Age
4-8
Grade
1-2
Dr. Neeti Bathala, Jennifer Keats Curtis, Veronica V. Jones
Moonlight Crab Count
Paperback
(Arbordale Publishing Feb. 10, 2017)
Outstanding Science Trade Book
ILA Children's Choices Reading List
Even kids can get involved in science! Ecologist Dr. Neeti Bathala and Jennifer Keats Curtis collaborate to bring us the story of these adventurous citizen scientists. Leena and her mom volunteer each summer to count the horseshoe crabs that visit their beach. With their dog Bobie at their sides, the duo spends a night on the shore surveying horseshoe crabs who have come to mate and lay eggs. Readers will learn valuable facts about these ancient animals and how they can get involved in the effort to conserve horseshoe crabs.
This work of narrative nonfiction includes a 4-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 30-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Moonlight Crab Count is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers. The Spanish translation supports ELL and dual-language programs. The enhanced ebook reads aloud in both English and Spanish with word highlighting and audio speed control to promote oral language skills, fluency, pronunciation, text engagement, and reading comprehension.
Keywords: citizen science, environmental education, horseshoe crabs, life cycle, red knots, water: (bay), informed action, interconnectedness, migration
Contando los cangrejos herradura a la luz de la luna (Spanish version)
ILA Children's Choices Reading List
Even kids can get involved in science! Ecologist Dr. Neeti Bathala and Jennifer Keats Curtis collaborate to bring us the story of these adventurous citizen scientists. Leena and her mom volunteer each summer to count the horseshoe crabs that visit their beach. With their dog Bobie at their sides, the duo spends a night on the shore surveying horseshoe crabs who have come to mate and lay eggs. Readers will learn valuable facts about these ancient animals and how they can get involved in the effort to conserve horseshoe crabs.
This work of narrative nonfiction includes a 4-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 30-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Moonlight Crab Count is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers. The Spanish translation supports ELL and dual-language programs. The enhanced ebook reads aloud in both English and Spanish with word highlighting and audio speed control to promote oral language skills, fluency, pronunciation, text engagement, and reading comprehension.
Keywords: citizen science, environmental education, horseshoe crabs, life cycle, red knots, water: (bay), informed action, interconnectedness, migration
Contando los cangrejos herradura a la luz de la luna (Spanish version)
- Series
- Arbordale Collection
- ISBN
- 1628559314 / 9781628559316
- Pages
- 32
- Weight
- 6.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 8.8 x 0.2 in.
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