Jellyfish

by Jody S. Rake

Overview

Readers will learn just how amazing jellyfish can be. The many species of this ocean invertebrate may not look like other undersea animals, but they have some amazing adaptations and behaviors that help them survive. Without faces, limbs, bones, blood, or a brain, jellyfish have incredible ways eating, moving, reproducing, and defending themselves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515721451
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2016
Series:	Faceless, Spineless, and Brainless Ocean Animals
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	667,909
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	540L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Jody Sullivan Rake specializes in writing about any and all animals. After earning a zoology degree from San Francisco State University, she became an educator and science writer at SeaWorld in San Diego. She still lives in San Diego.

Table of Contents

No Bones, No Problem 4

Jellyfish Big and Small 6

Jellyfish Bells 8

Jellyfish Jam 10

No Brain Needed 12

It's a Sting Thing 14

Jellyfish Life Cycle 16

Jellyfish Threats 18

Amazing But True! 20

Jellyfish Facts 21

Glossary 22

Read More 23

Internet Sites 23

Critical Thinking Using the Common Core 24

Index 24

Interviews

Takes a high-interest approach to the study of ocean invertebrates by focusing on their unique characteristics and abilities Hits key curriculum points including, adaptations, behavior, reproduction, variation of species, consumption, and defense Includes a diagram with labeled parts of each creature and basic facts about that organism