Creeping slime : slime molds / by Ellen Lawrence ; consultant, Mark Fricker, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Animal, plant, fungus -- just what kind of living thing is a slime mold? How do these gooey blobs move from place to place? And how do they help clean up the planet? Learn the answers to these questions and more -- and prepare to get slimed!
Contents
A hungry blob -- A tiny amoeba -- Supersize slime mold -- Colors and shapes -- Home for slime -- Suppertime! -- On the hunt -- Problem-solving slime -- Making new slime -- Science lab -- Science words.