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How Do Flies Walk Upside Down?: Questions and Answers About Insects
A series of questions and answers provides information about the physical characteristics, senses, eating habits, life cycles, and behavior of different insects.
48 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1999
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October 1, 2018
Summary:
This book is about, you guessed it, flies. It talks about how many flies there are in the world, which is about 5.5 billion. The book talks about the make-up of their bodies, and how they can smell, hear, and make sounds, but interestingly, they do not have tongues. They are able to eat by sucking. Flies escape danger by flying or jumping away, and they blend in with their surroundings. It also talks about how the different seasons effect flies (winter kills a lot of flies). The book goes into detail about how flies grow and reproduce. The book also talks about other insects in general, and it mentions bees, ants, and dragonflies.
Evaluation:
I thought this was a good nonfictions book, but it was hard for me to really get excited about flies. The information was interesting, but for me personally, it was hard for me to get into it. I would have this in my classroom library though, because some students might really like flies or be interested in flies and would like to read about them.
Teaching Idea:
I don't really know if there is a standard about teaching flies that this book could fall under, but when talking about ecosystems in science, the teacher could bring up a topic about how flies contribute, and this book would be a great way for a teacher to do that. The teacher could directly teach the book, or use the information from he book to teach about flies. The book is highly informational, and it might be cool for students to learn about that little pestering bug that lives in their house.
This book is about, you guessed it, flies. It talks about how many flies there are in the world, which is about 5.5 billion. The book talks about the make-up of their bodies, and how they can smell, hear, and make sounds, but interestingly, they do not have tongues. They are able to eat by sucking. Flies escape danger by flying or jumping away, and they blend in with their surroundings. It also talks about how the different seasons effect flies (winter kills a lot of flies). The book goes into detail about how flies grow and reproduce. The book also talks about other insects in general, and it mentions bees, ants, and dragonflies.
Evaluation:
I thought this was a good nonfictions book, but it was hard for me to really get excited about flies. The information was interesting, but for me personally, it was hard for me to get into it. I would have this in my classroom library though, because some students might really like flies or be interested in flies and would like to read about them.
Teaching Idea:
I don't really know if there is a standard about teaching flies that this book could fall under, but when talking about ecosystems in science, the teacher could bring up a topic about how flies contribute, and this book would be a great way for a teacher to do that. The teacher could directly teach the book, or use the information from he book to teach about flies. The book is highly informational, and it might be cool for students to learn about that little pestering bug that lives in their house.
August 25, 2016
I checked this out to fill in my "Info" for books in my class. This was nice way of introducing bugs to children. There was a lot of things that I wasn't even aware of so that was fun.
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