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Book Untamed

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anita Silvey
  • Publisher : National Geographic Kids
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 142631518X
  • Pages : 100 pages

Download or read book Untamed written by Anita Silvey and published by National Geographic Kids. This book was released on 2015 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This biography for children will trace Goodall's life, but each chapter will also focus on two or more the chimpanzees that she observed, with information in sidebars about these particular animals. Along with biographical details, the book will explore the ethical issues that surround Goodall's work and show what has changed in our understanding of Great Apes. What do we know today about these animals in terms of language, speech, tool use, and DNA? How has sophisticated technology - GPS systems, Satellite imagery, portable digital microphones - been used to gain new information about animal populations."--

Book Jane Goodall

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kristin Sterling
  • Publisher : Lerner Publications
  • Release : 2008-01-01
  • ISBN : 0761340289
  • Pages : 36 pages

Download or read book Jane Goodall written by Kristin Sterling and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Jane Goodall became an expert on chimpanzees? What surprising things did she learn about wild chimpanzees in Africa?How does Jane help to protect chimpanzees?Read this book to discover the answers!

Book Me       Jane

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patrick McDonnell
  • Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Release : 2012-03-27
  • ISBN : 0316210102
  • Pages : 40 pages

Download or read book Me Jane written by Patrick McDonnell and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrick McDonnell-beloved, bestselling author-artist and creator of the Mutts syndicated comic strip--shares the inspiring story of young Jane Goodall, the legendary and inspiring conservationist featured in the hit documentary film Jane. In his characteristic heartwarming style, Patrick McDonnell tells the story of the young Jane Goodall and her special childhood toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. As the young Jane observes the natural world around her with wonder, she dreams of "a life living with and helping all animals," until one day she finds that her dream has come true. With anecdotes taken directly from Jane Goodall's autobiography, McDonnell makes this very true story accessible for the very young--and young at heart. One of the world's most inspiring women, Dr. Jane Goodall is a renowned humanitarian, conservationist, animal activist, environmentalist, and United Nations Messenger of Peace. In 1977 she founded the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), a global nonprofit organization that empowers people to make a difference for all living things.

Book The World Becomes What We Teach

Download or read book The World Becomes What We Teach written by Zoe Weil and published by Lantern Books. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Revised Edition. How can we create a just, healthy, and humane world? What is the path to developing sustainable energy, food, transportation, production, construction, and other systems? What’s the best strategy to end poverty and ensure that everyone has equal rights? How can we slow the rate of extinction and restore ecosystems? How can we learn to resolve conflicts without violence and treat other people and nonhuman animals with respect and compassion? The answer to all these questions lies with one underlying system—schooling. To create a more sustainable, equitable, and peaceful world, we must reimagine education and prepare a generation to be solutionaries—young people with the knowledge, tools, and motivation to create a better future. This book describes how we can (and must) transform education and teaching; create such a generation; and build such a future.

Book Reading Comprehension Teachers Guide Level G

Download or read book Reading Comprehension Teachers Guide Level G written by Teacher Created Materials Staff and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2006-03-31 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Comprehension is a full-color consumable workbook series for Grades 1-8 which develops the following key reading comprehension skills:Identify Main Idea and Supporting DetailsSummarize and ParaphraseUse Prior Knowledge and Make ConnectionsIdentify Author's Point of ViewUse Text OrganizersAsk QuestionsVisualizeMake InferencesCompare and ContrastPredictIdentify SequenceIdentify Cause and EffectClassify and CategorizeIdentify Story ElementsAnalyze PlotTeacher EditionThis item is a replacement for item #10157

Book My Life with the Chimpanzees

Download or read book My Life with the Chimpanzees written by Jane Goodall and published by iBooks. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Goodall's adventures with the chimpanzees and the important discoveries she has made about them have gained her worldwide recognition. Now she tells her exciting story in her own words! When Jane Goodall was twenty-six years old, she ventured into the forests of Africa to observe chimps in the wild. On her expeditions she braved the dangers of the jungle and survived encounters with leopards and lions in the African bush. And she got to know an amazing group of wild chimpanzees - intelligent animals whose lives, in work and play and family relationships, bear a surprising resemblance to our own. Jane Goodall has also written the bestseller In the Shadow of Man and The Chimpanzee Family Book. In 1977, she established the Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education, and Conservation to promote animal research throughout the world. SUMMARY: A DREAM COME TRUE From the time she was a girl, Jane Goodall dreamed of a life spent working with animals. Finally she had her wish. When she was twenty-six years old, she ventured into the forests of Africa to observe chimpanzees in the wild. On her expeditions she braved the dangers of the jungle and survived encounters with leopards and lions in the African bush. And she got to know an amazing group of wild chimpanzees — intelligent animals whose lives, in work and play and family relationships, bear a surprising resemblance to our own. Jane Goodall's adventures with the chimps and the important discoveries she has made about them have gained her worldwide recognition. Now she tells her exciting story in her own words.

Book Pangolina

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jane Goodall
  • Publisher : Astra Publishing House
  • Release : 2021-07-13
  • ISBN : 1662650728
  • Pages : 48 pages

Download or read book Pangolina written by Jane Goodall and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From legendary naturalist Jane Goodall, an absorbing fictional tale that will steal hearts and open minds about the plight of the pangolin, the only mammalian species with scales, and endangered by illegal trafficking. After a blissful babyhood being cared for by her loving mother, Pangolina ventures out alone into the forest to become an independent adult, helped along by wise, older animal companions, including a civet and a bat. But one day cruel hunters trap Pangolina, putting her into a cage along with her friends, and bring them to a market to be sold as wild game. Pangolina is especially vulnerable, since her scales are prized by humans who believe they have curative powers. To the rescue comes a small girl who knows that pangolins are friendly fellow creatures who have feelings too, and who convinces her mother to buy Pangolina and set her free. Jane Goodall's many followers and all animal-loving children and adult picture book fans will be riveted by this suspenseful and heartwarming fictional story set in China and including an authoritative informational page about pangolins and suggestions for how to help fight animal trafficking.

