Organ transplantation has come a long way in the past decades. What role has innovation played in these advances? This book helps kids understand the concept of innovation and how it can be used to help overcome and solve many problems.
Everyday doctors perform artificial limb replacements that were unheard of only a few years ago. They continue to make advances that improve people's lives. Using artificial limbs as an example, this book challenges kids to think about innovation and how anything is possible.
There is a war raging that you may not be aware of, the fight to prevent the spread of diseases. Everyday health care professionals are focused on controlling the spread of disease. This book exposes students to the innovative tools and techniques healthcare professionals use to track, control, and combat the spread of dangerous diseases.
Following the scientific process, this title provides instructions on how to conduct experiments that help students gain a better understanding of process of respiration in cells.
Following the scientific process, this title provides instructions on how to conduct experiments that help students gain a better understanding of the body and digestion.
Using the scientific process, this title provides instructions on how to conduct experiments that help students gain a better understanding of circulatory systems.
Describes the requirements, education, and duties associated with becoming a food scientist. Includes profiles of prominent pioneers in food science.
Part of the Career and Tech Education series, this book explains many aspects of the job of a Dental Hygienist, including training and skills needed.
Part of the Career and Tech Education series, this book explains many aspects of the job of a Surgical Technologist, including training and skills needed.
Bioengineers combine science and engineering to create solutions for many kinds of problems. Find out more about what it takes to succeed as a bioengineer.
This book takes a look at animal and human cells, and the internal structures that allow them to obtain energy, get rid of wastes, and grow and reproduce.
Take an in-depth look at human life in this science encyclopedia.
A guide to what an epidemiologist does and how to become one.
Learn about how nature has inspired technological innovations with this book on the similarities between an African plant and preserving vaccines. Integrating both historical and scientific perspectives, this book explains how a plant inspired the invention of a new way to preserve vaccines. Readers will make connections and examine the relationship between the two concepts. Sidebars, photographs, a glossary, and a concluding chapter on important people in the field add detail and depth to this informational text on biomimicry.
This book discusses the science behind pandemics and their effects. The chapters examine the deadliest pandemics in history, explain how these diseases spread so quickly, and show how scientists are working to prevent and contain future disease outbreaks. Diagrams, charts, and photos provide opportunities to evaluate and understand the scientific concepts involved.
The immune system is a group of cells, tissues, and organs that work together to defend a body against invasion by harmful microbes. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book discusses the skeletal and muscular systems and how they work together to provide support, protection, strength, and movement for the body. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book presents a short study of the skin, discussing the skin's layers, how skin protects the body, and what to do to keep it healthy. Reading Essentials in Science.
Discusses how the respiratory system brings essential oxygen into the body and removes useless carbon dioxide. The body's cells need oxygen to change nutrients from food into the energy they need to perform their jobs. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book discusses how Americans eat and how nutrition affects our body. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book discusses how personal hygiene is the way people take care of themselves. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book discusses how physical activity has numerous important benefits, such as building strong bones, powerful muscles, and a strong heart. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book presents a study on muscles, including what they are and what they do, and explores the workings of all the muscles of the body and how they help the body in movement. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book discusses how the human body systems work together to keep the body running smoothly. The nervous system leads this team of systems. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book gives an overview of sound and the sense of hearing, looking at how sound is produced, ways it is measured, and how the ear works. Reading Essentials in Science.