Discoveries category: 238 books

¡El cuerpo humano está hecho de billones de células! Sin las células y su increíble capacidad, no habría vida. Capa por capa, viajarás a las células de los animales y las plantas para descubrir cómo son estos bloques de construcción y cómo funcionan en este libro de biociencias lleno de...

¡El ADN es conocido como mapa de la vida! Encontrado en cada célula de cada ser vivo, las cadenas del ADN se encuentran dentro del núcleo de una célula que lleva instrucciones e información genética. Escala la escalera de doble hélice y descifra el código de ADN en este libro de biociencias...

Jeter Publishing presents the second nonfiction biography in a brand-new series that celebrates men and women who altered the course of history often without recognition. On July 16, 1969, a Gemini rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Previous launches had focused on getting...

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! What's more dangerous than scaling Mount Everest? For mountaineer Pete Athans, the answer lies in the ancient kingdom of Mustang, a remote part of the Asian nation of Nepal. Long-abandoned...

Elementary readers will get a look into space exploration as they move through this fascinating nonfiction title that has been translated into Spanish. Readers will discover galaxies like the Milky Way, the effect gravity has on the inner and outer planets, comets, asteroids, constellations, and what...

Las estrellas encienden el cielo en una noche despejada. Si bien parecen iguales desde la Tierra, son de muchos tamaños y colores. De las fuerzas equilibradas de la fusión nuclear y de la gravedad manteniendo una estrella estable a sus "muertes" potencialmente violentas, explora por qué...

Featuring incredible photos and new information about the latest research into Mars, this updated edition of DISCOVERING MARS covers everything about the great red planet, from past to present. Topics include myths and facts about life on Mars, a history of NASA's Mars research, including the Rover...

If you look at a piece of a leaf or a drop of saliva through a microscope, what do you see? Cells are the basic building blocks of life and they make up every living thing, from plants to animals, from humans to bacteria! In Cells: Experience the World at Its Tiniest, readers ages 12 to 15 investigate...

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...

Readers will discover the way genetics makes people, animals, and plants look the way they do in this intriguing and stimulating book! DNA, recessive and dominant traits, chromosomes, alleles, and the steps of mitosis are just some of the captivating topics that are discussed. Featuring numerous vivid,...

Varios ciclos ocurren en la Tierra que mantienen conectados los diferentes sistemas de la Tierra. Presente a los estudiantes los diversos elementos que ayudan a crear los varios ciclos de la Tierra. Cree un interés en este tema y mantenga la atención de los estudiantes a lo largo de su lectura con...

Since the early 20th century, when Hans Spemann first twinned salamander embryos, scientists have made astounding progress in the science and technology of cloning. They have now developed the means to apply cloning in research, agriculture, and medicine. With advancements in cloning techniques for...

This stimulating and accessible volume offers readers a fascinating view of a force known as gravity. Readers examine many scientific concepts, including Newton's laws of gravity, mass and gravitational forces, galaxies, satellites, Earth's solar system, centrifugal force, tides, and erosion. Vocabulary...

Without chemistry, bread would not rise, cleaners would not clean, and life itself would not exist. Chemistry is the study of matter and the chemical changes that matter undergoes. The discovery of the atom and how atoms interact with one another has transformed the world. In this illuminating volume,...