Men, Microscopes, and Living Things

Author: Katherine B. Shippen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692746158
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
This is a re-publication of Katherine B. Shippen's 1955 book, which is a history of the study of biology, from Aristotle to Thomas Hunt Morgan. Each chapter is about a different scientist or theory. The book is aimed at middle school science students.

Pets in a Jar

Author: Seymour Simon
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
ISBN: 1623340489
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97

Book Description
Suggestions for collecting and keeping as pets such small animals as snails, toads, worms, ants, butterflies, and starfish.

Men, Microscopes, and Living Things

Author: Katherine Binney Schippen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biological products
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description

Every Living Thing

Author: Rob R. Dunn
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061430307
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
" ... traces the history of human discovery, from the establishment of classification in the eighteenth century to today's attempts to find life in space"--

Benny's Animals and how He Put Them in Order

Author: Millicent Ellis Selsam
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780060252724
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Rain, Hail, Sleet & Snow

Author: Nancy Larrick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692810477
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
An elementary science book that serves as an introduction to weather. Specifically addressed are the subjects of how and where rain, hail, sleet, snow, tornadoes and hurricanes, lightning and thunder come from. Although first published in 1961, the volume still provides accurate scientific explanations for these weather conditions.

Dr. Jenner and the Speckled Monster

Author: Albert Marrin
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description
Through curiosity and perseverance Edward Jenner found a way to make a vaccine for small pox, one of the most feared diseases throughout history.

Sparrow Girl

Author: Sara Pennypacker
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1368004385
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Ming-Li looked up and tried to imagine the sky silent, empty of birds. It was a terrible thought. Her country's leader had called sparrows the enemy of the farmers--they were eating too much grain, he said. He announced a great "Sparrow War" to banish them from China, but Ming-Li did not want to chase the birds away. As the people of her village gathered with firecrackers and gongs to scatter the sparrows, Ming-Li held her ears and watched in dismay. The birds were falling from the trees, frightened to death! Ming-Li knew she had to do something -- even if she couldn't stop the noise. Quietly, she vowed to save as many sparrows as she could, one by one...

Rocks, Rivers and the Changing Earth

Author: Herman Schneider
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486782018
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
This illustrated introduction to geology offers young readers insights into everyday signs of our constantly changing environment. Fascinating subjects include rivers of ice, the rise of volcanoes, and the formation of precious stones.

Microbe Hunters

Author: Paul De Kruif
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bacteriologia
Languages : en
Pages : 390

Book Description
First published in 1927.