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Books : Children's Books : Science, Nature & How It Works : Biology

• First the Egg (Caldecott Honor Book and Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book (Awards))

  Laura Vaccaro Seeger

  
  WHICH CAME FIRST?  The chicken or the egg?  Simple die-cuts magically present transformation-- from seed to flower, tadpole to frog, caterpillar to butterfly. The acclaimed author of  Black? White! Day? Night! and Lemons Are Not Red gives an entirely fresh and  memorable presentation to the concepts of transformation and creatiity.  Seed becomes flower, paint becomes picture, word becomes story--and the commonplace becomes extraordinary as children look through and turn the pages of this novel and winning book.
  
   

• From Caterpillar to Butterfly (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1)

  Deborah Heiligman

  
  A caterpillar comes to school in a jar. The class watches the caterpillar each day as it grows and changes. Soon, it disappears into a hard shell called a chrysalis. Then the chrysalis breaks, and a beautiful butterfly flies out of the jar! This is a perfect beginner's guide to the mystery of metamorphosis.
  
  

  Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 1997 (NSTA/CBC)

  
   

• Biology

  Kenneth R. Miller, Joseph S. Levine

  
  
   

• Biology: Concepts & Connections

  Neil A. Campbell, Lawrence G. Mitchell, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor

  
  New edition biology textbook will enable students to construct a framework of key biological concepts that will serve them long after they have forgotten specific facts and terms. CD ROM included. DLC: Biology.
  
   

• Essential Biology

  
  Students can master key concepts and earn a better grade with the thought-provoking exercises found in this study guide. Study advice, tables, quizzes, and crossword puzzles help students test their understanding of biology. The Study Guide also includes references to student media activities on the Essential Biology CD-ROM and Website.
  
   

• My Body / Mi cuerpo (English and Spanish Foundations Series) (Book #8) (Bilingual) (Board Book)

  Gladys Rosa-Mendoza

  
  Introduce your children to body parts with pages of beautiful dimensional paper illustrations.
  
  When it comes to the human body, children ought to know their way around these parts. Now there's a captivating way to introduce children to the basic body parts with this English and Spanish learning book featuring beautiful dimensional paper illustrations. Join happy-go-lucky Edward and Elisja as they take turns reciting the names of their body parts and how many of each they have. A complete pronunciation guide is included in the back of the book for quick and easy reference. From head to toe it's the most fun way to teach this fundamental subject. 20 pages, 4.75 x 5.875
  

  Familiarice a sus hijos con las partes del cuerpo con páginas de ilustraciones de papel dimensional.
  
  Cuando se trata del cuerpo humano, es importante que los niños conozcan las partes que lo conforman. Ahora hay un modo cautivante de presentar al lector infantil las partes básicas del cuerpo con este libro en inglés y español de bellas páginas ilustradas. Únanse a Edward y Elisja a medida que se turnan para recitar los nombres de las partes del cuerpo y decir cuántas tienen de cada una. Al respaldo del libro hay una guía completa de pronunciación que sirve como consulta rápida y fácil. Desde la cabeza hasta los pies, este libro es el modo más divertido de enseñar este tema fundamental. 20 páginas, 4.75 x 5.875
  

  The Benefits and Features of the English · Spanish Foundations series include:
  • Helps teach vocabulary and other oral language concepts
  • Summary page at the end to recap and instruct
  • Helps kids get ready to read
  • Helps develop phonemic, print, and numeric awareness
  • Large bright colorful pictures to keep kids engaged
  • Rounded corners for children s safety
  • Laminated to protect from spills
  • Board book so they can last
  • Great size for little hands
  • Simple but engaging text
  • Useful for beginning Spanish at any level
  • Useful for beginning English at any level
  

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• Biology: Life as We Know It!

  Dan Green

  

  Nature’s building blocks have never been more sociable than in this newest offering from the creators of The Periodic Table and Physics. From cells to DNA, from viruses to mammals, from chlorophyll to flowers and fruit, and including the human body’s parts and systems, Biology is a single volume BIO101 course. Distinctive characters, a creative pallette, and straight- forward text make it all clear—and fun!

   

  
   

• Essential Biology With Physiology

  Neil A. Campbell, Jane B. Reece, Eric J. Simon

  
  Students can master key concepts and earn a better grade with the thought-provoking exercises found in this study guide. Study advice, tables, quizzes, and crossword puzzles help students test their understanding of biology. The Study Guide also includes references to student media activities on the Essential Biology with Physiology CD-ROM and Website.
  
   

• Science, Evolution, and Creationism

  National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine

  
  How did life evolve on Earth? The answer to this question can help us understand our past and prepare for our future. Although evolution provides credible and reliable answers, polls show that many people turn away from science, seeking other explanations with which they are more comfortable. In the book, "Science, Evolution, and Creationism", a group of experts assembled by the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine explain the fundamental methods of science, document the overwhelming evidence in support of biological evolution, and evaluate the alternative perspectives offered by advocates of various kinds of creationism, including "intelligent design."The book explores the many fascinating inquiries being pursued that put the science of evolution to work in preventing and treating human disease, developing new agricultural products, and fostering industrial innovations. The book also presents the scientific and legal reasons for not teaching creationist ideas in public school science classes. Mindful of school board battles and recent court decisions, "Science, Evolution, and Creationism" shows that science and religion should be viewed as different ways of understanding the world rather than as frameworks that are in conflict with each other and that the evidence for evolution can be fully compatible with religious faith. For educators, students, teachers, community leaders, legislators, policy makers, and parents who seek to understand the basis of evolutionary science, this publication will be an essential resource.
  
