{"id":1036,"date":"2021-05-07T09:42:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T16:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2021-05-07T09:42:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T16:42:11","slug":"mammal-mania-30-activities-and-observations-for-exploring-the-world-of-mammals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/mammal-mania-30-activities-and-observations-for-exploring-the-world-of-mammals\/","title":{"rendered":"Mammal Mania: 30 Activities and Observations for Exploring the World of Mammals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s look at the newest title in Chicago Review Press&#8217;s Young Naturalist series, <em>Mammal Mania: 30 Activities and Observations for Exploring the World of Mammals<\/em> by Lisa J. Amstutz.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1037\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/mammal-mania-30-activities-and-observations-for-exploring-the-world-of-mammals\/mammal-mania\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mammal-mania.jpg?fit=1000%2C773&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,773\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mammal mania\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mammal-mania.jpg?fit=525%2C406&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1037 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mammal-mania.jpg?resize=300%2C232&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mammal-mania.jpg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mammal-mania.jpg?resize=768%2C594&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mammal-mania.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although mammals are familiar animals, we might not always study them in a structured, scientific way. Lisa Amstutz&#8217;s text covers everything young readers will want to know:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What a mammal is<\/li>\n<li>Some unique anatomical features<\/li>\n<li>What they eat and what food webs they are part of<\/li>\n<li>Where mammals live<\/li>\n<li>How they communicate<\/li>\n<li>What we can do to protect mammals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Are any mammals venomous? How long can vampire bats go without food? How many species of mammals have gone extinct in the last 50 years? You will find the answers to these questions and many more.<\/p>\n<p>Each chapter features three activity suggestions. For example, in chapter ten about &#8220;How You Can Help,&#8221; readers can build a squirrel feeder or learn about their state mammal.<\/p>\n<p>This week is Teacher Appreciation Week. <em>Mammal Mania<\/em> would be a great gift for educators who need well-organized information and age-appropriate activity ideas for science lessons. It would also thrill budding zoologists and be a wonderful addition to any library.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, check out the rest of the review at <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.growingwithscience.com\/2021\/05\/stem-kidlit-mammal-mania-by-ljamstutz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growing With Science blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/stemfriday-tiny\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/stemfriday.tiny_.jpg?fit=216%2C104&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"216,104\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"stemfriday.tiny\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/stemfriday.tiny_.jpg?fit=216%2C104&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/stemfriday.tiny_.jpg?resize=216%2C104&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"104\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.growingwithscience.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roberta Gibson<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s look at the newest title in Chicago Review Press&#8217;s Young Naturalist series, Mammal Mania: 30 Activities and Observations for Exploring the World of Mammals by Lisa J. Amstutz. Although mammals are familiar animals, we might not always study them in a structured, scientific way. Lisa Amstutz&#8217;s text covers everything young readers will want to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/mammal-mania-30-activities-and-observations-for-exploring-the-world-of-mammals\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mammal Mania: 30 Activities and Observations for Exploring the World of Mammals&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-1036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stem-friday-round-up","tag-mammal-mania-30-activities-and-observations-for-exploring-the-world-of-mammals"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pamhGQ-gI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":609,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/otters-snails-and-tadpole-tails-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1036,"position":0},"title":"Otters, Snails and Tadpole Tails","author":"Sue Heavenrich","date":"November 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"by Eric Ode; illus by Ruth Harper 32 pages; all ages Kane Miller Books \/ EDC Publishing, 2019 Will I find you here where cedar wears her mossy shawl\u00a0 With an otter as our guide, we meet the amphibians, mollusks, birds, mammals, insects, reptiles, and plants that inhabit a wetland.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;STEM Friday Round-up&quot;","block_context":{"text":"STEM Friday Round-up","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/category\/stem-friday-round-up\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Otters-snails-tadpole-tails-281x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":586,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/snack-snooze-skedaddle-how-animals-get-ready-for-winter\/","url_meta":{"origin":1036,"position":1},"title":"Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle: How Animals Get Ready for Winter","author":"Sue Heavenrich","date":"November 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"by Laura Purdie Salas; illus by Claudine G\u00e9vry 32 pages; ages\u00a05-9 Millbrook Press, 2019 Soak up the sun, breathe in the breeze, munch crunchy apples that fall from the trees. 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