The best extended reading for natural & scientific literacy
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Read it in 1 minute, fall in love with natural science in 3 seconds!
MinuteEarth, a popular science animation YouTuber team in the United States, selects the most curious natural science questions for children from nearly 300 popular videos, covering earth science, biological knowledge, environmental ecology, and life technology, giving children the cutest and most interesting nature. class! Paired with extended videos, it can inspire interest, strengthen understanding, and build scientific literacy!
Super cute. Animal and Plant Knowledge
☆When migratory birds migrate, why don’t they fly in a straight line but instead take a long detour?
☆Plants don’t speak but they can “communicate” and “eavesdrop”. Who is its spy mouthpiece?
☆Why do pet hamsters eat their own babies? Did the owner give him too little feed?
The most interesting. A little science in life
☆ Why can some foods be eaten even if they are not refrigerated and have expired? Or even the smellier and sour the more delicious they are?
☆A sweater will shrink when thrown into the washing machine, but why doesn’t a sheep become suffocated by its hair after being exposed to the rain?
Big shock. Ecology and nature lessons that the teacher has never taught!
☆What disease is more terrifying than Covid-19, which cannot be prevented even by home isolation and social distance?
☆The first step to eliminate forest wildfires is for experts to proactively set fires and adopt preventive "controlled burning"?
☆Is there a place in the world where the plants are dry and withered and the soil is extremely poor, and it can still be ranked as the "biodiversity champion" with the tropical rainforest?
☆All efforts to save cat and pandas, will it cause the endangered ecosystem to become extinct faster?
MinuteEarth is
the world's most popular science education channel on YouTube. Since 2014, it has uploaded more than 200 videos and has been viewed more than 500 million times. The MinuteEarth team is a cross-domain collaboration between scientists, script writers and illustrators. They love to explore various scientific questions about the earth. They use short, relaxing and cute animations to quickly answer all the incredible things in nature, making adults and children fall in love at first sight. Go to natural science!
1. Where does Earth’s water come from?
2. Why are rivers so curved?
3. Which came first, the rain or the rainforest?
4. How do wildfires get out of control?
5. Who is tied with the rainforest for "No. 1 ecological richness"?
6. Orchids’ deceptive tactics to dominate the world!
7. Can plants talk?
8. Why do leaves turn red in autumn?
9. Who do the flowers want to seduce with their beauty?
10. Why are the fish in the sea getting smaller and smaller?
11. Sweaters shrink, but sheep don’t when exposed to rain?
12. Why can whales grow into giants? !
13. Guess who is the real bee?
14. Do migratory birds like to take long detours?
15. Is the animal world full of love scammers?
16. Why do animal parents eat their babies?
17. Should we save the pandas first?
18. Why are invasive species so difficult to deal with?
19. Urban animals who love the concrete jungle
20. The expansion strategy of deadly diseases!
21. How much food is there on earth?
22. The secret of breast milk’s super nutrition
23. Does chocolate eaten by bacteria taste better?
24. Apple pie is a “mini United Nations”?
【Glossary】
【Production Team】MinuteEarth
自然＆科學素養最佳延伸閱讀
科學知識 × 超可愛插圖 × 跨領域專家團隊製作，
掃描QRcode看動畫，讓科學更有趣！更好懂！
1分鐘看完，3秒愛上自然科！
美國超人氣科普動畫YouTuber團隊．MinuteEarth，從將近300支熱門影片中，精選孩子最好奇的自然科學問題，範圍涵蓋地球科學、生物知識、環境生態、生活科技，給孩子最可愛的趣味自然課！搭配延伸影片，更能啟發興趣、強化理解，建立科學素養！
超可愛．動植物知識
☆候鳥遷徙時，為什麼不飛直線，反而繞遠路？
☆植物不說話卻能「溝通」跟「竊聽」，誰是它的間諜傳聲筒？
☆寵物倉鼠為什麼會吃自己的寶寶？是主人給太少飼料嗎？
最有趣．生活中的小科學
☆有些食物為什麼不冷藏、放過期都還能吃，甚至愈臭酸愈好吃？
☆毛衣丟入洗衣機會縮水，但為何綿羊淋雨後卻不會被身上的毛勒到喘不過氣？
大震撼．老師沒教過的生態自然課！
☆什麼疾病比Covid-19更可怕，連居家隔離、社交距離都防不住？
☆消滅森林野火的第一步，竟是專家主動放火、採取預防性的「控制焚燒」？
☆世上有個地方植物乾枯萎靡、土壤超貧瘠，還能跟熱帶雨林並列「生物多樣性冠軍」?
