Big science ideas

Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce readers to the process of pollination, explaining what it is, how it works, and why it is important.

An introduction to biomes that discusses living and nonliving things, forests, grasslands, savannas, deserts, tundra, and marine and freshwater biomes; and includes a glossary.

Teaches children about scavenger animals and insects, explaining the place on the food chain, the role they play in energy production, and their impact on the environment.

Introduces herbivores, showing and describing their main groups and discussing their diets.

Photographs and simple text describe a number of animals and plants that are carnivorous.

An introduction to migration that explains why animals migrate and discusses various species that do, including birds, elephants, alligators, sea turtles, and whales.

Full-color photographs and simple text introduce young readers to different animals that are omnivores and eat both meat and plants.

"One of the biggest adaptations made by some animals is to live and work together as a group to ensure their survival. This ... book shows how social animals communicate and interact with members of their own species. Elephants, dolphins and orcas, monkeys, apes, lions, and wolves, educate their young, work together to find food, and take care of their group members. Smaller animals that work together in microsocieties include termites, ants, bees, and wasps. Students will ... comparing their own social groups to those found in nature"--Provided by publisher.

"Wild animals are facing huge challenges in the natural world today. Many are endangered--some critically. This eye-opening book shows how animals are being threatened by habitat loss, climate change, non-native species taking over their habitats, pollution, over-fishing, poaching, collisions with cars and boats, and human diseases. Many recovery efforts are in progress to bring back the populations of some nearly extinct animals and to reintroduce some captive ones to their natural habitats. Readers will learn how scientists are working to save blue iguanas in the Cayman Islands, black-footed ferrets in the Canadian prairies, penguins and albatross in Patagonia, and great apes in Africa. This engaging book also encourages students to compare their life challenges to those of animals in the wild."--.