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Looking At Small Things A Guide For Naturalists(1st Edition)

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Peter Macinnis

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ISBN: B08M2FZ9M4, 979-8554636875

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Book Summary: As A Child, My Unscientific Parents Bought Me A Toy Microscope, But They Could Offer No Suggestions About Things For Me To Look At. This Book Fills That Very Need For The Next Generation, Gently Offering Ideas And Inspiration.Here, The Reader Will Learn How To Meet Nature On Equal Terms: Flatworms; Mantises; Leeches; Spiders And Their Webs; Springtails And Sandhoppers; Skulls And Bones Found In The Bush; Pollen Grains; Hairy Leaves; Plant Roots; Sand; Rocks; Rusty Iron; Decayong Wood, Lichens; Mushrooms And Snail Shells. They Will Discover The Detail That Lies Hidden In Banknotes And Coins; Drops Of Water; Soil; Compost; Crystals And More. Ant Lions, Earthworms; Cockroaches And Pillbugs May All, Depending On Taste, Become Their Pets And Friends.This Is A Guide For Youngsters From 9 To 90, Wanting To Look At Small Things, Whether They Are Animal, Vegetable Or Mineral. It Covers The Range From Zoom Lens Or Naked Eye To Hand Lens (magnifying Glass), Table And Phone Cameras, With Or Without A Clip-on Lens, USB Cameras Connected To Computers And Binocular And Monocular Microscopes, With Or Without A Drop-in Camera.This Is A Tool For All Home-schoolers Including Modern Instant And Involuntary Home-schoolers, But Mainly, This Is Fun For Humans, A Saviour For Adults Looking For Ways To Engage Young Minds. It Tells The Reader Where To Find Interesting Stuff To Look At, What To Look For On It, And If It Is An Animal, How To Keep It.This Is No Classroom-manual, Science-by-numbers Set Of Recipes, Though, And It Wasn't Written To Teach: It Was Written For Enjoyment. The Examples Are Mainly Australian, But They Generally Have Equivalents In Other Parts Of The World, And As A Teacher, Parent And Grandparent, I Have Always Provided My Young Friends With Ideas That Can Be Taken Away And Used In Some Other Way.I Am A Former Biology Teacher Who Is Now Approaching Advanced Middle Age, And This Book Contains The Distilled Wisdom Acquired From Letting Kids Loose With Microscopes Since 1970, So I Could Learn From And With Them. Every Activity That Is Listed Here Works, And The Many Photographs Bear Witness To This, My Legacy To Those Who Come After.The Book's Dedication Tells You Where I Stand:"This Book Was Written•to Engage The Curiosity Of Solo 7-year-olds Such As I Once Was;•to Answer The Questions Of Curious 17-year-olds Such As I Once Was;•to Provide The Answers That Elude Hard-pressed 27-year-old Teachers Such As I Once Was;•to Offer Ideas Wanted By Happy And Engaged 37-year-old Parents Such As I Once Was;•to Provoke The Imagination Of 47-year-old Museum Educators Such As I Once Was;•to Draw Outside 57-year-old Compulsive Writers Such As I Once Was And Still Am;•to Inspire 67-year-old Grandfathers Such As I Once Was And Still Am; And To Enliven The Life Of 77-year-olds Such As I Am Now."