   

• Germs make me sick! (Let's-read-and-find-out science book)

  Melvin Berger

  
  Explains how bacteria and viruses affect the human body and how the body fights them.
  
   

• Are You a Spider? (Backyard Books)

  Tudor Humphries

  
  Did you know that when a spider's web is damaged, a spider will often eat the remaining silk before making a new one? Young children will make many amazing discoveries about spiders in this captivating account.
  
   

• Biology: Life on Earth

  Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers

  
  Provides an engaging and easy to use book with an innovative and interactive media program. It achieves a unique balance in emphasizing concepts without sacrificing scientific accuracy. The new MediaTutor, found at the end of each chapter, integrates the book and media by providing a brief description of the CD or WEB activity and the time requirement for completion. Earth Watch/Health Watch essays cover biodiversity, ozone depletion/prenatal diagnosis, and sexually transmitted diseases. Major topics include The Life Of A Cell, Patterns Of Inheritance, Evolution, Plant Anatomy And Physiology; Animal Anatomy And Physiology; Ecology.
  
   

• There Are No Shortcuts: Changing the World One Kid at a Time

  Rafe Esquith

  
  The inspirational story of one maverick fifth grade teacher, and the ways he helps his students excel. How does he do it? Rafe Esquith's students live in a poor, gang-and-drug-infested world—and perform Shakespeare. Most come from impoverished, single-family homes. Yet they go to school six days a week, score in the top 5 to 10 percent nationally in standardized tests, and attend the finest universities in the world. Esquith's answer? Spend time with them, expect more from them, and take them out to see the world. The result is the stuff of miracles. His 10-year old students perform unabridged Shakespeare plays around the world and read complex classic literature. His Hobart Shakespeareans, as Esquith's students are known, have performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Press Club, and the Globe Theater in London. Esquith raises the bar and expects the most from his students. He pushes each child hard and believes deeply in his self-described job descriptions: To show children worlds beyond the ones outside their classroom windows. There Are No Shortcuts demonstrates clearly that by celebrating and strenthening the qualities that build strong character, kids can enjoy a future of hope and possibility.
  
   

• Uncover the Human Body: An Uncover It Book

  Luann Colombo

  
  The Uncover series combines the best elements of a book with model elements to help readers truly "uncover" the mysteries of what makes things work. A fascinating three-dimensional presentation allows in-depth, hands-on exploration of the subject at hand. This unique "model" is easily build, deconstructed and re-built layer by layer, system by system just by turning a page, until an understanding of the topic is achieved. The complexities of the human body can be daunting, particularly for children. This book-model combination takes some of the mystery out of how the body works. It covers all the major systems and processes. Children get to look at each system on a different page, then by closing the book, combine them into a whole. 16 pages. Ages 8+
  
   

• Biological Science

  Scott Freeman

  
  Infused with the spirit of inquiry, Freeman's Biological Science helps teach readers the fundamentals while introducing them to the excitement that drives the science. By presenting unifying concepts and methods of analysis, this book helps its readers learn to think like biologists and gives them the tools they need for success in understanding more advanced subjects. A nine-part organization covers topics under the general headings of: the origin and early evolution of life, cell functions, gene structure and expression, developmental biology, evolutionary patterns and processes, the diversification of life, how plants work, how animals work, and ecology. For science enthusiasts who want to be inspired with a sense of wonder and excitement that makes learning about biology interesting and fun.
  
   

• From Lava To Life: The Universe Tells Our Earth Story (From Lava to Life)

  Jennifer Morgan

  
  "Once upon a time" meets science in a children's picture book that tells the thrilling story of how life began on Earth. The second in a trilogy of Universe stories - the first being the award-winning Born with a Bang: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story -- this book picks up the story with the first appearance of life on Earth. It's a thrilling story about how Earth triumphs over crisis to become bacteria, jellyfish, flowers . . . even dinosaurs! The author, Jennifer Morgan, studied evolutionary science and saw its storytelling possibilities when she explained it to her elementary-age son. Coupled with brilliant artwork by Dana Anderson, who also studied Cosmology, these books will intrigue children and adults alike with their storytelling style and colorful pages. The third book in the trilogy will be available in Spring 2005.
  
   

• What's Alive? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 1)

  Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

  
  This delightful book explains just how you can tell if something is living or nonliving. Fun hands-on activities and colorful diagrams reveal how life's most basic needs make us one with the birds and the trees. Full color.
  
   

• A Drop of Blood (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)

  Paul Showers

  

  You've seen your own blood, when you have a cut or a scrape. You can see the veins in your wrist, and you've seen the scab that forms as a cut heals. But do you know what blood does for you? Without blood, you couldn't play, or grow, or learn. That's because just about every part of your body needs blood, from your muscles to your bones to your brain. How does your body use blood? Read and find out!

  Ages 10 – 14

  
   

• The Human Body (Scholastic First Discovery)

  
  
   

• Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution

  Steve Jenkins

  
  There are millions of different kinds of plants and animals living on the earth. Many millions more lived here in the past. Where did they all come from? Why have some become extinct and others lived on?
  
  In this remarkable book for children, Steve Jenkins explores the fascinating history of life on earth and the awe-inspiring story of evolution, Charles Darwin's great contribution to modern science.