Book DK Life Stories  Jane Goodall

Download or read book DK Life Stories Jane Goodall written by Libby Romero and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this kids' biography, discover the inspiring story of Jane Goodall, whose work with chimpanzees changed the way we understand animals and ourselves. Jane Goodall was a pioneer of primatology through her groundbreaking with chimpanzees in Africa. When she embarked on her career, women were discouraged from conducting scientific research, especially when that work meant living side by side with wild animals. Jane was a self-taught scientist, who bravely ventured out into the bush of Tanzania to discover the secret world of chimpanzees. Through perseverance and perceptive observation, she gained access to these elusive creatures and discovered that they are not so different from us. This new biography series from DK goes beyond the basic facts to tell the true life stories of history's most interesting people. Full-color photographs and hand-drawn illustrations complement thoughtfully written, age-appropriate text to create an engaging book children will enjoy reading. Definition boxes, information sidebars, maps, inspiring quotes, and other nonfiction text features add depth, and a handy reference section at the back makes this the one biography series every teacher and librarian will want to collect. Each book also includes an author's introduction letter, a glossary, and an index.

Book Who Is Jane Goodall

Download or read book Who Is Jane Goodall written by Roberta Edwards and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A life in the wild! Jane Goodall, born in London, England, always loved animals and wanted to study them in their natural habitats. So at age twenty-six, off she went to Africa! Goodall's up-close observations of chimpanzees changed what we know about them and paved the way for many female scientists who came after her. Now her story comes to life in this biography with black-and-white illustrations throughout.

Book Jane Goodall

    Book Details:
  • Author : William B. Rice
  • Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
  • Release : 2012-01-30
  • ISBN : 9781433336843
  • Pages : 36 pages

Download or read book Jane Goodall written by William B. Rice and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the life of the primatologist whose has spent her life researching chimpanzees.

Book Primates

Download or read book Primates written by Jim Ottaviani and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun and immersive look into the lives of the three greatest primatologists of the twentieth century: Biruté Galdikas, Dian Fossey, and Jane Goodall, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Feynman.

Book In the Shadow of Man

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jane Goodall
  • Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9780618056767
  • Pages : 390 pages

Download or read book In the Shadow of Man written by Jane Goodall and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic study of primates.

Book The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon  The True Story of Alan Bean

Download or read book The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon The True Story of Alan Bean written by Dean Robbins and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey to the moon on the Apollo 12 mission with Alan Bean, the fourth astronaut to walk on the lunar surface and the only artist to paint its beauty firsthand! As a boy, Alan wanted to fly planes. As a young navy pilot, Alan wished he could paint the view from the cockpit. So he took an art class to learn patterns and forms. But no class could prepare him for the beauty of the lunar surface some 240,000 miles from Earth. In 1969, Alan became the fourth man and first artist on the moon. He took dozens of pictures, but none compared to what he saw through his artistic eyes. When he returned to Earth, he began to paint what he saw. Alan's paintings allowed humanity to experience what it truly felt like to walk on the moon. Journalist and storyteller Dean Robbins's tale of this extraordinary astronaut is masterful, and artist Sean Rubin's illustrations are whimsical and unexpected. With back matter that includes photos of the NASA mission, images of Alan's paintings, and a timeline of lunar space travel, this is one adventure readers won't want to miss!

Book Reason for Hope

Download or read book Reason for Hope written by Jane Goodall and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 1999-12-08 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a poignant memoir about her spiritual epiphany and an appeal for why everyone can find a reason for hope. Dr. Jane Goodall's revolutionary study of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe preserve forever altered the very, definition of humanity. Now, in a poignant and insightful memoir, Jane Goodall explores her extraordinary life and personal spiritual odyssey, with observations as profound as the knowledge she has brought back from the forest.

Book Perspectives of San Diego Bay

Download or read book Perspectives of San Diego Bay written by Chandler Garbell and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This award-winning naturalists's guide to San Diego's intertidal zones and harbors was written and produced by eleventh-grade science, math, and humanities classes at a public charter school close to San Diego Bay.

Book Jane Goodall

    Book Details:
  • Author : Grace Hansen
  • Publisher : Abdo Kids Jumbo
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 9781629707020
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Jane Goodall written by Grace Hansen and published by Abdo Kids Jumbo. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of Chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall.

Book How to Tell Stories to Children

Download or read book How to Tell Stories to Children written by Joseph Sarosy and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storytelling is one of the oldest and most essential skills known to humankind, a timeless parenting tool that helps families celebrate life’s joys, navigate its challenges, and raise healthy, well-adjusted kids. Stories help children manage their emotions, empathize with others, and better understand the complex world we live in. More importantly, storytelling cultivates a rich and meaningful bond between storyteller and listener, building intimacy and trust between parent and child. In this delightful book, Silke Rose West and Joseph Sarosy—early childhood educators with thousands of storytelling hours between them—distill the key ingredients of storytelling into a surprisingly simple method that can make anyone an expert storyteller. Their intuitive technique uses events and objects from your child’s daily life to make storytelling easy and accessible. By shifting the focus from crafting a narrative to strengthening your relationship with your child, this book will awaken skills you never knew you had. Complete with practical advice, helpful prompts, and a touch of science to explain how stories enrich our lives in so many ways, How to Tell Stories to Children is a must-read for parents, grandparents and educators.