Describes the structure and characteristics of the amoeba, paramecium, and other members of the "circus" that Leeuwenhoek discovered in a drop of water.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
Grade-schoolers learn how ants, snails, slugs, beetles, earthworms, spiders, and other subterranean creatures live, breed, interact, move about, defend themselves, and more.
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 ...
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 ...
Explains photosynthesis, the process responsible for providing the material and energy for all living things, and discusses such related issues as respiration, the carbon cycle, acid rain, and the greenhouse effect.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
- 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 ...
Don't sweat those pains and strains that come from everyday things like stubbing a toe or lifting a heavy book bag. Find relief fast, discover why pains and strains occur, and what you can do to protect yourself from further injury in this book of sensible advice.
- 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 ...
The face of AIDS is changing. In 2005 in the United States, over 900,000 Americans were infected with HIV, and women accounted for about one-third of them. The important history, as well as the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease is presented in a clean style. The book is great for reports.
Provides instructions for raising, training, and caring for gerbils. Includes a description of the characteristics and habitats of gerbils in their natural setting and in captivity as laboratory animals.
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