☆全力搶救貓熊，反而會害瀕危生態系更快滅絕？
本書特色
★科學腦UP！最佳自然延伸閱讀，全方位奠基孩子的自然素養！
書本的平面式閱讀＋影音頻道的多感官複習，更兼具英文聽力練習！
繪本看完還不夠？掃描各章QRcode看延伸英文動畫，除了強化知識理解，更能訓練孩子的英文聽力，增進科學世界觀！（＊部分影片提供繁體中文CC字幕，可於影片右下角「設定」切換字幕語言）
★思辨力UP！從不一樣的觀點思考問題，培養理性思維！
運用違反直覺的自然現象（例如：動物會吃掉自己的寶寶、勤於滅火反而讓野火更嚴重），鍛鍊孩子的理性思辨能力，學習從不同觀點進行獨立思考，並嘗試想出解決方式。
★好奇心UP！從日常挖掘最有趣的科學問題，發現生活中的不可思議！
本書精選孩子身邊最常見的趣味自然科學問題（例如：秋天葉子為什麼會變紅、毛衣為什麼會縮水），提升知識與生活的連結，啟發孩子對科學的好奇與熱情，是給小小科學家的最佳趣味入門書。
【閱讀焦點】
✏適讀年齡：無注音，適合學齡前、國小低年級親子共讀、國小中高年級自己讀。
✏關鍵字：地球科學、生物知識、環境保育、生活科技。
✏學習領域：自然科學、科技。
✏核心素養：系統思考與解決問題、規劃執行與創新應變、科技資訊與媒體素養。
驚嘆推薦
★10秒鐘教室(Yan)｜趣味知識圖文作家
★張美蘭(小熊媽)｜親職、繪本作家
★曾明騰｜SUPER教師
★瘋狂理查｜最狂的自然老師
★顏聖紘｜國立中山大學生物科學系副教授
作者簡介
地球一分鐘（MinuteEarth）
全球超受歡迎的YouTube科學教育頻道，自2014年起已上傳超過200支影片、點閱率突破5億次。MinuteEarth團隊為科學家、腳本作家與插畫家跨域合作，他們熱愛探索關於地球的各種科學問題，用簡短、輕鬆、可愛的動畫，快速解答大自然中的所有不可思議，讓大人小孩一看就愛上自然科學！
譯者簡介
王季蘭
自由撰稿兼譯者。國立中央大學應用地質所碩士，美國艾默森學院整合行銷傳播碩士，曾任天下文化科學編輯、企業公關。文字作品有《福爾摩沙飛向太空》、《孫維新談天》（孫維新╱著、王季蘭╱整理，獲第二屆「吳大猷科普寫作獎」金籤獎）、《奈米，不是啥稀米》（工研院材料所╱著、王季蘭╱整理），譯作有《我愛讀天文的故事》、《觀念地球科學I、II》、《神奇酷地理》等兒童讀物。
目錄
【前言】一起加入地球探險！1. 地球的水來自哪裡？
2. 河流為什麼彎彎曲曲？
3. 先有雨，還是先有雨林？
4. 野火怎麼愈滅愈失控？
5. 誰跟雨林並列「生態豐富No.1」？
6. 蘭花稱霸世界的詐欺手段！
7. 植物會說話嗎？
8. 為什麼秋天的樹葉會變紅？
9. 花朵想用美色誘惑誰？
10. 海中的魚兒怎麼愈來愈小隻？
11. 毛衣會縮水，綿羊淋雨卻不會？
12. 鯨魚為什麼可以長成巨無霸？！
13. 猜猜誰是真蜜蜂？
14. 候鳥喜歡繞遠路？
15. 動物世界到處是愛情騙子？
16. 為什麼動物爸媽會吃掉寶寶？
17. 我們該先救貓熊嗎？
18. 入侵種怎麼這麼難纏？
19. 熱愛水泥叢林的都市動物
20. 致命疾病的擴張策略！
21. 地球上的食物有多少？
22. 母奶超級營養的祕密
23. 細菌吃過的巧克力更好吃？
24. 蘋果派是個「迷你聯合國」？
【詞彙表】
【製作團隊】地球一分鐘‧MinuteEarth