Tell Me Why Snakes Shed Their Skin
Susan H. Gray
Language: English
Pages: 28
ISBN: 2:00366394
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Young children are naturally curious about animals. Snakes Shed Their Skin offers answers to their most compelling questions about why snakes shed periodically. Age-appropriate explanations and appealing photos encourage readers to continue their quest for knowledge. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.
shed. Often, frogs will twist and squirm around first. This helps to loosen up the skin. After they shed, they eat the old skin. This way, they recycle nutrients back into their bodies. Insects and spiders also molt. A cicada splits its shell down the back. The insect climbs out, leaving its old skin behind. Humans also shed their skin. Usually, the pieces are so small that you don’t notice. But your skin may come off in bigger pieces after you’ve been sunburned. 18 a type This Argentine red
losing old fur, feathers, a shell, or skin so that new ones can grow nutrients (NOO-tree-uhnts) substances that living things need to grow and stay healthy reptile (REP-tile) a cold-blooded animal with a backbone and scales that breathes air and reproduces on land; most reptiles have four legs and reproduce by laying eggs species (SPEE-sheez) one type, or kind, of plant or animal Find Out More Books: Gibbons, Gail. Snakes. New York: Holiday House, 2010. O’Neill, Amanda. I Wonder Why Snakes Shed
Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gray, Susan Heinrichs, author. Snakes shed their skin / Susan H. Gray. pages cm.—(Tell me why . . .) Summary: “Young children are naturally curious about animals. Snakes Shed Their Skin offers answers to their most compelling questions about why snakes shed periodically. Age-appropriate explanations and appealing photos encourage readers to continue their quest for knowledge. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help
2014048650 Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge the work of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Please visit www.p21.org for more information. Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics Table of Contents A Rubbing, Scrubbing Snake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Bye-Bye, Skin! .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 A Life of Shedding.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
and scrub. The zoo worker called the whole class over. “Today, our snake is doing something interesting. Let me tell you about it.” 6 ! Ask Questions Visit a zoo or park that has reptile displays. Ask if any other reptiles shed their skins. When a snake sheds, it starts from its head. 7 Bye-Bye, Skin! The zoo worker began to explain. “The snake is peeling off a layer of skin. This is called molting. Scientists also call it ecdysis. Only the outermost layer of skin comes off.” Katie kept