{"product_id":"pollen-darwins-130-year-prediction-9781629441191","title":"Pollen: Darwin's 130 Year Prediction","description":"\u003cp\u003ePOLLEN: DARWIN'S 130 YEAR PREDICTION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElementary Science - POLLEN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow long does it take for science to find an answer to a problem?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn January 25, 1862, naturalist \u003cstrong\u003eCharles Darwin\u003c\/strong\u003e received a box of orchids. One flower, the Madagascar star orchid, fascinated him. It had an 11.5\" nectary, the place where flowers make nectar, the sweet liquid that insects and birds eat. How, he wondered, did insects pollinate the orchid? It took 130 years to find the answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter experiments, he made a prediction. There must be a giant moth with a 11.5\" proboscis, a straw-like tongue. Darwin died without ever seeing the moth, which was catalogued by entomologists in in 1903. But still no one had actually observed the moth pollinating the orchid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1992, German entomologist, \u003cstrong\u003eLutz Thilo Wasserthal, Ph.D\u003c\/strong\u003e. traveled to Madagascar. By then, the moths were rare. He managed to capture two moths and released them in a cage with the orchid. He captured the first photo of the moth pollinating the flower, as Darwin had predicted 130 years before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBackmatter includes information on the moth, the orchid, Charles Darwin, Lutz Wasserthal. Also included is Wasserthal's original photo taken in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMOMENTS IN SCIENCE COLLECTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis exciting series focuses on small moments in science that made a difference.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eBURN: Michael Faraday's Candle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eCLANG  Ernst Chladni's Sound Experiments (2019 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eECLIPSE: How the 1919 Eclipse Proved Einstein's Theory of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeneral Relativity (Fall, 2019)\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mims House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781629441191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2019 pg. 165\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e504269 \/ Pollen: Darwin's 130-Year Prediction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.8 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Lower Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Darcy Pattison, Peter Willis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663148904604,"sku":"9781629441191","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_841ef0cd-8f53-4242-b702-4fe5770b4952.jpg?v=1603903646","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pollen-darwins-130-year-prediction-9781629441191","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}