Creepy crawly slime molds / by Ruth Owen.
Material type: TextSeries: Owen, Ruth, Tell me more!. Science. ; Publisher: [New York] : Ruby Tuesday Books, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 24 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781788561747
- 1788561740
- 9781788561754
- 1788561759
- Slime molds
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 579.52 O97 | Available | 33111010954531 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Some look like dog vomit. Others pretend to be mushrooms. There's even one that grows in the shape of a pretzel. They are creepy, crawly, colorful slime molds and they are living in a backyard, park, or forest near you! These unusual living things ooze over dead leaves and old wood feeding on these substances and acting as one of nature's clean-up crews. And even though a blob of slime mold has no brain, it spreads out tendrils that work as a team telling each other when they find some food. Kids will love discovering all about the lives and life cycles of these real-life, living blobs of slime! After reading, put your knowledge to the test with a simple science project.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Let's talk slime! -- What is slime mold? -- Weird and wonderful -- Hungry slime -- A slime mold goes hunting -- Slime mold survival -- Making more slime -- A tiny new slime mold -- Dividing and growing -- Be a slime mold investigator.
"Some look like dog vomit. Others pretend to be mushrooms. There's even one that grows in the shape of a pretzel. They are creepy, crawly, colorful slime molds and they are living in a backyard, park, or forest near you! These unusual living things ooze over dead leaves and old wood feeding on these substances and acting as one of nature's clean-up crews. And even though a blob of slime mold has no brain, it spreads out tendrils that work as a team telling each other when they find some food. Kids will love discovering all about the lives and life cycles of these real-life, living blobs of slime! Table of contents; Full-color photos; Fast facts; Science project; Glossary words bolded within text; Index"--Provided by the publisher