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ScienceWiz(R) Online Discovery Birds: Let's go dinosaur watching. They are still with us! It's official: birds are literally dinosaurs -- the sole survivors of all the dinosaurs that ever lived. All the non-avian dinosaurs are long gone. Discover what makes a bird, a bird and what makes a bird, a dinosaur. Build bird feeders. Become a bird watcher. Design different types of bird feeders and use different foods to attract different types of birds. Watch them closeup with binoculars, which are included in the kit. Use the accompanying digital app to identify your local birds. Become a bird song sleuth. Join in real-time nest watching online, from nest building, to egg laying, to egg hatching, to bird feeding, all the way to watching the birds leave the nest. Can you guess the bird? Play Twenty Questions online with Electra to guess which bird she is thinking of. Electra talks and recognizes both text and speech. She answers yes/no questions about the bird she is thinking about. She gets cheeky if you ask her obnoxious questions. Can you guess the bird? This product comes in a handle box that includes materials and instructions for the projects. It also includes access to an online discovery flipbook that integrates the hands-on projects with videos, simulations, apps and with Electra, who talks and plays games.

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Penny Norman, Ph.D. earned a doctoral degree in Biophysics from U.C. Berkeley. She became involved with the development of primary grade science materials through volunteer work, which she began as her own children started school. During this process she became deeply concerned about the limited exposure of elementary age students to the physical sciences. Her concern has translated into a 20 year effort to test and revamp science materials for the primary grades. Her work with children developed into a product line initially under the auspices of grants from the National Science Foundation and the Franklin Foundation. Her published titles reflect Dr. Norman's extensive testing and involvement with children and teachers and her love and commitment to both. Ann Einstein, M.A.T. from George Washington University in Washington D.C., was a teacher in the Berkeley Unified School District. She has been involved with the education of children for most of her adult career as a director of early childhood education programs, as a teacher in gifted and talented programs and most recently as an elementary education teacher. She has been an editor of the ScienceWiz(TM) Books since 1994 when she edited the ElectroWiz(TM) Electricity book. Ann brings a clarity of mind and the capacity to see things through a child's eyes to the editing process. To quote an Einstein of an earlier generation: We never cease to stand like curious children before the great Mystery into which we were born. - Albert Einstein

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