Bioblitz! by Susan Edwards Richmond

Bioblitz! by Susan Edwards Richmond

A young boy and his cousin compete to identify the most different species on a biodiversity count day at a local park

You might be amazed at the large number of insects, birds, and small mammals that inhabit even a very small plot of land. In this story Gabriel's dad, a ranger for the local municipal park, is helping with a Biodiversity Day (or Bioblitz), and he invites Gabriel and his cousin Ava to participate. With Gabriel's expertise in bugs and Ava's eye for birds, the two cousins are eager to start the hunt in the park. They are placed on different teams, competing to see which group finds the most species of animal life in the time allotted.

Readers follow the two teams through a variety of habitats, where they spot dozens of  different species over the course of the day. Kids will enjoy finding all the species (some are hidden in the illustration) that appear on the lists compiled in each habitat. Several different techniques for viewing species--rolling logs to discover critters living underneath and shining lights on white sheets at night to attract moths, for example--are highlighted.

Plot action in this community science adventure revolves around the competition between the cousins, who check in with each other at intervals to compare lists. In the end, Ava's team spots one more species than Gabriel's, but Gabriel earns a special award for discovering a species of special concern in their area, a blue-spotted salamander. Because of all they have learned from the Bioblitz, the cousins realize that the real winner is the park and all its visitors.
 
After reading Bioblitz!, students--as well as their parents and teachers--will be eager to participate in a biodiversity day in their own community!
 

 

Richmond, Susan Edwards: - Susan Edwards Richmond writes about the relationship between humans and wild nature. She has published four chapbooks of poetry, Increase, Purgatory Chasm, Birding in Winter, and Boto, and her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies. A passionate naturalist, she is poet-in-residence at Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio in Harvard, Massachusetts, and works at Mass. Audubon's Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary. BEFORE WE WERE BIRDS is Richmond's third title with Adastra Press.

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ISBN 13	9781682633113
ISBN 10	168263311X
Titel	Bioblitz!
Autor	Susan Edwards Richmond
Serie	Community Science Counts!
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Peachtree Publishers,U.S.
Erscheinungsjahr	2022-11-15
Seitenanzahl	36
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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