Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by the Kratt Brothers -- Authors' Notes -- Time Line -- Introduction: What is Zoology? -- Part 1: Zoology for Beginners -- Chapter 1: Animals-Form andFunction -- Bake an Edible Animal Cell -- Dig Up "Animal Bones" -- Play the Dolphin Echolocation Game -- Explore Concealing Coloration -- Chapter 2: Understanding Animal Behavior -- Test Your Sense of Direction -- Demonstrate a Butterfly's Life Cycle -- Communicate Like a Deep-Sea Animal -- Chapter 3: Animals and Their Environments -- Eat a Bat Fruit Salad -- Construct a Food Chain -- Part 2: Working on the Wild Side-Zoology in Real Life -- Chapter 4: Zookeepers, Aquarists, andOther Zoo Crew -- Create Behavioral Enrichment -- Train Your Friends -- Plan and Draw an Exhibit -- Chapter 5: Call the Doctor! Veterinarians -- Mold Tiger Teeth -- Vital Signs, Part 1: Build aStethoscope -- Vital Signs, Part 2: Take Your Vitals -- Chapter 6: Wildlife Researchers -- Conduct an Experiment: Keeping Warm -- Backyard Zoology: Perform Field Research -- Invent a New Species -- Chapter 7: Conservation Warriors -- Survive Habitat Loss: The Resource Game -- Make an Endangered Species Flyer -- Interview a Zoologist -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Resources -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.