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Biology for kids : science experiments and activities inspired by awesome biologists, past and present : includes 25 illustrated biographies of amazing scientists from around the world / Liz Lee Heinecke.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Heinecke, Liz Lee. Kitchen pantry scientist ; Publisher: Beverly, MA : Quarry Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 127 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781631598326
  • 1631598325
Other title:
  • At head of title: Kitchen pantry scientist
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Contents:
Maria Sibylla Merian b. 1647 : Biological illustration, Metamorphosis -- Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) b. 1707 : Taxonomy, Binomial nomenclature -- Charles Darwin b. 1809 : Natural selection, Evolution -- John Snow b. 1813 : Epidemiology, Sourcing an outbreak -- Gregor Mendel b. 1822 : Heredity, Pollination -- Louis Pasteur b. 1822 : Spontaneous generation, Pasteurization -- Carlos Juan Finlay b. 1833 : Biological vectors, Mosquitoes -- Robert Koch, b. 1843 : Koch's postulates, Microbial fingerprints -- Ilya (Élie) Metchnikoff b. 1845 : Phagocytosis -- Fanny Hesse b. 1850 : Agar growth medium -- Santiago Ramón y Cajal b. 1852 : Neurons, Neural networks -- Charles Turner b. 1867 : Bees, Animal behavior -- Susan La Flesche Picotte b. 1865 : Public health, Houseflies -- Mary Agnes Chase b. 1869 : Agrostology, Grasses -- Ynés Mexía b. 1870 : Plant collection, Identification -- Alexander Fleming b. 1881 : Fungi, Penicillin -- Ernest Everett Just b. 1883 : Cell physiology -- Jacques Monod b. 1910 : Gene expression -- Margaret S. Collins b. 1922 : Zoology, Termites -- Esther Lederberg b. 1922 : Lambda phage, Replica plating -- June Almeida b. 1930 : Coronaviruses, Agglutination -- Luis Baptista b. 1941 : Ornithology, Bird vocalizations -- Patricia Bath b. 1942 : Medical devices, Cataract surgery -- Danielle Lee b. 1974 : Pattern recognition, Science communication -- Rae Wynn-Grant b. 1985 : Carnivore ecology, Animal behavior.
Summary: "Play disease detective to lean how John Snow tracked down the source of a cholera epidemic! Learn about biologist Ernest Everett Just's discoveries and experiment with osmosis using eggs with dissolved shells! Make your own agar plates for growing bacteria and fungi just like Fannie Hess! Aspiring biologists will discover these and more amazing role models and memorable experiments in Biology for Kids, the second book of The Kitchen Pantry Scientist series." -- Amazon.com.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 570.922 H468 Available 33111010586291
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 570.922 H468 Available 33111010532840
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Biology for Kids (Kitchen Pantry Scientist) features biographies of 25 leading biologists, past and present, accompanied by accessible, hands-on experiments and activities to bring the history and principles of biology alive.

Includes index.

"With 25 illustrated biographies of amazing scientists from around the world" --Front cover.

Maria Sibylla Merian b. 1647 : Biological illustration, Metamorphosis -- Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) b. 1707 : Taxonomy, Binomial nomenclature -- Charles Darwin b. 1809 : Natural selection, Evolution -- John Snow b. 1813 : Epidemiology, Sourcing an outbreak -- Gregor Mendel b. 1822 : Heredity, Pollination -- Louis Pasteur b. 1822 : Spontaneous generation, Pasteurization -- Carlos Juan Finlay b. 1833 : Biological vectors, Mosquitoes -- Robert Koch, b. 1843 : Koch's postulates, Microbial fingerprints -- Ilya (Élie) Metchnikoff b. 1845 : Phagocytosis -- Fanny Hesse b. 1850 : Agar growth medium -- Santiago Ramón y Cajal b. 1852 : Neurons, Neural networks -- Charles Turner b. 1867 : Bees, Animal behavior -- Susan La Flesche Picotte b. 1865 : Public health, Houseflies -- Mary Agnes Chase b. 1869 : Agrostology, Grasses -- Ynés Mexía b. 1870 : Plant collection, Identification -- Alexander Fleming b. 1881 : Fungi, Penicillin -- Ernest Everett Just b. 1883 : Cell physiology -- Jacques Monod b. 1910 : Gene expression -- Margaret S. Collins b. 1922 : Zoology, Termites -- Esther Lederberg b. 1922 : Lambda phage, Replica plating -- June Almeida b. 1930 : Coronaviruses, Agglutination -- Luis Baptista b. 1941 : Ornithology, Bird vocalizations -- Patricia Bath b. 1942 : Medical devices, Cataract surgery -- Danielle Lee b. 1974 : Pattern recognition, Science communication -- Rae Wynn-Grant b. 1985 : Carnivore ecology, Animal behavior.

"Play disease detective to lean how John Snow tracked down the source of a cholera epidemic! Learn about biologist Ernest Everett Just's discoveries and experiment with osmosis using eggs with dissolved shells! Make your own agar plates for growing bacteria and fungi just like Fannie Hess! Aspiring biologists will discover these and more amazing role models and memorable experiments in Biology for Kids, the second book of The Kitchen Pantry Scientist series." -- Amazon.com.

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