Camera Buy - A World in a Drop of Water: Exploring with a Microscope

Retail Price: $4.95
Deal Price: $4.95
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Manufacturer: Dover Publications

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 578.76
EAN: 9780486403816
ISBN: 0486403815
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: 1998-08-13
Publisher: Dover Publications
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Studio: Dover Publications

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Editorial Reviews:
This inexpensive volume showcases an array of curious creatures: a blob-like amoeba; a slipper-shaped paramecium and its mortal enemy, the suctorian; and many others. The authors recount the feeding, reproductive, and defensive strategies employed by these animals in easy-to-understand language that opens the door to a wonderful world of discovery. 37 illustrations.

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Conclusion: Science Project

Review: A WORLD IN A DROP OF WATER was an excellent book with great information to help my daughter with her science project. The book arrived in less than 4 days from the day it was ordered.

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Conclusion: Fascinating, but NOT a how-to manual.

Review: This is an excellent book describing the various life forms in a drop of pond water. It may well serve to make your child interested in using microscopes. In addition, there are a couple of pages about Anthony van Leeuwenhoek, who first made and described a microscope and what he could see with it.

But if your child is the owner of a new microscope, I recommend the Usborne book "The World of the Microscope" which will give you ideas for making your own slides and give tips for using the microscope.

For early-mid elementary aged kids, I also recommend "Greg's Microscope", which is a level 3 early reader that follows a young boy who yearns for a microscope, finally gets one, and learns to use it. THAT was the book that got my daughter to decide she wanted a microscope for Christmas!

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Conclusion: The best for young beginners

Review: I spent about half of my childhood staring down the end of a microscope. This book is by far the best introduction to microsopy for children. The instructions are clear and easy to follow and the projects are such that almost anyone with a mud puddle or pond nearby can do them. It's hard to compete with video games but if your child has any interest in sciecne then this book, along with the tools that come with any microscope set, will open up an entire world of fun and learning.

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