall Kimmerer (b. 1953) American: Take a closer look at moss -- Rodrigo Medellin (b. 1957) Mexican: Do an echolocation experiment to see how bats locate their prey -- Dana Bergstrom (b. 1962) Australian: Use a shoe and a stuffed animal to see how seeds are dispersed -- Aparajita Datta (b. 1970) Indian: Observe and illustrate insect/plant relationships -- Lisa Schultz Moore (b. 1971) American: Make prairie plant noodles in a jar -- Lesley de Souza (b. 1971) Brazilian/American: Build a rain forest terrarium or an aquatic ecosystem -- Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (b. 1980) American: Experiment with red cabbage juice to see how carbon dioxide acidifies the ocean -- Jodie Darquea Arteaga (b. 1980) Ecuadorian: Go fishing in a bowl to learn about bycatch.
Summary:
"The Kitchen Pantry Scientist : Ecology for Kids features biographies of 25 leading ecologists, past and present, accompanied by accessible and engaging experiments and activities to bring the history and principles of ecology alive"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.