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Follow those zebras : solving a migration mystery / Sandra Markle.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Markle, Sandra. Sandra Markle's science discoveries ; Publisher: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2020]Description: 40 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781541538375
  • 1541538374
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Contents:
A very strange mystery -- Tracking down clues -- The big surprise -- Zebras are leaders -- The rest of the mystery -- Could there be trouble ahead? -- Sharing and wondering.
Summary: Every year in Namibia, about two thousand zebras suddenly disappear from their grazing area along the Chobe River. Months later, the herd returns. Where do they go? And why? Thanks to satellite-tracking collars, scientists were able to solve the mystery, but several questions remain. Award-winning science author Sandra Markle reveals the process scientists used to study the zebras, and she also delves into the science of migration, exploring how animals know where to go, how to get there, and when to leave.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 599.6657 M346 Available 33111009821964
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Every year in Namibia, about two thousand zebras suddenly disappear from their grazing area along the Chobe River. Months later, the herd returns. Where do they go? And why? Thanks to satellite-tracking collars, scientists were able to solve the mystery, but several questions remain. Award-winning science author Sandra Markle reveals the process scientists used to study the zebras, and she also delves into the science of migration, exploring how animals know where to go, how to get there, and when to leave.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A very strange mystery -- Tracking down clues -- The big surprise -- Zebras are leaders -- The rest of the mystery -- Could there be trouble ahead? -- Sharing and wondering.

Age 8-12.

Grade 4 to 6.

Every year in Namibia, about two thousand zebras suddenly disappear from their grazing area along the Chobe River. Months later, the herd returns. Where do they go? And why? Thanks to satellite-tracking collars, scientists were able to solve the mystery, but several questions remain. Award-winning science author Sandra Markle reveals the process scientists used to study the zebras, and she also delves into the science of migration, exploring how animals know where to go, how to get there, and when to leave.

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