Kneidel, Sally Stenhouse

Focuses on the insects, birds, amphibians, and other animal life found in gardens, including creatures both beneficial and damaging, and discusses the best ways to care for garden plants.

Shows how to teach children ages 5-12 the five steps of the scientific method.

Shows how to catch and keep crickets, mantises, click beetles, and many more kinds of insects. Also gives you a close-up view of how insects interact with one another and with their environment.

Provides information on sustainable living, discussing energy-efficient and clean transportation, housing, land use, food, and clothing.

Provides instructions for thirty-seven behavioral experiments that may be used in elementary classrooms to teach students about pets using the five steps of the scientific method; and includes material lists, reproducible forms, photographs, charts, and graphs.

Presents profiles of twenty-one unusual plants, each with a discussion of what is strange about the plant, a description of its appearance, an explanation of why it has its odd feature, information about where it can be found, and what to see and do with the plant.

Provides information about the physical characteristics, habitats, and behavior of various insects and tells how to catch and keep them for observation.