A World in a Drop of Water: Exploring with a Microscope |  | Authors: Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 5173
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 64
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6.2 x 0.3
ISBN: 0486403815
Dewey Decimal Number: 578.76
EAN: 9780486403816
ASIN: 0486403815
Publication Date: August 13, 1998
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Product Description
A great introduction to the world of single-celled organisms, this inexpensive volume showcases an array of curious creatures: a blob-like amoeba; a slipper-shaped paramecium and its mortal enemy, the suctorian; the hydra and its crown of grasping tentacles; and many others. The authors recount the feeding, reproductive, and defensive strategies employed by these animals in easy-to-understand language that opens the door to a wonderful world of discovery. 1969 edition. 37 illus.
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Great for a first book. September 14, 2009
M. Berman (Dayton, OH)
I bought this book for my 10 year old granddaughter. She asked for a microscope and I bought her one. since we have been to the pond together to get water for my microscope, I wanted to get her a book about pond water. This is not a how-to book as the first reviewer states, so I also bought a how-to book to go along with this book.
 Science Project April 6, 2008
Debra Estrada
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
A WORLD IN A DROP OF WATER was an excellent book with great information to help my daughter with her science project. The book arrived in less than 4 days from the day it was ordered.
Fascinating, but NOT a how-to manual. December 29, 2005
Learning All The Time (USA)
46 out of 49 found this review helpful
This is an excellent book describing the various life forms in a drop of pond water. It may well serve to make your child interested in using microscopes. In addition, there are a couple of pages about Anthony van Leeuwenhoek, who first made and described a microscope and what he could see with it.
But if your child is the owner of a new microscope, I recommend the Usborne book "The World of the Microscope" which will give you ideas for making your own slides and give tips for using the microscope.
For early-mid elementary aged kids, I also recommend "Greg's Microscope", which is a level 3 early reader that follows a young boy who yearns for a microscope, finally gets one, and learns to use it. THAT was the book that got my daughter to decide she wanted a microscope for Christmas!
The best for young beginners November 30, 2005
Dennis R. Mitton (pacific nw, usa)
28 out of 30 found this review helpful
I spent about half of my childhood staring down the end of a microscope. This book is by far the best introduction to microsopy for children. The instructions are clear and easy to follow and the projects are such that almost anyone with a mud puddle or pond nearby can do them. It's hard to compete with video games but if your child has any interest in sciecne then this book, along with the tools that come with any microscope set, will open up an entire world of fun and learning.
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