Multcolib School Corps Picks Habitats Grade 2
Annotation:This book introduces the huge trees, colorful flowers, and other plants in South American tropical rain forests. It also outlines the insects, amphibians, and mammals.
Annotation:Wetlands are found all over North America. They are a vibrant habitat for thousands of plant and animal species.
Annotation:Learn all about habitats. Kids will explore the polar regions, tundra, desert, grasslands, forests, and water habitats. Learn tips on how to build an animal friendly habitat in your own backyard.
Annotation:From tongue-in-cheek sonnets to lyrical free verse, Susan Blackaby's poems explore the many kinds of homes animals make for themselves.
Annotation:For one afternoon, a child visitor observes the cycle of change within a tidepool, a small place at the edge of the sea that is home to many plants and animals.
Annotation:A child sees a saguaro cactus by day but there are no animals until after he leaves, when various creatures come out to play and prey.
Annotation:Discusses where and why animals hide, and how it helps them survive
Annotation:Discusses the plants, animals, and characteristics of the desert biome.
Annotation:Discusses the plants, animals, and characteristics of the grasslands biome.
Annotation:Discusses the plants, animals, and characteristics of the ocean biome.
Annotation:This book lets readers search for an oystercatcher, an elephant shrew, and a fierce snapping turtle in the places where they live. Learn how these animals and many others grow and thrive in very different environments.
Annotation:This book lets readers search for an oystercatcher, an elephant shrew, and a fierce snapping turtle in the places where they live. Learn how these animals and many others grow and thrive in very different environments.
Annotation:Describes the climate, soil, seasons, plants, and animals of the North American prairie and the ways in which the plants and animals depend on each other and their environment to survive.
Annotation:Describes the climate of deciduous forests and introduces the plants and animals that live in them.
Annotation:Gorillas, parrots, hissing cockroaches, and iguanas make their homes in rain forests, as do thousands of other kinds of animals, birds, insects, and reptiles. There are also many trees and plants in each of the two types of rain forests (tropical and temperate).
Annotation:"Children can count from one to ten as they read about the different animals, plants, and features of the tropical rain forest"--Provided by publisher.
Annotation:Through the eyes of an eagle, the reader explores the ancient, but disappearing, rainforest of the Pacific Northwest.
Annotation:Park rangers explain various animals and habitats as the reader searches for pictures and creates crafts.
Annotation:Norval the Fish is hosting a seaside talkshow for the Fish Channel-and the Cat in the Hat and Thing One and Thing Two are Cameracat and Crew! Among Norval's special guests are his old friend Clam-I-Am (a shy gal who lives in the sand and likes to spit), along with horseshoe and hermit crabs, jellyfish, sand fleas, starfish, seagulls, and miscellaneous mollusks.
Annotation:The remarkable web of plants and animals living around a single old fir tree takes on a life of its own in this story about the amazing ways in which the [forest] inhabitants depend upon one another for survival.
Annotation:Through the magic of close-up photography, young eyes will rediscover the seashore as a place of beauty, mystery and delight. Readers are first challenged to guess the identity of each closeup photograph. The next page reveals the entire photograph of the plant, animal or natural object accompanied by a simple but detailed description of the habitat. Includes simple descriptions of sea stars, sand dollars, mussels, and more.
Annotation:An introduction to deserts and how life survives in them.
Annotation:Introduces different types of grasslands around the world, describing their different climates and the survival adaptations that animals and plants must make to live in them.
Annotation:In simple, easy-to-understand language, this guide teaches children what mountains are and what kinds of animals and plants live there.
Annotation:In simple, easy-to-understand language, this guide teaches children what oceans are and what kinds of animals and plants live there.
Annotation:In simple, easy-to-understand language, this guide teaches children what wetlands are and what kinds of animals and plants live there.
Annotation:Discusses the animals, plants, and characteristics of the deciduous forest biome.
Annotation:In rhyming text, the Cat in the Hat introduces the tropical rainforest and the ways in which its plants and animals interact.
Annotation:In rhyming text, the Cat in the Hat introduces Sally and Dick to the various inhabitants of the ocean, including herring, mackerel, jellyfish, sharks, manatees, and whales.
Annotation:Slowly but surely, with help from activist groups, government organizations, and ordinary people, the resilient creatures of the Meadowlands are making a comeback, and the wetlands are recovering.
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Description
Materials about habitats for grade 2.
English
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