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Describes the structures a variety of insects, includinog spiders, beetles, bees, and ants, build for themselves.
When Sci Hi's school for whiz kids is blasted 500 million years into the past, Paleontology class gets way more real and way more lethal. To jump forward through time, Sidney, Hari, and Penny must survive slimy trilobites, paleo sharks, and hungry dinos. Studying these weird prehistoric beasts is the chance of a hundred million lifetimes. But can Sidney and his friends find a way to return to their own time before whatever killed the dinosaurs annihilates them, too?
Explores the different types of animal cities, including a bee hive, rabbit dens, and coral reefs.
Through a shared reading experience, children are encouraged to retell the events and activities that occur during this adorable teddy bear's day.
In this fascinating nonfiction title, elementary readers are invited to discover terrifying plants and animals of the tropics. Readers will discover what makes poisonous plants so harmful and why dangerous jungle animals are so deadly through engaging features, including bright images, diagrams, and charts, informational text, and captivating facts. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.
13-year-old Sidney Jamison is bored by everything. Studying the life cycle of frogs? Boring. Trying to be popular? Yawn! But everything changes when a mysterious package is delivered to his home labeled, DO NOT OPEN. What could be inside? The answer will change his life forever. This illustrated 32-page chapter book will appeal to reluctant readers who enjoy science fiction and futuristic stories. The hi-lo text is ideal for older students who need high-interest stories with a lower reading level.
Penny Day is a first-year student at Sci Hi, the Universal High School for the Sciences. Sci Hi isn't a normal high school. Whether it's Zero-G dodge ball or creating mutant parasites, science is everywhere, and Penny loves it all! This illustrated 32-page chapter book will appeal to reluctant readers who enjoy science fiction and futuristic stories. The hi-lo text is ideal for older students who need high-interest stories with a lower reading level.
Hari's first year at Sci Hi has been amazing. Not only are they learning about bees, but they're shrinking themselves down so that they can study them up close. But on a visit to a live hive, things get downright dangerous. Will Hari and his friends escape without getting stung? This illustrated 32-page chapter book will appeal to reluctant readers who enjoy science fiction and futuristic stories. The hi-lo text is ideal for older students who need high-interest stories with a lower reading level.
A contemporary take on the classic creature-feature genre. INFESTATION is a thrilling, fast-paced story that will leave your skin crawling.When Andy Greenwood is sent to the Reclamation School for Boys he expects the lousy food, mean drill sergeant instructors, and brutal bullies. What he doesn't expect is an infestation of weirdly large and aggressive ants, or the itching welts all over the staff and students. Even odder, Andy learns that kids never leave the school when they're supposed to. They just seem to get stuck there indefinitely.Following a ground-splitting earthquake, however, things quickly go from bad to horrifying. The school is overrun by monstrous bugs, and Andy himself comes face to face with mutant ants the size of humans, equipped with pinchers that can cut steel. Trapped in a cinderblock institutional building in the New Mexico desert, miles from civilization, Andy must figure out a way to save himself and the surviving boys from this nightmare.
Illustrates how adaptations have changed animals' looks and actions and ultimately contribute to their survival.