{"id":7705,"date":"2015-07-17T09:05:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T14:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/?p=7705"},"modified":"2015-11-11T10:28:37","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T16:28:37","slug":"bark-scorpion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/17\/bark-scorpion\/","title":{"rendered":"Bark Scorpion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1627245359\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1627245359&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=kidswrite-20&#038;linkId=ABF5MSD4ATSLHMCN\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7706\" src=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BarkScorpion.jpg\" alt=\"BarkScorpion\" width=\"250\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1627245359\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1627245359&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=kidswrite-20&amp;linkId=ABF5MSD4ATSLHMCN\">Bark Scorpion<\/a>\u00a0(Desert Animals Searchin&#8217; for Shade)<br \/>\nby Meish Goldish (Author)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> The sun shines on the hot desert sand. Meanwhile, a small animal with lobster-like pincers and a long tail hides under some tree bark. After the sun sets and the air cools, the creature\u2014an Arizona bark scorpion\u2014leaves its hideout and starts to hunt for prey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is a hot, dry afternoon in the desert.<\/p>\n<p>A bark scorpion rests in a tree.<\/p>\n<p>It hides under the tree bark to keep out of the burning sun.<\/p>\n<p>During the day, the temperature can climb to 120\u00b0F (49\u00b0C).<\/p>\n<p>Yet the scorpion stays cool in the shade of the bark.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>See this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bearportpublishing.com\/client\/lookinside\/Desert_Animals\/bp_barkscorpion_da_preview\/index.html#4\" target=\"_blank\">page inside the book<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>STEM + the Arts = STEAM<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>STEAM DIY Activity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kesq.com\/news\/bark-scorpions-invade-indio\/33178670\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Bark scorpions&#8217; invade Indio news video<\/a> and test your front door. What will you do if you are bitten? Make an action plan and post it on the refrigerator.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stemfriday.tiny_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6944\" src=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stemfriday.tiny_.jpg\" alt=\"STEM Friday\" width=\"216\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/stemfriday.wordpress.com\/\">STEM Friday!<\/a> (<strong>STEM<\/strong> is <strong>S<\/strong>cience, <strong>T<\/strong>echnology, <strong>E<\/strong>ngineering, and <strong>M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter -->Copyright \u00a9 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<br \/>\n<!-- Site Meter --><a href=\"http:\/\/s31.sitemeter.com\/stats.asp?site=s31asuen\" target=\"_top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s31.sitemeter.com\/meter.asp?site=s31asuen\" alt=\"Site Meter\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bark Scorpion\u00a0(Desert Animals Searchin&#8217; for Shade) by Meish Goldish (Author) Booktalk: The sun shines on the hot desert sand. Meanwhile, a small animal with lobster-like pincers and a long tail hides under some tree bark. After the sun sets and the air cools, the creature\u2014an Arizona bark scorpion\u2014leaves its hideout and starts to hunt for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/17\/bark-scorpion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bark Scorpion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,25,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booktalks","category-stem-friday","category-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8113,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7705\/revisions\/8113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}