Kingdoms of Life - Monera (ENHANCED eBook)

Kingdoms of Life - Monera (ENHANCED eBook)
Author: Gina Hamilton
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 53
Release: 2006-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1429116064

Milliken's Kingdoms of Life series is aligned with national science standards and reflects current teaching practices. Each book includes approximately 50 black and white reproducible pages, 12 full-color transparencies (print books) or PowerPoint slides (eBooks), comprehension questions and lab activities for each unit, an answer key, a glossary of bolded terms, a timeline of biological discovery, a laboratory safety guide, as well as a national standards correlation chart. Monera details the structure and behavior of the smallest and simplest life forms: bacteria and archaea. Bacteria and archaea are one-celled organisms distinguished by their lack of a distinct nucleus and the absence of membrane-bound organs.

Kingdoms of Life - Animals (ENHANCED eBook)

Kingdoms of Life - Animals (ENHANCED eBook)
Author: Gina Hamilton
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2006-09-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1429116102

Milliken's Kingdoms of Life series is aligned with national science standards and reflects current teaching practices. Each book includes approximately 50 black and white reproducible pages, 12 full-color transparencies (print books) or PowerPoint slides (eBooks), comprehension questions and lab activities for each unit, an answer key, a glossary of bolded terms, a timeline of biological discovery, a laboratory safety guide, as well as a national standards correlation chart. Animals details the anatomy and behavior of the kingdom with the greatest cellular complexity. It includes both many-celled and single-celled organisms (such as protozoans). Animals differ from plants in having cells without cellulose walls, in lacking chlorophyll and the capacity for photosynthesis, in requiring more complex food materials (as proteins), in being organized to a greater degree of complexity, and in having the capacity for spontaneous movement and rapid motor responses to stimulation.

Kingdoms of Life - Plants (ENHANCED eBook)

Kingdoms of Life - Plants (ENHANCED eBook)
Author: Gina Hamilton
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2006-09-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1429116099

Milliken's Kingdoms of Life series is aligned with national science standards and reflects current teaching practices. Each book includes approximately 50 black and white reproducible pages, 12 full-color transparencies (print books) or PowerPoint slides (eBooks), comprehension questions and lab activities for each unit, an answer key, a glossary of bolded terms, a timeline of biological discovery, a laboratory safety guide, as well as a national standards correlation chart. Plants details the anatomy and behavior of this kingdom of multicellular eukaryotic, mostly photosynthetic organisms. They typically lack locomotion or obvious nervous or sensory organs, and possess cellulose cell walls.

Kingdoms of Life - Protista (ENHANCED eBook)

Kingdoms of Life - Protista (ENHANCED eBook)
Author: Gina Hamilton
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2006-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1429116072

Milliken's Kingdoms of Life series is aligned with national science standards and reflects current teaching practices. Each book includes approximately 50 black and white reproducible pages, 12 full-color transparencies (print books) or PowerPoint slides (eBooks), comprehension questions and lab activities for each unit, an answer key, a glossary of bolded terms, a timeline of biological discovery, a laboratory safety guide, as well as a national standards correlation chart. Protista details the structure and behavior of protists — distinguished from monera principally by being composed of so-called "true cells" (eukaryotes), or cells containing a distinct nucleus. Protists can be either unicellular or multicellular and include most algae and some fungi.

Our Living World (ENHANCED eBook)

Our Living World (ENHANCED eBook)
Author: Edward P. Ortleb
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1993-09-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1429110821

This book presents a program of basic studies dealing with living organisms. The characteristics of each living kingdom are presented and the diversity among species within the same kingdom is illustrated. Topics include algae, bacteria, fungi, and various species of plants and animals. Each of the twelve teaching units in this book is introduced by a color transparency (print books) or PowerPoint slide (eBooks) that emphasizes the basic concept of the unit and presents questions for discussion. Reproducible student pages provide reinforcement and follow-up activities. The teaching guide offers descriptions of the basic concepts to be presented, background information, suggestions for enrichment activities, and a complete answer key.

Power Practice: Life Science, eBook

Power Practice: Life Science, eBook
Author: Pamela Jennett
Publisher: Creative Teaching Press
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2004-09-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1591988977

The activity pages in this resource will enhance students' understanding of vocabulary, functions, and process fundamental to living organisms. This book includes dozens of diagrams, tables, and features such topics as photosynthesis, metamorphosis, ecology, Earth's biomes, and root systems.

Ebook: Plants and Society

Ebook: Plants and Society
Author: Estelle Levetin
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Total Pages: 547
Release: 2014-10-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 007717206X

This introductory, one quarter/one-semester text takes a multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationship between plants and people. The authors strive to stimulate interest in plant science and encourage students to further their studies in botany. Also, by exposing students to society's historical connection to plants, Levetin and McMahon hope to instill a greater appreciation for the botanical world. Plants and Society covers basic principles of botany with strong emphasis on the economic aspects and social implications of plants and fungi.

Cell Machinery (ENHANCED eBook)

Cell Machinery (ENHANCED eBook)
Author: Robert Leftwich
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1970-09-01
Genre:
ISBN: 1429116161

Cell Machinery includes 12 full-color transparencies (print books) or PowerPoint slides (eBooks), 16 reproducible pages, four pages of test material, as well as a richly detailed teacher's guide. Among the topics covered are the invention and evolution of the microscope and its effect on cell study, the structure of basic plant and animal cells, cell division, and the functions of the various elements of the cell.

The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia

The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia
Author: David Darling
Publisher: First Edition Design Pub.
Total Pages: 463
Release: 2016-02-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1506901441

The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia is an A-to-Z of the search for life in the Universe. Entries cover astrobiology, the origins and evolution of life, the hunt for exoplanets, SETI, and extraterrestrial life in science fiction, philosophy, and popular speculation (including UFOs). The book is written in an engaging style for the layperson and contains numerous B&W illustrations. Keywords: Encylopedia, ET, SETI, Science, Extraterrestrial, Origins, Evolution, Planets, Universe, David, Darling, Dirk, Schulze Makuch, Stars, Life

Tree of Life

Tree of Life
Author: Rochelle Strauss
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2013-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1554539617

A dazzling and stunningly illustrated introduction to the diversity of life on our planet.