Sea Urchins

by Jody S. Rake

Overview

Readers will learn just how amazing sea urchins 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, sea urchins have incredible ways eating, moving, reproducing, and defending themselves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496632111
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	05/01/2019
Series:	Faceless, Spineless, and Brainless Ocean Animals
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	24
File size:	12 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
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 Backbones 4

Urchins Everywhere 6

Porcupines of the Sea 8

Super Spines 10

Undersea Grazers 12

A Ring of Nerves 14

Don't Mind the Spines 16

Sea Urchin Life Cycle 18

Amazing But True! 20

Sea Urchin 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