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With friendly facts, funny pictures, and animals galore, What's New? The Zoo! is history to roar for!
Did you know . . . * The first zoo was established forty-three hundred years ago in what is now Iraq?* Aztec King Moctezuma II had such an incredible collection of animals that it took six hundred men and women to care for them?* Children across Great Britain wrote to Queen Victoria when Jumbo the elephant was sold away from the London Zoo?* Fifty...
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"Tu Youyou had been interested in science and medicine since she was a child, so when malaria started infecting people all over the world in 1969, she went to work finding a treatment. Trained as a medical researcher in college and healed by traditional medicine techniques when she was young, Tu Youyou started experimenting with natural Chinese remedies. The treatment she discovered through years of research and experimentation is still used all over...
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Discover the fascinating history of our planet with this unique collection of visual timelines. Full of exciting visual timelines covering minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years, Timelines of Nature reveals our planet's natural history and its life cycles in an entirely new way.
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Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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We all know there are four seasons in a year. But HOW do we know? Join intrepid young scientist-adventurer Joulia Copernicus on a journey around the world as she explains with humor and wit how we know what causes the seasons. Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall -- we all have a favorite season. But what makes the seasons happen in the first place? Ellie Peterson's clear, concise language and bold, kid-friendly illustrations bring science to life through...
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Publisher Annotation: Revealing little-known facts about the fight to teach evolution in schools, this riveting account of the dramatic 1925 Scopes Trial (aka "the Monkey Trial") speaks directly to today's fights over what students learn, the tension between science and religion, the influence of the media on public debate, and the power of one individual to change history.
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DK
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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How Super Cool Tech Works explains how incredible technologies will shape the world of tomorrow. Explore robotics, space rockets, artificial intelligence, and even game consoles in this cutting-edge non-fiction science book for kids aged 9 and over. Also featured are state-of-the-art buildings, new ways of traveling, imaginative entertainment gadgets, and even how teleportation and invisibility cloaks might be possible in the future. Each exciting...
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"A history of modern forensic science from the first test for arsenic poisoning in the 1700s to criminal profiling, fingerprinting, blood splatter analysis, DNA evidence, and all the milestones in between"--
"Blood, Bullets, and Bones provides young readers with a fresh and fascinating look at the ever-evolving science of forensics. Since the introduction of DNA testing, forensic science has been in the forefront of the public's imagination, thanks...
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Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Halley's Comet tells its own history in this unique STEM book Halley's Comet, visible from Earth only once every 75 years, tells its own story in this unique informational picture book. With each return of the comet, the book highlights human life at that time, and how science has advanced toward a greater understanding of our universe. Told in minimal, poetic text paired with detailed captions for context, the book begins with sightings in ancient...
15) Las galaxias
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Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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Most young astronomers know that Earth is located in the Milky Way galaxy, but they might not know what that means or what lies beyond. Understanding our galaxy and others will help them comprehend more about how the universe works. Your readers will discover many amazing and memorable facts about galaxies, including their differing shapes, numbers of stars, and constant movement. They'll especially love the mind-boggling images of the depths of space....
16) Los planetas
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Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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For many years, people believed there were nine planets that orbited the sun. Now we say there are eight. What happened to the ninth planet, Pluto? What are the different planets like? What exactly makes a planet a planet? These are the many intriguing questions answered with this high-interest book, crafted to be accessible for readers of all levels. Young astronomers will be especially fascinated by the stunning photographs and the Make the Grade...
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"This narrative middle-grade nonfiction from Rebecca Donnelly dives into the scientific and cultural history of the waste humans produce, examining why we make so much trash, why we're so bad at handling it, and how we can stop it (that is, us) from ruining the planet"--
19) Coronavirus
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B DE BLOCK
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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How has such a small and fragile virus managed to change the world? Coronavirus, the illustrated book that explains to children everything they need to know about COVID-19. Written by scientist Ben Martynoga. Where does it come from? How does it spread? Can we beat it? The coronavirus is 15,000 times smaller than a flea, and we can kill it with a bar of soap. How did a small, fragile virus change the world? Immerse yourself in the fascinating...
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Early science fiction imagined a world with space travel, video calls, and worldwide access to information, things we now know as NASA?s human spaceflight program, Skype, and the Internet. What next? Could we really bring back the dinosaurs, travel to a distant star, or live on Mars? In The Science of Science Fiction, readers ages 12 to 15 explore the science behind classic and modern science fiction stories, including artificial intelligence, androids,...
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