Butterfly Fish That Swim Backward The Hermit Crab That Frequently Moves House
Contents 2 7 8 14 15 20 21 25 Science Focus Butterfly Fish That Swim Backward Fun Corner The Masks Of Animals Animal Tale The Hermit Crab That Frequently Moves House Fun Time Draw A Toucan Understand Our Body Our Friends Test Your IQ Skills Please Help Them Animal World I Can See Both Sides Of Me Fun Activities Comparison Of Heights
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Science Focus Butterfly Fish That Swim Backward Madam Lobster is a marine circus trainer. Follow me! I want to bring you all to meet our trainer. Alright! Queue up in a row quickly! I want to teach you all to swim. 2
Who are they? They are butterfly fish. You have to teach them to swim. Listen carefully! Queue up in a row quickly! The smallest shall stand in the front and the largest at the back. Yes, madam! 3
Alright, now begin to swim forward. Ah! Why are you all swimming backward? Hehehe! Try it once more. Swim forward. Hey, did you ll hear me? 4
You deliberately refused to follow my instructions! I agree! Our trainer is bad tempered. Why did you swim backward? Madam, sometimes they do that. What? 5
When we swim backward, we deceive our predators. They mistake the black spot on our tail for our eyes. This will allow us to escape from them. Oh, I see. Swim backward! The black spot on their butterfly tail looks very much like their eyes. When they are swimming backward, this spot (false eyes) helps them to deceive their predators. 6
Fun Corner The Masks Of Animals Match each of the animal s masks to its shape on the clip art. A B C D 1 2 3 4 7 Answers: 1.A 2.D 3.C 4.B
Animal Tale The Hermit Crab That Frequently Moves House Hello, readers! The science adventurers are visiting a beach. Wow! This shell is so beautiful! Oops! This shell is moving. Dugi, run quickly! There s a monster in the shell. Who is bothering my sleep? That s not a monster. That s a hermit crab. 8
It s a hermit crab? What type of crab is this? A hermit crab is different from the common crab. The hermit crab does not have a shell. It has to find a shell to protect itself. Gee, it s very unique! Let me touch it. Whoa! I can feel the trembling. I d better hide. Look, it is peeping at us. Although the hermit has many legs, it is very timid. The slightest touch will cause it to withdraw into a shell. Eh? Are they leaving? 9
If you were to poke through the hole on its shell with a toothpick, it will soon come out from its shell. Ouch! Who poked me? Aha, look! The hermit crab has come out! So, that s what it looks like. Without a shell, it looks like a shrimp. 10
The meat of the hermit crab is very soft and delicious. It is a favourite food of the bigger fish and crabs. Be careful hermit crab! Help! Help! Look! It has jumped into the sea. Wow, that was really dangerous! 11
Eh? This hermit crab came back to the shore. I d better find a home and move into it. Without a shell, I will be constantly in danger. I ve finally found a home for myself. Come and have a look if it is suitable for me. Excellent! This shell fits me like a glove. That was how the hermit crab found its home. I am safe. The hermit crab grows rapidly. So it is necessary for them to change their home frequently. 12
Hermit Crab Moves House The hermit crab s body grew bigger and bigger, so it had to frequently look for new homes. You can find the shells below from the beach. Dear readers, have you seen these shells before? 13
Fun Time Draw A Toucan 14
Understand Our Body Our Friends We have two hands and two legs. They are our good friends. This is my right hand. This is my left hand. I also have ten fingers. I have ten toes. Each finger has its own name. Do you know their names? I ll tell you! 15
I m the longest of all fingers. I m called the middle finger because I am in the middle. I m the finger for wearing a ring. I m the ring finger. I m always used to point at things, so I m called the index finger. I m the largest finger. I m called the thumb. I m the shortest and the smallest of all fingers, so I m called the little finger. 16
We can do many things with our fingers. Water the flowers Shake hands Wash the dishes Cook meals Dig the soil Write words Readers, aren t our fingers very useful? They can do so many things! 17
Legs are just as important. Play football Run Walk Jump Although our hands and legs cannot speak, they are very active and hardworking. 18
Our hands and legs are our good friends. They help us to carry out the following activities. Swimming Windsurfing Cycling Rope skipping Sliding Since our hands and legs are our good friends, we should take good care of them. 19
Test Your IQ Skills Please Help Them Who can help David, Peter and Anna? Write the correct answers in the spaces provided. 1 2 3 A B C 20 Answers: 1.C 2.A 3.B
Animal World I Can See Both Sides Of Me La la la Hey, there is a bird! 21
Brother, let us catch it. I will go to the other side. Alright. The two monkeys began to approach the bird. 22
Urg! Ouch, my face is hurt! Ouch! Do you think it is easy to catch me? 23
