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    Rachel Carson and Ecology for Kids: Her Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities and Experiments

    By Rowena Rae

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    Rachel Carson was an American biologist, conservationist, science and nature writer, and catalyst of the modern environmental movement. She studied biology in college at a time when few women entered the sciences, and then worked as a biologist and information specialist for the US government and wrote about the natural world for many publications. Carson is best remembered for her book Silent Spring, which exposed the widespread misuse of chemical pesticides in the United States and sparked both praise and fury.

    Carson's personal life and scientific career were rooted in the study of nature. Using examples from Carson's life and works, Rachel Carson and Ecology for Kids will introduce readers to ecology concepts such as the components of ecosystems, adaptations by living things, energy cycles, food chains and food webs, and the balance of ecosystems. This lively biography includes a time line, resources, sidebars, and 21 hands-on activities that are sure to inspire the next generation of scientists, thinkers, leaders, agricultural producers, environmental activists, and world citizens. Kids will:
    • Collect a seed bank of local plant species
    • Chart bird migration through their region
    • Make birdseed cookies
    • Model bioaccumulation and biomagnification
    • Build a worm farm
    • And more!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChicago Review Press
    Release dateFeb 4, 2020
    ISBN9780897339346
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    Rachel Carson and Ecology for Kids: Her Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities and Experiments
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    Rowena Rae

    Rowena Rae worked as a biologist in Canada and New Zealand before becoming a freelance writer, editor, trainer and children’s author. She is the author of Salmon: Swimming for Survival in the Orca Wild series and Upstream, Downstream: Exploring Watershed Connections and Chemical World: Science in our Daily Lives in the Orca Footprints series. She also wrote Rachel Carson and Ecology for Kids. Rowena writes both fiction and nonfiction from her home in Victoria, British Columbia.

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