Why Reading Is Important to Science « Iwriteinbooks's Blog
Today, on our playground, among the basil and tiny eggplant, we found a “woolly bear” caterpillar. There are several types of woolly caterpillars, it turns out. (Some are poisonous and some are totally harmless. Most of the ones in our area are of the latter variety, thank goodness!) Not wanting to disrupt it in all of its fine fuzziness, we decided that we should do a web search for the little guy/gal.
Like real entomologists, we used the details at our disposal to differentiate between the types we were finding in our search. We noted a few of its more prominent features, including the most obvious “big fuzzy” appearance. Of course, this didn’t get us very far so we then noted the color. Because the one we found ( not pictured as we didn’t want harass it too much ) was all black with a reddish-orange underbelly, we determined that it was the Hypercompe
So why is reading so important and what on earth does it have to do with moths, woolly caterpillars or even science? Oh, here I go, once again, on my little soap box about education. In order to learn about the world around us, we not only have to use numbers and data but also words and verbal communication. In order to determine very important things like dangerous or endangered species, it is important to be able to differentiate between many kinds of plants and animals. For this reason, the written word is so incredibly important in both the recording and the retrieval of all data.
Without proper flow of words in communication we would be without so much goodness in the world. So, the next time you are tempted to say “Oh, I’m not really a math and science person; I like words and books, better”, remember that without the world of words, our world(s) of math and science would be, quite literally, at a standstill.
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mrsroadrunner A Wildlife,Nature Photographer,Oregon: Woolly Bear Caterpillar
Woolly Bear Jigsaw: A simple jigsaw puzzle featuring a wolly bear caterpillar
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