Virtual bookshelf9/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Normally gray in color, these auks “dress up” for breeding season. They are pleased that their efforts to increase the population have been working. Recommended ages: Grades 2-4.Scientists arrive right on time to see the puffins gather off the coast of Maine. Great for classroom discussions about adaptation and camouflage. This simple story will have students clamoring to find the ptarmigan on each page (there isn’t one on every page) as various arctic predators hunt. As spring arrives, so do brown feathers, which keep the ptarmigans disguised as they hide among leaves in the melting snow. Recommended ages: Grades K-5.A lynx stalks a snowshoe hare… and suddenly ptarmigans burst from the snow, hidden by their white feathers. ![]() Pair with Snowy Owls in a lesson such as Animal Study: From Fiction to Facts. ![]() A page of facts about the owl follows the story. Paintings show the bleak landscape and how out-of-place the owl looks sitting on a bale of hay in a New England farm. First he travels from his preferred wide-open tundra to the coniferous taiga, past farms and more populated areas until he finds himself in the Adirondacks hunting rats and mice. Two chicks survive, and Ookpik is forced to travel further and further south to find food. Recommended ages: Grades K-4.A pair of snowy owls struggle to raise their chicks during the long days of summer and a lemming shortage. Use with Ookpik: The Travels of a Snowy Owl in a lesson such as Animal Study: From Fiction to Facts. Younger students may be able to read independently. Recommended ages: Grades K-1.Simple text and photos give very basic information about snowy owls-where they live and nest and what they eat. Use these books in conjunction with the featured lessons about birds to focus specifically on the birds found in the Arctic. ![]()
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