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Flow, spin, grow : looking for patterns in nature  Cover Image Book Book

Flow, spin, grow : looking for patterns in nature / written by Patchen Barss ; illustrated by Todd Stewart.

Barss, Patchen (author.). Stewart, Todd (illustrator.).

Summary:

Flow, Spin, Grow encourages kids to observe and discover patterns in the natural world that reveal deep, unexpected connections. For example, look up, and you will see the branches of a tree. If you could see underground, you would also find its roots branching. And inside yourself, in your lungs and veins, there is also branching. And as water runs off from the mountains, into rivers, then streams, then creeks, that is also called branching. Why is that? It turns out that where there is flow, there is branching. There are other patterns around us all the time, such as spiraling and spinning, the way shapes stack, the way things crack. And if you look into any of these patterns, you will find a shared "logic" in the objects that express them. Flow, Spin, Grow speaks to our innate impulse to understand why things are the way they are. In addition to math and physics, patterns are inherently beautiful. This is reflected in illustrator Todd Stewart's multilayered screen prints that take us from the miniscule (a spinning maple key) to the majestic (a spinning universe).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781771472876
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Owlkids Books, 2018.
Subject: Pattern formation (Physical sciences) > Juvenile literature.
Pattern formation (Biology) > Juvenile literature.
Pattern perception > Juvenile literature.
Geometry in nature > Juvenile literature.
Mathematics in nature > Juvenile literature.
Authors, Canadian

Available copies

  • 7 of 8 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Terrace Public Library E BAR (Text) 35151001089846 Easy Books Volume hold Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    Branching, spiralling, spinning--you can find patterns almost anywhere in nature, if you look for them. This book is a starting point that introduces kids to some major patterns in the natural world, from the curve of our ears to the spiralling arms of our galaxy. With brief text and full-spread illustrations, it is designed to inspire kids to observe, discover and explore hidden structures and shapes in the natural world around them.
  • Perseus Publishing
    Branching, spiraling, spinning—you can find patterns almost anywhere in nature, if you look for them. This book is a starting point that introduces kids to some major patterns in the natural world. Just as the branches of a tree spread upwards into the sky, roots branch deep into the ground. Branches also spread through our bodies, inside our lungs and veins. Storms and snail shells spiral; electrons and galaxies spin. <br><br>With brief text and full-spread illustrations, this book is designed to inspire kids to observe, discover, and explore hidden structures and shapes in the natural world around them. Why are things the way they are? This question, key to scientific inquiry, runs throughout the text.<br><br>Artwork in multilayered screen prints shows how the natural world is inherently beautiful, from the curve of your ear to the spiraling arms of our galaxy. Kids will come away with a deeper understanding that we are all connected to nature and part of its patterns.
  • Perseus Publishing
    <b>Look around you and discover the incredible patterns on repeat in nature</b>

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