Mariana becomes a butterfly
Subtitle: an agricultural engineering story
By: Engineering is Elementary Team ; illustrated by Jeannette Martin.
Contributors: Martin, Jeannette.; Boston Museum of Science. Engineering is Elementary Team.
Publisher: Museum of Science
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 43
ISBN-13: 9780977408443
Subjects: Agricultural engineering -- Juvenile fiction; Insects -- Juvenile fiction; Plants -- Juvenile fiction; Butterflies -- Juvenile fiction; Agricultural engineering -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Insects -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Plants -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Butterflies -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Genres: Juvenile fiction.
Description: An avid gardener living in the sunny Dominican Republic, Mariana is stumped by a change in her new plant. The plant once grew delicious berries, but now Mariana can't seem to get any more berries to grow. With the help of Mariana's Aunt Leti, an agricultural engineer, Mariana soon discovers the problem: her plant is not well-matched to its new surroundings, and lacks a pollinator. How will Mariana solve this difficulty? With Tía Leti helping her explore the challenges of maintaining balance in natural systems, as well as introducing her to the engineering design process, Mariana soon discovers the sweet rewards of agricultural engineering.