{"product_id":"natural-history-collector-hunt-discover-learn-expert-tips-on-how-to-care-for-and-display-your-collections-and-turn-your-room-into-a-cabinet-of-cu","title":"Natural History Collector: Hunt, Discover, Learn!: Expert Tips on How to Care for and Display Your Collections and Turn Your Room Into a Cabinet of Curiosities By Michael Sanchez","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLoaded with hands-on, kid-friendly projects, \u003ci\u003eNatural History Collector: Hunt, Discover, Learn!\u003c\/i\u003e will teach budding nature collectors' techniques for cleaning, caring for, and displaying discovered treasures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComing home from the beach or a walk in the woods with a fine collection of rocks, shells, pinecones, and seed pods is easy. The trick is knowing \u003cb\u003ewhat to do with them\u003c\/b\u003e once you get them back to your room. The real fun comes from identifying, preserving, and displaying your treasures!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatural History Collector: Hunt, Discover, Learn!\u003c\/i\u003e is full of \u003cb\u003ehands-on, kid-friendly projects \u003c\/b\u003efor the budding naturalist. The opening chapter introduces kids to different ways of creating their personal field guides for keeping track of what they see, when and where they see it, and what makes it interesting. They'll move on to techniques for \u003cb\u003ecleaning and caring\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efor\u003c\/b\u003e treasures, such as \u003cb\u003edrying flowers\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003epressing leaves\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003edesalinizing rocks and shells\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book's drawings and photographs will help kids discover\u003cb\u003e what to look for\u003c\/b\u003e when they examine feathers, seeds, and minerals (and recognize the difference between sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic).\u003cb\u003e Extra projects \u003c\/b\u003efocus on display; making shadow boxes, creating collectors' cases from egg cartons and candy boxes, labeling, hanging, and mounting collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCurioser and Curioser\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKeeping Track of Your Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProject: How to start and keep a field notebook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStoring Your Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCataloging Your Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. Collecting Rocks and Minerals\u003cbr\u003eWhat are rocks and what are minerals?\u003cbr\u003eWhere to look and what to collect\u003cbr\u003eHow to clean and care for your collection\u003cbr\u003eProject: Make a display board\u003cbr\u003eInterview with a Budding Scientist\u003cbr\u003eGeodes and crystals: Why some rocks get all the bling\u003cbr\u003eProject: Grow your own crystals\u003cbr\u003eEpsom Salt Crystals\u003cbr\u003eTable Salt Crystals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. Collecting Animal and Bird Tracks\u003cbr\u003eKeeping Records in Your Notebook\u003cbr\u003eWhere to Look\u003cbr\u003eCollecting tracks with a camera\u003cbr\u003eTips for photographing tracks\u003cbr\u003eProject: Making casts of tracks\u003cbr\u003eCasts in soil\u003cbr\u003eCasts in snow\u003cbr\u003eMake a track album\u003cbr\u003eDisplaying your collection of tracks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. Collecting Seashells\u003cbr\u003eMeet the mollusks\u003cbr\u003eTwo familiar types\u003cbr\u003eHow to build your collection\u003cbr\u003eCaring for your collection\u003cbr\u003eProject: Turn a pizza box into a collector's shadow box\u003cbr\u003eAn Interview with collector Tom Eichhorst\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. Collecting Fossils\u003cbr\u003eWhat are fossils?\u003cbr\u003eIdentifying your fossils\u003cbr\u003eHow to collect\u003cbr\u003eHow to clean fossils\u003cbr\u003eDisplaying and storing your collection can we get photos of these?\u003cbr\u003eKeeping records\u003cbr\u003eProject: Model magic\u003cbr\u003eCollector Mary Anning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5. Collecting Insects\u003cbr\u003eThe age of insects\u003cbr\u003eWhat defines an insect\u003cbr\u003eIdentifying insects\u003cbr\u003eWhere to look\u003cbr\u003eSupplies\u003cbr\u003eKilling insects\u003cbr\u003eMounting and displaying your collection\u003cbr\u003eProject: make a plant and insect display box\u003cbr\u003eCaring for your collection\u003cbr\u003eWhat to know about buying insects\u003cbr\u003eAn interview with Dr. Ayesha Burdett\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6. Collecting Plants\u003cbr\u003eStart by looking locally\u003cbr\u003eHow to collect: Part 1\u003cbr\u003eHow to collect: Part 2\u003cbr\u003ePreserving your plant collections\u003cbr\u003ePressing and mounting flowers and leaves\u003cbr\u003eProject: Pressing plants\u003cbr\u003eProject: Mounting dried and pressed plants\u003cbr\u003eDrying thicker plants and Leaves\u003cbr\u003eDrying delicate flowers\u003cbr\u003ePreparing pine cones\u003cbr\u003eOrganizing your collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003eAbout the N. M. Museum of Natural History and Science\u003cbr\u003eResources\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Sanchez\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an educator at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque. He became interested in nature, \"bugs\", seashells, and dinosaurs from a very early age and went on to get a degree in biological anthropology from the University of New Mexico. Mike loves to share his passion for the wonders of nature with people of all ages. His hobbies include collecting seashells, drawing, and scuba diving. 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