- Paperback: 250 pages
- Publisher: HarperReference (Dec 1982)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0064603032
- ISBN-13: 978-0064603034
- Product Dimensions: 27.2 x 20.6 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 44,101 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A way to learn about underwater life. Colour plates are accompanied by an explanatory text on marine environments, the organisms that inhabit them, and their life cycle.
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"The ocean is the largest habitat for life on earth, and is vital to the land habitats as well." Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book was put to use during a degree course in marine and freshwater biology. Colouring in is definately a great way to learn! The words and corresponding part of a fish and / or its habitat is coloured in the same colour, at a glance it is easy to see which name and which part are the same.
This book is definately recommended to those who have difficulty in remembering names and their associated functions before an exam.
Pictures within the book also show dissections in great detail, which are very useful if undertaking similar practicals. The book takes a complex image and makes it simplistic and easily remembered.
The text that accompanies the book is also very useful as an introduction to the subject, and covers a wide variety of topics.
Do not be fooled, it may look like a childrens colouring book, but is far to advanced for children and is more applicable to A-level (or equivalent) and degree level (first / second years).
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
These aren't run of the mill coloring books
12 Feb 2002
Format:Paperback
This might be the greatest way to self teach a topic ever devised! You have to follow the instructions. What the authors want you to do is read along as you color the book. Each coloring page has an associated page of text. As you read the text it makes reference to certain parts of the drawing. You can't help but learn. The topics range over all areas and habitats of marine biology and hit all the key points covered in any introductory class. They are grouped by habitat, physiology, ethology and again by taxonomic groups. As far as learning style? If you where isolated in the middle of the dessert with this book and a decent set of color pencils then you would come out with an excellent broad base introductory knowledge of marine biology. It would go well with any beginners course also. Don't let the "coloring book" title fool you, a child of five wold enjoy it but an adult would be able to reap all the rewards as well.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
everyone loves coloring!
17 Jan 2002
Format:Paperback
Being a high school teacher, i use this book and the biology coloring book to supplament my class text. It offers very insightful text to accompany each picture. The pictures are very detailed with complete coloring instructions. I was skeptical at first to use it, but the students really get excited about it and seem to get a great deal from finishing them.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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29 Nov 2000
Format:Paperback
I am a college student who found this to be a great secondary resource. Many of the form and function and reproductive strategy summaries contain great information that I have not found in textbooks. The coloring pages are great too, if for no other reason than they reiforce what the organisms look like.
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