[New Edition] Rearing and Observation: Includes DVD (Shogakukan's NEO Encyclopedia 15)

An Experiential Guidebook Useful for Elementary School Life Skills and Science Classes

This guidebook introduces how to raise, cultivate, and observe over 80 different types of living things, from insects such as rhinoceros beetles and Hercules beetles, to aquatic creatures such as medaka and goldfish, and pets such as small birds and hamsters, to plants such as morning glories and cherry tomatoes.

Many different living things live all around us.

By raising and cultivating these creatures, you can observe crucial moments that are difficult to see in the wild.

And you can learn more about living things and make new discoveries you hadn't noticed before.

Books and the internet are overflowing with information.

However, the knowledge and experience gained through personal experience will be invaluable.

The DVD features approximately 70 minutes of footage showcasing the experience of searching for living things in nature.

Also, by scanning the QR code on the pages, you can view valuable footage on your smartphone or tablet.

Let's aim to become experts in raising and cultivating animals by actually experiencing it with this illustrated guide!

[Recommendation from the Editor]

I myself have tried raising and cultivating various creatures.

I believe that learning through personal experience is a very enjoyable experience.

I raised about 50 rhinoceros beetle larvae, and I was surprised that the success rate of them growing into adults was surprisingly high (only 1 or 2 didn't hatch).

I was also deeply moved to witness with my own eyes the moment when a hummingbird hawk-moth released its scales immediately after hatching.

I would be delighted if children, who will live in the future, would use this illustrated guide as a reference and have many different experiences.