How did you know so quickly that we were here? My eyes are located at both sides of my head. I can see very clearly over a wide range of angles around me. I knew that you were beside me from the beginning. We can only see things in front of us. We cannot see things beside us clearly. Some animals such as the cattle, sheep and horse have eyes like mine. Your eyes must be very useful! 24
Fun Activities Comparison Of Heights Do you know which animal is the tallest? Arrange the animals according to their height from the tallest to shortest. 25 Answers: Fox-2 White Stork-1 Squirrel-3
Science Guide The Needs Of Living Things All living beings grow. Food and water are necessary for growth. Teenage Child Baby The chicks will also grow to be chickens. 26
Try this experiment! Prepare some seeds. Place the seeds into a pot with soil. Put the pot under the sun and water it every day. Observe the growth process. Our body needs a lot of food during the growth process. Grains Protein-rich food Vegetables and fruits Do you know that we need to drink eight glasses of water every day? 27
Science Story Clever Mr Tortoise There lived a fox in the forest. Many small animals were afraid of it because foxes like to eat small animals. One day, the hungry fox was looking around for food. It came to a pond and saw that the frog was catching insects. Awesome! That s something to eat! 28
The frog was busy catching insects and did not notice that the fox was moving towards it. Hmm, no way you can escape this time! A tortoise nearby was watching. Oh, no! The frog is in danger! The tortoise stretched out its neck and bit the fox s bushy tail. Ouch! Who bit my tail? The tortoise remained silent and continued to bite the tail of the fox. Hey, let go quick! It hurts! No way! 29
The frog heard the scream of the fox and jumped immediately into the pond. So it s you! You have a lot of guts! Now, I m going to eat you! The wise tortoise retracted its head into its shell. The fox tried to grab its legs but the tortoise had retracted its legs into its shell too. Hahaha! You can t eat me! 30
The fox was very hungry and craved for food, so it bites the tortoise s shell. I must find a way to get the tortoise out of its shell. Ouch, it s so hard! The fox began to threaten the tortoise. I will throw you up to the sky. Thank you! Please do it. I will be very happy to fly in the air. I will drop you into the fire. I think you will not like that. Great! Just nice to provide me some warmth, I m feeling cold at this moment. 31
Perhaps, I should throw you into the pond! Oh, no! Please don t do that. I am afraid of water. The fox was glad to hear that the tortoise is afraid of water. So, it dropped the tortoise into the pond. Shortly before the tortoise touched the water, it stretched its head out from its shell and swam towards the frog. You will not be able to eat us now. Good bye! 32
Do You Know? Hotel In The Forest There are two squirrels, Mike and Tom, who run an animal hotel. Welcome! Let s go there to take our meal! Sure, I m very hungry. Mike brought his guests to the restaurant. What would you like to order? We are carnivores. We only eat meat! 33
Please have a seat. What would you like to eat, sir? We are herbivores. Our favourite food is grass. It s so hot! Where s the pool? Wow! There are a lot of fishes swimming here. We can only live in the water. 34
I m an amphibian. I do not only live on land but I can also live in the water. I do not wish to squeeze together with you all, good bye! As Mr Frog was about to leave the hotel, he saw Miss Ostrich crying. Why are you crying? Birds have wings, so they can fly very high up in the sky. I have wings too but I cannot fly. Woo woo woo Don t be sad. Mike and Tom are going to hold a party tonight at the hotel. Let s go to the party together. 35
In the evening, Mike and Tom organized a party at the hotel. They invited all the animals of the forest to celebrate the opening of the hotel. 36
Fun Corner Circle The Errors There are six errors in the picture. Readers, can you circle them? Answers: Ship in the sky Bat Hen Cat Swim fins Fishing 37
Why? Why Do We Have To Wash Our Hands Frequently? Mother always washes her hands when she comes home. Mummy, why do you need to wash your hands frequently? This is because we do many things with our hands. Therefore, our hands will become dirty. There are a lot of germs on our hands. Germs breed in our nails. When we come home, or before meal times, we need to wash our hands. 38
Fun Facts The Tall Giraffe Hi-oh! Hi-oh! Ouch! Boo boo 39
Let us eat together! Thank you! It s nice to be tall. The giraffe is the world s tallest animal. It can eat leaves at the top of the trees easily and at the same time watch out for threats in its surroundings. 40
Observation Skills Which Is William? William and his friends were queuing up for movie tickets. There are 1 boy and 2 girls in front of him and 2 girls behind him. Readers, do you know which is William? 41 Answer: 6
Seek And Match Bonsai Seeks Its Shadow Bonsai Seeks Its Shadow Readers, do you know which bonsai produces the shape of shadow no. 4? 1 2 3 4 Answer:B For subscription, please contact: 65-62255770 (office hours) 65-90020322 (anytime) email: SA@youngreadersexpress.com website: www.englishcorner.sg / www.scienceadventures.sg http://www.facebook.com/scienceadventuresmagazine