Sandra Markle
What If You Had Animal Scales!? or Other Animal Coats?
Stealth Science
Why this book counts
- Life Science
- Chemistry & Materials
- Story / Adventure
- Nature Narrative / Field Discovery
A child wakes covered in chinchilla fur, shark scales, bee hairs, or another animal coat and imagines the result in everyday life. The visual mismatch makes insulation, protection, movement, sensing, and display into consequences of material structure.
The science inside
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Materials
- Animals & Zoology
Your child will meet:
- Fur, feathers, scales, and hairlike coverings differ in structure, composition, growth, and function.
- Body coverings can affect heat transfer, water movement, friction, protection, sensing, camouflage, or signaling.
- A covering works with an animal's skin, body shape, behavior, and habitat rather than as an independent costume.
- A humorous human use may exaggerate one real property and should be checked against the factual profile.
Use it this way
Parent effort: Quick discussion
If you could have any animal's coat, whose would you choose?
What if you woke up one morning and discovered your body was covered in an animal's scales, feathers, or fur instead of your own skin? How would that change your life? What If You Had Animal Scales!? is the next imaginative book in Sandra Markle's popular What If You Had series.
If you had a chinchilla's fur, you'd never need to worry about bug spray. If you had a hammerhead shark's scales, you'd be the fastest swimmer on the team! And if you had a honeybee's coat, you'd always bring home the biggest haul on Halloween.
Discover what your life would be like if you had these special coats -- and find out why your skin is just right for you!
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