{"id":486,"date":"2019-08-23T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=486"},"modified":"2019-08-04T12:12:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T19:12:05","slug":"wait-rest-pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/wait-rest-pause\/","title":{"rendered":"Wait, Rest, Pause"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wait, Rest, Pause: Dormancy in Nature<\/strong>
\nby Marcie Flinchum Atkins
\n32 pages; ages 4-8
\nMillbrook Press, 2020 (released fall 2019)<\/p>\n

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If you were dormant, you would pause\u2014<\/em>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0waiting,<\/em>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 resting,<\/em>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0huddling,<\/em>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0curling,<\/em>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 napping.<\/em><\/p>\n

When conditions get tough, some animals head elsewhere. But others \u2013 they tough it out by going into a dormant stage: estivation, hibernation, diapause, torpor. Plants go dormant as well. You\u2019ve watched deciduous trees lose their leaves when days grow shorter and colder. The trees hunker down for the winter, waiting for the right condition to break dormancy and produce flowers and leaves.<\/p>\n

What I like<\/del> love<\/strong> about this book<\/span>: I love the lyrical language that Marcie Atkins uses to show plants and animals going dormant \u2013 and then reawakening. The pages are filled with verbs that kids can act out. They are filled with engaging photos of buds and bugs, worms and wildlife. And there is awesome back matter: descriptions of different kinds of dormancy, suggestions for further reading, and websites to explore. If I gave stars, I\u2019d give \u2018em all to this book!<\/p>\n

Check out “beyond the book” activities over at Archimedes Notebook<\/a>. Review copy provided by the publisher.<\/em><\/p>\n

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It’s STEM Friday!<\/a> (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2019 Sue Heavenrich <\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wait, Rest, Pause: Dormancy in Nature by Marcie Flinchum Atkins 32 pages; ages 4-8 Millbrook Press, 2020 (released fall 2019)       If you were dormant, you would pause\u2014 \u00a0 \u00a0waiting, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 resting, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0huddling, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0curling, \u00a0 \u00a0 … <\/p>\n

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