Taking Apart a Coral Reef: ... to find out how it works! (Inside Info #6)

Synopsis

Peel back, take apart, reassemble and enjoy the awesome science of a coral reef!Inside Info: Taking Apart a Coral Reef is full of all the most colourful, microscopic and surprising features of a coral reef. Picking apart the built-up layers of this beautiful biome - the tough coral skeleton and the delicate polyp structures - and uncovering the reef's many inhabitants, we get to know the pieces and partnerships that make a coral reef so vital to our oceans. Finally, see how it all goes back together as a symbiotic whole, and learn the science of saving reefs around the world.Contents include: Welcome to the coral reef / Under the surface / Coral polyps / Stingers and algae / Reef growers / Life on the reef / Fish around the reef / Nooks and crannies / Camouflage / Colours and patterns / Predators / Building up a reef / Reefs in danger (bleaching, invasive species, climate change)Inside Info is a stylish and engrossing series of books diving into the layers of things kids are curious about - giving them the chance to pull it all apart and put it back together again, while learning STEM fundamentals! Full of cross-sections, cutaways, exploded diagrams, labels, jokes and easter-egg details for the curious reader aged 7+ to discover.The series presents the Inside Info of: Supercars, A Rocket, A Rollercoaster, A T. rex, The Human Body and A Coral Reef

Copyright:

2025

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

32 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781526327154

Related ISBNs:

9781526327161

Publisher:

Hachette Children's Group

Date of Addition:

08/14/25

Copyrighted By:

Hodder and Stoughton

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Children's Books, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences

Reading Age:

8 and up

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Illustrated by:

Sean O'Brien