Real-Life Science

Real-Life Science
Author: Brian Pressley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780825163357

Explore real-world questions in your class! Exploring real-life applications of science concepts helps students relate academic material to their own experiences. Explanations of high-interest topics allow students to make meaningful connections between class work and the world. This title is correlated to National Science Education Standards to ensure that learning goals are addressed and features answers to the following questions and more: Why don't they use normal air in racecar tires; how does a microwave heat food; and what if you fell out of an airplane without a parachute?

This Book Could Save Your Life

This Book Could Save Your Life
Author: Graham Lawton
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2020-05-12
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1529362083

You are what you eat. Food and diet have an enormous influence on your health and well-being, but eating the right amount of the right things - and not too much of the wrong things - isn't easy. But, as in most walks of life, knowledge is power. This book will empower you to eat healthily, lose weight, and sort the fads from the science facts. This is the New Scientist take on a "New Year, New You" book: an eye-opening and myth-busting guide to everything from sugar to superfoods, from fasting to eating like a caveman and from veganism to your gut microbiome. Forget faddy diet books or gimmicky exercise programs, this is what is scientifically proven to make you live longer and to be healthier and happier.

Real-Life Science Mysteries

Real-Life Science Mysteries
Author: Colleen Kessler
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2021-09-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000495736

Real-Life Science Mysteries puts an exciting new spin on scientific thinking by profiling real-life scientists, showing students in grades 5-8 ways they can use science in their everyday lives. From a biologist studying the habits of garter snakes in Manitoba, Canada, to a landscape designer and greenhouse owner in Ohio, the scientists in this book share information and solutions to the thorniest problems they face in their scientific careers. With the more than 30 activities included in Real-Life Science Mysteries, students will be required to try their hand at solving common science problems and performing experiments while learning about real people from diverse backgrounds, all of whom share a love for discovering how they work, why things work, and how they can work better. This book is perfect for any science classroom or young scientists looking to increase their knowledge! Grades 5-8

Science Detectives

Science Detectives
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

Science detectives follows fearless and dedicated science sleuths tracking down leads and solving cases all over the world, in cities and in deserts, deep underground, high in the sky and even in your DNA.

The Science of Everyday Life

The Science of Everyday Life
Author: Len Fisher
Publisher: Skyhorse
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2011-05-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 162872109X

Scientists are in the business of trying to understand the world. Exploring commonplace phenomena, they have uncovered some of nature’s deepest laws. We can in turn apply these laws to our own lives, to better grasp and enhance our performance in daily activities as varied as cooking, home improvement, sports—even dunking a doughnut! This book makes the science of the familiar a key to opening the door for those who want to know what scientists do, why they do it, and how they go about it. Following the routine of a normal day, from coffee and breakfast to shopping, household chores, sports, a drink, supper, and a bath, we see how the seemingly mundane can provide insight into the most profound scientific questions. Some of the topics included are the art and science of dunking; how to boil an egg; how to tally a supermarket bill; the science behind hand tools; catching a ball or throwing a boomerang; the secrets of haute cuisine, bath (or beer) foam; and the physics of sex. Fisher writes with great authority and a light touch, giving us an entertaining and accessible look at the science behind our daily activities.

Deep Learning for the Life Sciences

Deep Learning for the Life Sciences
Author: Bharath Ramsundar
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2019-04-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1492039802

Deep learning has already achieved remarkable results in many fields. Now it’s making waves throughout the sciences broadly and the life sciences in particular. This practical book teaches developers and scientists how to use deep learning for genomics, chemistry, biophysics, microscopy, medical analysis, and other fields. Ideal for practicing developers and scientists ready to apply their skills to scientific applications such as biology, genetics, and drug discovery, this book introduces several deep network primitives. You’ll follow a case study on the problem of designing new therapeutics that ties together physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine—an example that represents one of science’s greatest challenges. Learn the basics of performing machine learning on molecular data Understand why deep learning is a powerful tool for genetics and genomics Apply deep learning to understand biophysical systems Get a brief introduction to machine learning with DeepChem Use deep learning to analyze microscopic images Analyze medical scans using deep learning techniques Learn about variational autoencoders and generative adversarial networks Interpret what your model is doing and how it’s working

Protecting Ecosystems

Protecting Ecosystems
Author: Leanne Currie-McGhee
Publisher: Cherry Lake
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1602795789

The Hands on Science series provides students with background on key concepts in Science. Each title includes engaging hands on exercises that bring the concepts to life for kids. Real World Science: Protecting Ecosystems, provide information on natural changes vs. changes brought about by people, wise use of ecosystems, and restoring damaged ecosystems.

Problem-based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, K-12

Problem-based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, K-12
Author: Tom J. McConnell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781941316207

Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, K- 12 offers a great new way to ignite your creativity. Authors Tom McConnell, Joyce Parker, and Janet Eberhardt show you how to engage students with scenarios that represent real-world science in all its messy, thought-provoking glory. The scenarios prompt K- 12 learners to immerse themselves in analyzing problems, asking questions, posing hypotheses, finding needed information, and then constructing a proposed solution. In addition to complete lesson plans supporting the Next Generation Science Standards, the book offers extensive examples, instructions, and tips. The lessons cover four categories: life cycles, ecology, genetics, and cellular metabolism. But Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, K- 12 doesn' t just explain why, how, and when to implement problem-based learning (PBL). It also provides you with what many think is the trickiest part of the approach: rich, authentic problems. The authors facilitated the National Science Foundation- funded PBL Project for Teachers and used the problems in their own science teaching, so you can be confident that the problems and the approach are teacher tested and approved.

A Changing Earth

A Changing Earth
Author: Heather Miller
Publisher: Cherry Lake
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1602795819

The Hands on Science series provides students with background on key concepts in Science. Each title includes engaging hands on exercises that bring the concepts to life for kids. Real World Science: A Changing Earth, provide information on how landforms change, how mountains form, what causes volcanoes and earthquakes, and the movement of continents.