Outdoor School: Tree, Wildflower, and Mushroom Spotting is a 448-page field guide for the outdoors featuring full-color and highly illustrated pages! The book teaches young nature explorers how to identify plants and mushrooms using a variety of immersive activities. It also provides a journal section to write about experiences and adventures to get them exploring. Nature lovers of any experience level can have fun with this book as they learn to grow mushrooms with cardboard, compare tree bark types, count tree rings, press and preserve wildflowers, and so much more! Perfect for ages 9-14. ~Alex
Outdoor School: Tree, Wildflower, and Mushroom Spotting
SKU
029698
ISBN
9781250750617
Grade 5-9
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Product Overview
- Learn to Spot Plants and Mushrooms: This comprehensive guide gets kids out in nature and teaches them about the world around them!
- Contains Immersive Activities: Read about plants and mushrooms, go on adventures to find them, and keep track of everything in journal entries
- Age Recommendation: Perfect for nature enthusiasts ages 9-14
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Publisher's Description of Outdoor School: Tree, Wildflower, and Mushroom Spotting
With 448 full-color, highly-illustrated pages, Outdoor School is your indispensable tool for the outdoors.
Category Description for Outdoor School
These Outdoor School books will be a huge hit with your young adventurer! The Nature Guides are environment immersion, nature guide, and logbook all in one. Each guide includes educational material, observation tracking, and more, along with 101 additional ideas. 420+ pgs, sturdy pb. The Spot & Sticker books offer gorgeous, scientifically accurate stickers to use for the decoration along with 50 stamps-sized stickers to use with a checklist poster to record sightings.
Details
| Product Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 5-9 |
| Brand: | Odd Dot |
| ISBN: | 9781250750617 |
| Length in Inches: | 8.375 |
| Width in Inches: | 6.25 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.875 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 1.25 |
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