Nature's Machines - The Story of Biomechanist Mimi Koehl (Paperback)

Mimi Koehl tinkers with machines. Some are so tiny they can't be seen by the naked eye, and some disappeared millions of years ago. But Mimi isn't a mechanic. She's a biomechanist. Mimi Koehl uses engineering and physics to study the designs of living things that fly, swim, drift, and crawl. She loves solving riddles about how creatures?from feathered dinosaurs to flying frogs?live and move. Mimi's curiosity has led her into all kinds of natural neighborhoods. She has braved turbulent waters to explore how giant green sea anemones survive crashing waves. In Chile, while studying seaweeds, a rogue wave washed Mimi off one cliff and slammed her into another one. But nothing stops her desire for discovery. To uncover answers, Mimi has attached leashes to microscopic animals and created ingenious models using raspberry gelatin and even Silly Putty. Today Mimi searches the world?and her imagination?for answers to life's challenging mysteries. This title aligns to Common Core standards: Interest Level Grades 6 - 8; Reading Level Grade level Equivalent: 7.1: Lexile Measure: 1080L; DRA: Not Available; Guided Reading: Z Table of Contents Sample Chapter 1: Hope Calling

General

Imprint:	Henry (Joseph) Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2006
First published:	December 2006
Authors:	Deborah Parks
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	128
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-09559-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal behaviour Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering Promotions
LSN:	0-309-09559-X
Barcode:	9780309095594

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