Backyard Detective

THE BACKYARD DETECTIVE provides children with a headstart in science while they have fun exploring their own environment. This book & nature kit invite children to study nature by direct observation in easily accessible environments. With this fully-illustrated guide as an outdoor companion, they use simple science tools & basic comparison charts to investigate nature's clues & uncover their own areas of interest. Young Backyard Detectives will have the opportunity to examine, identify, measure, grow, feed, & collect organisms. They will learn how to keep their own nature journal. This book encourages children to enjoy & respect their natural environment. Dr. Herbert H. Wong, the author, is a zoologist & science educator whose children's science books have become standard favorites among children & their teachers. The ecological concepts he uses to form the framework for THE BACKYARD DETECTIVE are diversity, interrelationships, adaptations & change. THE BACKYARD DETECTIVE is available in book form only, & also with the complete exploration kit (carrying case, magnifier, observation jar, pencil & measuring tape). AVAILABLE THROUGH BOOKPEOPLE & QUALITY BOOKS.Wong, Herbert H. is the author of 'Backyard Detective' with ISBN 9781882489008 and ISBN 1882489004.