Readers will dive into this fascinating book and uncover the mysteries of how plants sustain themselves. With bright photos clearly labeled with specific life-science vocabulary, readers will learn the cycle of how plants convert water and light into nutrients.
The Nobel Prize committee decides to give an award retroactively to the scientist who discoverd Oxygen and began the chemical revolution but has trouble determining who deserves the award.
Medical footage reveals major parts of the circulatory and respiratory systems and shows how they work together to gather and distrbute oxygen and nutrients to the body.
a heretic, an aristocrat, and the race to discover oxygen
Jackson, Joe
2005
Re-creates the eighteenth-century events that led to the discovery of oxygen, profiling the people involved in the discovery and examining the impact it had on the medical and scientific communities.
Provides information about oxygen and the other elements in Group 16 of the Periodic Table, including sulfur, selenium, tellurium, polonium, and ununhexium, describing the characteristics and behaviors of each element, and discussing its uses.
Presents a brief biography of Joesph Priestly, eighteenth century British scientist credited with discovering oxygen, and includes information on his early life, his childhood, and his scientific achievements.
Presents an introduction to carbon-oxygen and nitrogen cycles, in simple text with illustrations, explaining how these elements are constantly being made, used, and recycled in the environment.
Having a healthy body is as easy as running jumping, and playing! This books talks about exercise and play and fun ways to get our bodies moving. It also briefly explains about how our muscles, joints, hearts, and lungs work.
