By Books

These posts can help you learn more about the animals and science topics introduced in Kevin’s books.

A Day in the Deep

How did the vampire squid get its name?

Are giant squid going to start their own YouTube channel?

Do girl anglerfish drag their boyfriends around everywhere they go?

What do vampire squid eat?

A Day in a Forested Wetland

How do bats use echolocation to catch bugs?

A Day in the Salt Marsh

Why do fiddler crabs dance like your grandparents did in 1977?

Who is better at walking in salt marsh mud: great blue herons or children's authors?

Why are great blue heron feet so goofy looking?

Did a Constitutional amendment that made it illegal to drink alcohol save diamondback terrapins from extinction?

How are scientists working with children's authors and blue crabs to protect diamondback terrapins?

A Day on the Mountain

Will a Clark’s nutcracker ever have trouble finding the iPad?

Why do marmots like to be fat?

Why do plants have flowers?

Living Things and Nonliving Things

Are the germs that give you a cold not actually alive?

Sharks and Dolphins

Does the biggest shark in the world eat animals that are smaller than Tic-Tacs?

How do dolphins sleep?

Uncovering Earth’s Secrets

Did we not notice the world’s biggest volcano until like three years ago?

What was the worst day the dinosaurs ever had?

How do we know how old a rock is?

What was it like being on that ship-on-stilts that was drilling into the Chicxulub Crater of dinosaur doom?

Why is the Moon covered with meteorite craters and the Earth is covered with like three of them?

What is climate change?

Where Wild Microbes Grow

Are the germs that give you a cold not actually alive?

Did high school kids solve a 140-year old scientific mystery?

Is your body electric?

Can you make a battery that runs on microbes?

By Science Concepts

These posts will allow you to learn about a variety of science concepts that can help reach state science standards.

Adaptations

Why do fiddler crabs dance like your grandparents did in 1977?

Will a Clark’s nutcracker ever have trouble finding the iPad?

Did high school kids solve a 140-year old scientific mystery?

Are there pros and cons to getting hypothermia?

Are giant squid going to start their own YouTube channel?

Who is better at walking in salt marsh mud: great blue herons or children's authors?

Why are great blue heron feet so goofy looking?

Does the biggest shark in the world eat animals that are smaller than Tic-Tacs?

Why do marmots like to be fat?

How do dolphins sleep?

Do girl anglerfish drag their boyfriends around everywhere they go?

Can you make a battery that runs on microbes?

What do vampire squid eat?

Why do plants have flowers?

How do bats use echolocation to catch bugs?

Bioluminescence

Did high school kids solve a 140-year old scientific mystery?

Are giant squid going to start their own YouTube channel?

Birds

Will a Clark’s nutcracker ever have trouble finding the iPad?

Who is better at walking in salt marsh mud: great blue herons or children's authors?

Why are great blue heron feet so goofy looking?

Why do plants have flowers?

Classification

Are the germs that give you a cold not actually alive?

How did the vampire squid get its name?

Who is better at walking in salt marsh mud: great blue herons or children's authors?

Climate Change

What is climate change?

How does carbon dioxide make the world warmer?

Why do scientists think climate change is happening now?

Why do scientists think people are causing climate change?

What do I think about climate change?

Conservation

How are scientists working with children's authors and blue crabs to protect diamondback terrapins?

What can you do about climate change?

Dinosaurs

What was the worst day the dinosaurs ever had?

Electricity

Is your body electric?

Can you make a battery that runs on microbes?

Extinction

What was the worst day the dinosaurs ever had?

Did a Constitutional amendment that made it illegal to drink alcohol save diamondback terrapins from extinction?

Food web relationships

Will a Clark’s nutcracker ever have trouble finding the iPad?

Did high school kids solve a 140-year old scientific mystery?

Does the biggest shark in the world eat animals that are smaller than Tic-Tacs?

Why do marmots like to be fat?

What do vampire squid eat?

Why do plants have flowers?

How do bats use echolocation to catch bugs?

Habitats/Ecosystems

Will a Clark’s nutcracker ever have trouble finding the iPad?

Are there pros and cons to getting hypothermia?

Who is better at walking in salt marsh mud: great blue herons or children's authors?

Why do marmots like to be fat?

How do dolphins sleep?

Do girl anglerfish drag their boyfriends around everywhere they go?

What do vampire squid eat?

Human impacts on the environment

Did a Constitutional amendment that made it illegal to drink alcohol save diamondback terrapins from extinction?

How are scientists working with children's authors and blue crabs to protect diamondback terrapins?

What can you do about climate change?

Why do scientists think people are causing climate change?

Living things and nonliving things

Are the germs that give you a cold not actually alive?

Microbes

Are the germs that give you a cold not actually alive?

Did high school kids solve a 140-year old scientific mystery?

Are there pros and cons to getting hypothermia?

Can you make a battery that runs on microbes?

Nature of science

Are the germs that give you a cold not actually alive?

How did the vampire squid get its name?

Did we not notice the world’s biggest volcano until like three years ago?

Were there ever glow-in-the-dark Civil War soldiers?

Did high school kids solve a 140-year old scientific mystery?

Are there pros and cons to getting hypothermia?

Are giant squid going to start their own YouTube channel?

What do you call that thing that hit the Earth and created the Chicxulub Crater?

How do we know how old a rock is?

How are scientists working with children's authors and blue crabs to protect diamondback terrapins?

What was it like being on that ship-on-stilts that was drilling into the Chicxulub Crater of dinosaur doom?

Why do scientists think climate change is happening now?

Why do scientists think people are causing climate change?

What do I think about climate change?

What do vampire squid eat?

Ocean

How did the vampire squid get its name?

Did we not notice the world’s biggest volcano until like three years ago?

Are giant squid going to start their own YouTube channel?

Does the biggest shark in the world eat animals that are smaller than Tic-Tacs?

How do dolphins sleep?

Do girl anglerfish drag their boyfriends around everywhere they go?

Why do scientists think climate change is happening now?

What do vampire squid eat?

Outer space

What do you call that thing that hit the Earth and created the Chicxulub Crater?

Why is the Moon covered with meteorite craters and the Earth is covered with like three of them?

How does carbon dioxide make the world warmer?

Plants

Why do plants have flowers?

Pressure

Why are great blue heron feet so goofy looking?

What do vampire squid eat?

Radiometric Dating

How do we know how old a rock is?

Respiration

Is your body electric?

Can you make a battery that runs on microbes?

Seasonal Change

Will a Clark’s nutcracker ever have trouble finding the iPad?

Why do marmots like to be fat?

Senses

How do bats use echolocation to catch bugs?

Sharks

Does the biggest shark in the world eat animals that are smaller than Tic-Tacs?

Sound waves

How do bats use echolocation to catch bugs?

Symbiotic relationships

Did high school kids solve a 140-year old scientific mystery?

Are giant squid going to start their own YouTube channel?

Why do scientists think climate change is happening now?

Why do plants have flowers?

Volcanoes

Did we not notice the world’s biggest volcano until like three years ago?

Weather

What is climate change?