Bug Camp
Where Every Day's an Adventure
Published on 15. September 2016
96 pages
978-1-63322-316-5 (ISBN)
Description
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More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Minneapolis
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Product notice
Fixed format
Illustrations
300+ color photos and 15 illustrations
File size
8,03 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-63322-316-5 (9781633223165)
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09/2016
Walter Foster Jr.
€32.37
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Persons
Tim Forrest, PhD, a biology professor at the University of North Carolina Asheville, teaches animal behavior, entomology, invertebrate zoology, and other biology courses. He has won university-wide recognition for excellence in teaching and has spent many summers conducting bug camps for kids. Forrest earned a BS in biology and mathematics from Florida Southern College, and masters and doctorate degrees in entomology from the University of Florida. He was a postdoctoral research associate in neurobiology and behavior at Cornell University and a research scientist at the National Center for Physical Acoustics. Forrest's passion for science and discovery began during childhood adventures in Florida, where he grew up. He lives in Asheville, NC.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introducing
- Welcome to Bug Camp!
- Hello, Insects!
- Insect Taxa
- Insect Habitats
- Rearing & Keeping
- Collecting
- Insects in Collections
- Exploring
- Predators
- Pollinators
- Symbiosis
- Discovering
- Insects in Hiding
- Insects in the Dark
- Social Insects
- Talking Insects
- Moving Insects
- Acknowledgments
- Credits
- Glossary
- Organism Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- H
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- T
- Z
- General Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- J
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- V
- W
