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Clear text, photographs, and graphics provide an introduction to topics related to plate tectonics and natural disasters.

An introduction to the nervous system discussing the brain, the spinal cord, the senses, and more.

Examines the impact of an invasive plant species on an environment, discussing how new plants get introduced into foreign habitats, and describing examples from history.

An introduction to advancements in medical technology and engineering, sharing real-world examples, and describing how they impact human lives.

Examines the history of the scientific method and describes each of its components, including observation, research, making an hypothesis, designing and conducting an experiment, and analyzing the results.

An exploration of genetics that discusses sex cells, traits, mutation, the Human Genome Project, and other related topics.

An introduction to weather that covers temperature, the water cycle, the atmosphere, seasons, climate, storms, and forecasting. Includes discussion questions, resources, a glossary, and an index.

An illustrated overview of models that describes how they help test new designs and discusses different types, such as scale, graphical, conceptual, mathematical, and computer models, as well as how they help us understand living things and things that are too small to see.

Photographs and text introduce the different biomes of the world, their distinguishing characteristics, and the plants and animals they attract; covering types of forest, desert, tundra, grassland, chaparral, freshwater, wetland, marine, and ocean biomes; and providing tips to preserve the Earth's natural environments.

Clear text, photographs, and graphics describe the work of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).