Readers learn that a living organism is a system, or structure, that reproduces, changes with its environment over a period of time, and maintains its individuality by continuous metabolism. To maintain life, an organism repairs or replaces (or both) its structures by a constant supply of the materials of which it is formed. It keeps its life processes in operation by a steady supply of energy. A major contributing part of an organism's survival is the functioning of its cells. This volume...

At some point during the last 100,000 years, humans began exhibiting traits and behavior that distinguished us from other animals, eventually creating language, art, religion, bicycles, spacecraft, and nuclear weapons—all within a heartbeat of evolutionary time. Now, faced with the threat of nuclear weapons and the effects of climate change, it seems our innate tendencies for violence and invention have led us to a crucial fork in our road. Where did these traits come from? Are they part o...

Kids will be amazed at all the action that's going on right inside their own bodies, from understanding just how that apple turns into energy to how the "leftovers" make their exit. The Human Body: 25 Fantastic Projects Illuminate How the Body Works will engage kids with hands-on activities that will show them all the fantastic, well-orchestrated systems at work in their very own bodies—they'll see exactly how smoke affects the lung, how the heart really acts as a liquid pump, and...

A celebration of the amazing human machine and a life on the move!Your amazing body can jump, sprint, twist, and twirl. Your body is built to move.Lizzy Rockwell explains how your bones and muscles, heart and lungs, nerves and brain all work together to keep you on the go. Kids walk and skate and tumble through these pages with such exuberance that even sprouting couch potatoes will want to get up and bounce around—and that’s the ultimate goal. Studies show that American ki...

Picture books strip away complexities and break facts down to the basics to facilitate better understanding of concepts. When children are given picture books, learning basic biology becomes a personalized experience. Interpretation of the pictures will be controlled with short sentences but retention of information is greatly improved. Order a copy of this picture book today!

It's hard to explain to children about the differences between male and female. Learning the boy parts can best be explained through a great book. The book can show the differences between the two, and also give them functions of the parts. Parents who have a hard time explaining the birds and the bees would enjoy a guide that can help them along.

See how food travels in your body from the moment you put it inside your mouth until you discharge of the waste products. Did you know that the digestive system is responsible for processing the food you eat and converting it into the energy you use to perform your daily activities. By reading this book, you will realize that your body is a wonderful and amazing machine.

In this book, we're going to take a look at how human bones work. Are all bones hard and stiff? Are there bendy bones? Why are bones important to the body? You will know the answers to these questions, and more, when you open a copy of this book today!

Why is it that if mom’s cooking smells so good, it almost always tastes good to? The reason is explained in this biology book for first grade students. In the following pages, your child will be learning about the sense of smell and taste, and what links them together. This is an excellent book for future doctors. Grab a copy today!

The science and inventions that make us who we are . . . literally!Did you know the first blood transfusions were between people and lambs? Or that the first prosthetic hand with a hook was created so a French soldier could hold the reins of his horse in battle? Or that scientists recently grew a nose?Invention & Impact, an exciting new series from PYRG-Smithsonian, introduces young readers to experiments, discoveries, and breakthroughs suc...

To the untrained eye, Photo 51 was simply a grainy black and white image of dark marks scattered in a rough cross shape. But to the eye of a trained scientist, it was a clear portrait of a DNA fiber taken with X-rays. And to young scientists James Watson and Francis Crick, it confirmed their guess of deoxyribonucleic acid's structure. In 1953 the pair was racing toward solving the mystery of DNA's structure before other scientists could beat them to it. They and others believed that findin...

Despite the vast diversity of living organisms on Earth, all life falls into only one of two categories: prokaryotes or eukaryotes. Examining the basic parts of a cell, cell types, cell function, and cell reproduction, this concise volume explains what makes certain cells eukaryotic and others prokaryotic and how the two cell types are related. Detailed diagrams complement the text to help readers easily identify various cell features and integrate textual and visual information, in line w...