{"id":1743,"date":"2009-09-14T12:26:19","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T17:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1743"},"modified":"2009-09-14T12:26:19","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T17:26:19","slug":"teaching-life-science-with-childrens-literature-what-do-you-do-with-a-tail-like-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/14\/teaching-life-science-with-childrens-literature-what-do-you-do-with-a-tail-like-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Life Science with Children’s Literature: What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What Do You Do With\u00a0a Tail Like This?<\/a> is written by Robin Page and illustrated by Steve Jenkins. The book shows students that different types of animals use their eyes, nose, ears, tails, mouths and feet in very different ways. This book can be very interactive. The first page\u00a0for each body\u00a0part has an almost 3-D picture of the body part of five different animals. Students can try to guess what animal the part belongs to. When you turn the page it shows the full animal and tells you how the animal uses that body part.<\/p>\n

Each use is very unique and interesting. For example: a cricket hears with his ears that are on his knees, a bat “sees” with his ears, a jackrabbit uses his ears to keep cool, a humpback whale can hear sounds hundreds of miles away with his ears and a hippopotamus closes his ears when he’s under water. The back of the book gives more details about each of the 30\u00a0animals.<\/p>\n

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Curriculum Connections: <\/strong>This book would be useful when teaching physical characteristics of animals. SOL 1.5(b).\u00a0It shows that animals have physical adaptations that allow them to respond to certain life needs. SOL\u00a03.4.\u00a0The book can also be used as an introduction to habitats. SOL \u00a02.5.<\/p>\n

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