Describes the structure and characteristics of the amoeba, paramecium, and other members of the "circus" that Leeuwenhoek discovered in a drop of water.
My Health explains the science behind common illnesses and injuries and also emphasizes the importance of maintaining personal health. The colorful, inviting series design features photos, medical illustrations, amusing cartoon art, tables, sidebars, and hands-on activities. With more than 50 percent of Americans breaking a bone before age 18, the ...
Explains the various forms of cancer, their symptoms, possible causes, and treatment, and discusses research being conducted to find better means of preventing, detecting, treating, and curing this disease.
The morning after a violent storm, the rocky coastline is covered with newly formed pools. Each one is a tiny community, brimming with life and constantly changing. The authors dive beneath the calm surface of the tidal pool to explore the variety of creatures that live there, from plankton to starfish, and they describe the many ways the ...
- Explores each specific disease using personal stories - Color books written by award-winning authors contain thorough disease information for reports - Includes current information and research - Includes profiles of people who have fought and who have suffered from each disease - Supports the Science curriculum - Please see each title for page ...
What if you could find out whether you are carrying the genes for a deadly disease that could strike you in ten years? Would you want to know? The answer is hiding inside your genetic material, called DNA. Well-known science writers Alvin and Virginia Silverstein and Laura Silverstein Nunn explain what DNA is, how heredity works, what happens when ...
Describes various kinds of robots and their uses and considers the relationship of robots and humans and the implications of a world increasingly run by robots.
Describes various types of rashes with information on how they affect people, how they spread, and how to treat them, including some rashes associated with childhood diseases.
- Explores each specific disease using personal stories - Color books written by award-winning authors contain thorough disease information for reports - Includes current information and research - Includes profiles of people who have fought and who have suffered from each disease - Supports the Science curriculum - Please see each title for page ...
My Health explains the science behind common illnesses and injuries and also emphasizes the importance of maintaining personal health. The colorful, inviting series design features photos, medical illustrations, amusing cartoon art, tables, sidebars, and hands-on activities.
My Health explains the science behind common illnesses and injuries and also emphasizes the importance of maintaining personal health. The colorful, inviting series design features photos, medical illustrations, amusing cartoon art, tables, sidebars, and hands-on activities. Asthma affects almost five million children in the United States. What ...
My Health explains the science behind common illnesses and injuries and also emphasizes the importance of maintaining personal health. The colorful, inviting series design features photos, medical illustrations, amusing cartoon art, tables, sidebars, and hands-on activities. Germs are everywhere, even though we can't see them. Get a healthy dose ...
My Health explains the science behind common illnesses and injuries and also emphasizes the importance of maintaining personal health. The colorful, inviting series design features photos, medical illustrations, amusing cartoon art, tables, sidebars, and hands-on activities. When a child has problems seeing, most teachers ask "Can you see the ...
Discusses plate tectonics, the theory that the surface of the earth is always moving, and the connection of this phenomenon to earthquakes and volcanoes.
Describes the physical structure and functions of the brain and the nervous system. Also discusses various mental disorders, their causes, and their treatment.
In this age of electronics we marvel at the wonders of computer systems that run everything from shuttle launches to vast communications networks. Yet the human body, with its thousands of genes that provide a unique code of life for each individual, is equipped with systems far more efficient than the most advanced computers and their programs.
Grade-schoolers learn how ants, snails, slugs, beetles, earthworms, spiders, and other subterranean creatures live, breed, interact, move about, defend themselves, and more.
This book describes the sense of hearing and its importance in teaching about the world around us. The book explains sound, human and animal ears, the brain's role in hearing, listening, and technology related to hearing, like voice recognition systems, hearing aids, sonar, and radar.
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