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Hands-On Ecology: Real-Life Activities for Kids.


Hands-On Ecology: Real-Life Activities for Kids

Colleen col·leen  
n.
An Irish girl.



[Irish Gaelic cailín, diminutive of caile, girl, from Old Irish.
 Kessler, author; Mike Eustis, illustrator

Prufrock Press

PO Box 8813, Waco, TX 76714-8813

1593632010 $19.95 www.prufrock.com 1-800-998-2208

Gifted intervention specialist Colleen Kessler presents Hands-On Ecology: Real-Life Activities for Kids, a guide filled with activities for parents, babysitters, educators, and home schoolers meant to teach conservation and environmentalism environmentalism, movement to protect the quality and continuity of life through conservation of natural resources, prevention of pollution, and control of land use.  to kids in grades 3-5. Featuring in-depth activities for Earth Day, some hands-on classroom suggestions include building a mini-woodland habitat, basic composting
For the product of composting see compost
Composting is the controlled aerobic decomposition of biodegradable organic matter, producing compost.
, crafting a milk carton birdfeeder, studying photosynthesis, and much more. Black-and-white illustrations and reproducible re·pro·duce  
v. re·pro·duced, re·pro·duc·ing, re·pro·duc·es

v.tr.
1. To produce a counterpart, image, or copy of.

2. Biology To generate (offspring) by sexual or asexual means.
 activity forms round out this excellent educational supplement.
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