TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burnie,David
TI  - Bug hunter
T2  - DK Smithsonian
SN  - 9781465430168 (pbk.)
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, New York, [Washington, DC]
PB  - DK Publishing, Smithsonian Enterprises
KW  - Nature study
KW  - Activity programs
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Insects
N1  - Includes index; "Previously published in the Nature activity series"--Cover; Previous edition: 2005; The world of bugs -- Essential equipment -- Bug habitats -- Hide and seek -- Tricks and traps -- Insects in the air -- After dark -- Butterfly bar -- Raising caterpillars -- Making a moth trap -- Feeding at flowers -- Training honeybees -- Bee homes -- Insect architects -- On the trail -- Friends and enemies -- Growing a home -- Mines and galleries -- Fun with flies -- Soaking up the sun -- Freshwater insects -- Spiders -- Web watch -- Good vibrations -- Hanging by a thread -- Spiders without webs -- Family life -- Life in leaf litter -- Decisions, decisions -- Earthworms -- Building a wormery -- Helping bugs -- Bug classification; Ages 10+
N2  - Describes what is involved in studying bugs and presents projects and activities for collecting and observing them; Explore the world of bugs through hands-on insect activities. "Bug Hunter" includes more than 30 fun activities that you can do to learn more about bugs. Enter the kingdom of the creepy crawlies, and learn about everything from beetles to bees to spiders to scorpions. Identify bugs of all kinds, and learn to study insects in their natural habitats. You can even raise your own caterpillars with the step-by-step instructions you'll find in "Bug Hunter" "Eyewitness Explorers" encourage hands-on learning with 30 easy activities that help children observe, explore, and learn about the natural world. Each book explains the science behind the activities, laying the essential groundwork for contextualizing the experience to come. But at the heart of the books are the activities themselves a chance to learn by doing with experiments that can be carried out right at home. Simply choose one of the projects and follow the step-by-step, photographically illustrated instructions to create learn about bugs, explore insect habitats, and raise a caterpillar
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