Scientists study animals. > A veterinarian treats animals. Learning how to make animals well can help scientists learn how to keep people well. Some kinds of animals get the same kinds of diseases...
Learning from animals
Some animals are a lot like people. They can be happy or sad or angry. They can be brave or afraid. They can learn things and solve easy problems. Scientists called psychologists often study these...
Taking care of zoo animals
Many people work in a zoo. People called keepers feed the animals and keep them and their cages clean. Animal doctors, called veterinarians, check the animals to keep them healthy and care for them...
People and Animals
Some people have jobs working with wild animals! These people work in zoos, parks, animal hospitals, museums, and laboratories. Some even work right in the places where wild animals live. ...
What animals see
A hawk can see much better than a person can. From high in the sky, a hawk can see a tiny mouse in the grass below. Broadwinged Hawk If you were a rabbit, nibbling plants in a meadow, you would be...
The far side of the moon
For hundreds of years, ever since people have known that the moon was like a planet, they have wondered about something. They have wondered what the far side of the moon was like. You see, even...
The bridge in the sky
Long ago, people thought that rainbows were magic. Some people believed that a rainbow was a bridge that appeared in the sky when the gods wanted to leave heaven and come down to earth. People also...
A rock we eat!
> table salt (halite crystals), magnified If someone at the dinner table said, "Pass the rocks, please," what would you give that person? Salt, of course! The salt that people use to season food...
The stone that burns
"I smell brimstone! The Devil must be near!" Long ago, that's what someone might have said if they smelled sulfur burning. Sulfur was called brimstone, which means "the stone that burns." Because it...
The Bronze Age minerals
> ancient copper head from Iran > > This copper head was made thousands of years ago. It is no longer > bright because, in time, copper is covered with a greenish coating > called patina. > >...