Sandra Markle
What If You Had Animal Teeth?
Stealth Science
Why this book counts
- Life Science
- Human Body & Health
- Story / Adventure
- Nature Narrative / Field Discovery
Children receive the front teeth of a beaver, shark, narwhal, elephant, rattlesnake, or another animal and imagine using them in ordinary situations. The ridiculous substitutions make tooth shape, feeding function, survival, and the fit of human teeth into a comparative anatomy story.
The science inside
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Medicine & Health
- Animals & Zoology
Your child will meet:
- Tooth shape, position, attachment, and replacement pattern relate to how an animal obtains and processes food or uses teeth in defense.
- A tooth functions with jaws, muscles, behavior, diet, and the rest of the skull.
- Different species replace and maintain teeth in different ways.
- Human dental care protects living tissues and hard tooth surfaces but does not make animal teeth safe models for biting.
Use it this way
Parent effort: No prep
If you could have any animal's front teeth, whose would you choose? WHAT IF YOU HAD ANIMAL TEETH takes children on a fun, informative, and imaginative journey as they explore what it would be like if their own front teeth were replaced by those of a different animal. Featuring a dozen animals (beaver, great white shark, narwhal, elephant, rattlesnake, naked mole rat, hippopotamus, crocodile, and more), this book explores how different teeth are especially adapted for an animal's survival. At the end of the book, children will discover why their own teeth are just right for them. And they'll also get a friendly reminder to take good care of their teeth, because they're the only teeth they'll ever have. Each spread features a photograph of the animal using its specialized teeth on the left and a humorous illustrated image of a child using that animal's teeth on the right.
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