Main Idea
What is a main idea?
A main idea is what the paragraph is mostly about.
What is a landmark?
an important building, structure, or place
Bears love to eat honey. They like it because it is sweet. Bears look for honey in the woods. They climb trees to get it. They will eat all the honey they find.
Bears
Eskimos hunt animals. They use animals for food. They also use animal skins to make clothes. Eskimos only hunt animals they need. They do not hunt for fun.
Eskimos hunt for food and clothes.
What does it mean when something is carved?
cut into a shape
Squirrels live in the park. They are gray and fluffy. They pick up nuts off the ground. Then they hide the nuts. They run up and down trees.
Squirrels
Observing nature gives us ideas for new things. George de Mestral didn't set out on his walk thinking he would create a new fastener, but by being curious and observant, he did just that.
Nature helps us create new things.
What are hints that help solve a problem or a mystery?
clues
There are a variety of types of bird beaks. Each type of beak helps a bird obtain its food. A short, hooked beak is useful for birds of prey. A bird of prey is an animal that hunts its food. This type of beak is sharp and enables a bird to rip what it catches easily.
Bird beaks
More than 200 years ago, an engineer was trying to drill a tunnel under a river, but each attempt failed. The walls kept falling in. Then he saw how shipworms bored through wood. The animal uses a tough shield to drill. Then it builds a hard tube along the tunnel walls. What a great idea! The engineer copied the shipworm to build the Thames Tunnel. As he drilled, workers lined the tunnel walls with bricks.
An engineer copied the shipworm to build the Thames Tunnel.
What do you call something that is very, very large?
massive
Some rabbits change their fur with the seasons. In the summer, they have thinner coats with short fur. As the weather cools, their fur grows longer and thicker. Spring brings more changes to a rabbit's appearance. The warm coat is no longer needed and the animal molts. Rabbits shed their dense coats in the spring. It gathers on bushes and shrubs.
Rabbits fur
Observing how nature works also shows us ways to help the planet. Nature does not waste materials or energy. Natural designs do not pollute the air or water. Learning New things while protecting Earth's resources - that's and idea worth copying!
Observing how nature works shows us ways to help the planet.
When something is described as great or large what is it?
grand
Camouflage is the name given to anything that helps an animal blend in with its surroundings. Some animals use camouflage to keep from harm. Others use it to get food. Tigers have stripes that help them blend in with tall grass. A tiger can then catch its food without being seen. All of the stripes confuse predators. The predator can't tell if they are looking at an animal of the shadow of a tree.
Camouflage