{"title":"Agriculture in Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eMims House books that are perfect for agriculture in education classrooms.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pollen","title":"Pollen | NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCharles Darwin Predicted it; 130 Years Later, Lutz Wasserthal Proved It!\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJunior Library Guild selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eStarred Kirkus Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e2020 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eEureka! NonFiction Honor Book (California Reading Assn.)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“POLLEN is extraordinary! What a great story that encapsulates so many important concepts in science - pollination, structure and function of living things, and how scientific discoveries take time. It is so well written and will make a wonderful read-aloud.”\u003c\/i\u003e Emily Morgan, co-author of Picture Perfect Science\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eElementary Science – POLLEN\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow long does it take for science to find an answer to a problem?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn January 25, 1862, naturalist Charles Darwin received a box of orchids. One flower, the Madagascar star orchid, fascinated him. It had an 11.5” nectary, the place where flowers make nectar, the sweet liquid that insects and birds eat. How, he wondered, did insects pollinate the orchid? It took 130 years to find the answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter experiments, he made a prediction. There must be a giant moth with a 11.5” proboscis, a straw-like tongue. Darwin died without ever seeing the moth, which was catalogued by entomologists in in 1903. But still no one had actually observed the Darwin hawk moth pollinating the orchid. In 1992, German entomologist, Lutz Thilo Wasserthal, Ph.D. traveled to Madagascar. By then, the moths were rare. He managed to capture two Darwin hawk moths and released them in a cage with the orchid. He captured the first photo of a Darwin hawk  moth pollinating the flower, as Darwin had predicted 130 years before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBackmatter includes information on the moth, the orchid, Charles Darwin, Lutz Wasserthal. Also included is Wasserthal’s original photo taken in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWho Was Lutz Thilo Wasserthal?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGerman etnymologist Lutz Thilo Wasserthal, Ph.D. (1940 - ) wasn't the first scientist to study Darwin's hawk moths. 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Wasserthal said the environment was so degraded that in a two-week period, they only saw two hawk moths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eImportant Facts about Lutz Thilo Wasserthal\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWasserthal studied the circulation and respiration of insects.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWasserthal's main interest was the study of butterflies and moths.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWasserthal worked as the Chair of the Department of Zoology at University Erlangen, in Nuremberg, Germany.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWasserthal's photo of the hawk moth pollinating the Madagascar star orchid is included in this children's book, \u003cem\u003ePOLLEN\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMoments in Science\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mimshousebooks.com\/collections\/moments-in-science\" title=\"Moments in Science\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/mimshousebooks.com\/collections\/moments-in-science\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Moments in Science logo\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0066\/3679\/8009\/files\/MomentsinScience-150x150-72.jpg?v=1673983106\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px; float: left;\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0066\/3679\/8009\/files\/MomentsinScience-150x150-72.jpg?v=1673983106\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eeight-book series of nonfiction STEM books highlights\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebiographies of scientists\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003emoments when science changes in some way\u003c\/strong\u003e: a discovery, a new understanding, a new photo, or a Nobel prize award. 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Her works have received starred PW, Kirkus, and BCCB reviews. Awards include the Irma Black Honor award, five NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books, two Eureka! Nonfiction Honor book, two Junior Library Guild selections, two NCTE Notable Children’s Book in Language Arts, a Notable Social Studies Trade Books, and an Arkansiana Award. She’s the 2007 recipient of the Arkansas Governor’s Arts Award for Individual Artist for her work in children’s literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eILLUSTRATOR – TERRY KOLE  \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTerry Kole illustrates children's books and puzzles from her studio on the shores of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. George Washington's Engineer was named a 2023 Best STEM Book by the NSTA. Her career started with a weekly cartoon strip and daily illustrator for the Detroit News. She illustrated college level books and created infographics for the Associated Press while in NYC, Paris and Amsterdam. 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