Explore cells, take a trip through the human body, classify animals, and grow food in the backyard - all in the name of science! Biology has never been so much fun.
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An overview of the most important discoveries in the history of biology, including: microorganisms; how cells form new life; the conversion of food into energy; neurotransmission; hormones; photosynthesis; ecosystems.
Presents comprehensive information on the human body, covering such topics as the musculoskeletal system, immunology, digestion and nutrition, the human life cycle, the nervous system, and the respiratory system.
Specifically designed for and correlated to the curriulum of a elementary school science course, this collection contains a number of video series that explore key Life sciences concepts and help instructors to teach challenging concepts. The films, and accompanying teacher materials, are a great asset for teachers and teachers in training to use to integrate video into their lesson plans to capture the attention of young minds and enhance learning. The series in the collection include: Amazing plants, Biomes of the world, Investigating the human body, Investigating the living world, The nature of living things, and Green insight.
Presents basic biological facts about the plants, animals, and microorganisms that can be found in a backyard or nearby park and provides instructions for twenty-five projects that explore different aspects of this ecosystem.
"Explores the development of genetics and the many uses it provides us with, such as how they are inherited from parent to child, help solve crimes, and identify disease-causing genes."-- Publisher's website.
Presents the life of the eighteenth-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who devised the modern classification system for naming plants and animals.
Presents the intricacies of the various systems of the human body, including digestion, respiration, excretion, reproduction, and the skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems, along with the brain and heart.