“Fear of spiders is learned. Understanding them can replace fear with respect—and even awe.”
“Fear of spiders is learned. Understanding them can replace fear with respect—and even awe.”
I would use this in the classroom to allow students to investigate the life of a researcher. Students can then pick an animal they would like to research more.
This non-fiction book follows an arachnologist, Sam Marshall, as he studies tarantulas in the rainforests of French Guiana. This book gives readers an inside look at what research looks like. What types of questions do they ask? How do they study behaviors and habitats? The info in this book is presented clearly in an easy-to-follow format as a sort of field journal.
