Kathleen Garber's Reviews > Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution
Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution
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I received this book for review a while back but never got around to it till now. No particular reason for that, just busy. However we are studying flight this month in our homeschool so I thought it was the perfect time for me to review the book.
This is a beautiful book about flight with colour illustrations. The book covers flight in animals as well as man-made contraptions.
Chapter headings are: Dreams of Flying, What is Flight Good For?, If Flying is So Great Why do some animals lose their wings?, Flying is easy if you are small, if you must be large and fly increase your surface area out of proportion, unpowered flight parachuting and gliding, powered flight and how it works, powered flight in animals, be lighter than air, weightlessness, aerial plankton, wings for plants, differences between evolved and designed flying machines, what is the use of half a wing, the outward urge beyond flying.
As you can see from the headings, different types of flight are discussed. I marked many pages to read from or show illustrations from during our flight unit. It’s a great resource for homeschooling but it’s also just plain interesting. I would never have thought to read a book about flight but I found it intriguing.
If you love learning about science including animals, this is a great book to learn about how animals and people fly.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review
This is a beautiful book about flight with colour illustrations. The book covers flight in animals as well as man-made contraptions.
Chapter headings are: Dreams of Flying, What is Flight Good For?, If Flying is So Great Why do some animals lose their wings?, Flying is easy if you are small, if you must be large and fly increase your surface area out of proportion, unpowered flight parachuting and gliding, powered flight and how it works, powered flight in animals, be lighter than air, weightlessness, aerial plankton, wings for plants, differences between evolved and designed flying machines, what is the use of half a wing, the outward urge beyond flying.
As you can see from the headings, different types of flight are discussed. I marked many pages to read from or show illustrations from during our flight unit. It’s a great resource for homeschooling but it’s also just plain interesting. I would never have thought to read a book about flight but I found it intriguing.
If you love learning about science including animals, this is a great book to learn about how animals and people fly.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review
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