Titres dans Biologie

Have you ever crashed your bike and torn up your knee? Or have you been hit in the face by a ball and gotten a big shiny bruise around your eye? Have any of your scabs ever oozed with gross-looking pus? Blood, bruises, and scabs are all part of your body's healing process. But sometimes you need a little extra help - from stitches, staples, or maybe even maggots and leeches! Hey, people do crazy things. Learn how your body repairs itself and what happens when something goes wrong, like getting gangrene (eew!).

From snot and phlegm, to earwax and eye gunk, there's some pretty gross stuff in that body of yours! But why do you have all that sticky slime inside you? And why does it build up sometimes and make you feel so rotten? Learn all about the nasty stuff in your eyes, ears, nose, and throat - and find out how it can actually help you by flushing germs out of your body and keeping you in good health. With lots of disgusting facts, this audiobook tells all about the gross science behind your body's functions.

This audiobook serves as a companion to the print and eBook versions, where unbelievably detailed, close-up images of 20 common North American animals bring young readers eye-to-eye with wildlife found in their own backyards. Photographed against white backgrounds, the incredible creatures' colors, shapes, textures, and seeming personalities shine. Entertaining and educational narratives accompany the animals, highlighting fascinating natural history information.

The digestive system is made up of the tongue, the esophagus, the stomach, the intestines, and other parts. But what does the digestive system do? And how do its parts work together to keep your body healthy? Explore the digestive system in this engaging and informative audiobook.

Have you ever wondered just how a glow stick works? Or what about those glow-in-the-dark stars you stick on your ceiling keep on shining? In her first book, author and teacher Anita Sitarski answers these questions and more giving listeners the inside scoop on everything that glows. Fireflies, bacteria, squid, jelly fish—what do all of these things have in common? They glow! It seems like one of mother nature’s mysteries, but many curious scientists have begun to shine light on this beautiful phenomenon.

The scientific history of our universe. Of life. Of how we got here. It's the greatest story never told in one sitting. Until now. From Nothing Until Now is a middle-grade storybook intended to foster childhood interest in science. It combines real science and history with accessible storytelling. No lingo or jargon. Just the incredible story of how we got here: a tale of colliding planets, walking fish, and the rise of humanity.

The monarch is perhaps the best known of all North American butterflies. Young listeners will learn about the monarch's cycles, from eggs, to larva stage, to pupa stage, to becoming the adult butterfly.

A lively exploration into the life of Charles Darwin, One Beetle Too Many recounts both Darwin’s childhood and his time on the Beagle as a naturalist. This adventurous tale explores Darwin’s discoveries in geology, paleontology, and animal anatomy that led to his famous theory of evolution.

¿Quién es la criatura más hambrienta en el mar del sur? El camarón antártico puede moverse en cardúmenes y el bacalao azul puede estar cazando para cenar, pero ninguno es lo suficientemente feroz como para estar en la cima de la red trófica. Este es un cuento con sabor a "pescado" sobre quién se come a quién. Los depredadores se vuelven presas y finalmente, sólo un animal llega a la cima. Bucea dentro del rítmico texto y averigua quién podría ser.

Spotting wildlife is a thrill, but it's not easy. When Cole comes to visit his friend, Helena, he can't wait to see all the wildlife the forest has to offer - and is disappointed when all he sees are a few birds. Together, the kids set out on a hike and encounter plenty of animal signs along the way. Through observation and her knowledge of animal behavior, Helena helps Cole learn what each of the signs means: Something had been there; something had done that.

Este libro nos muestra de una manera muy atractiva las relaciones simbióticas de los animales grandes y pequeños.

Encontrarse cara a cara con la vida salvaje es emocionante, pero esto, no es fácil. Cuando Camilo viene a visitar a su amiga Malena, él no puede esperar a ver toda la vida salvaje que el bosque tiene que ofrecerle - y está decepcionado cuando todo lo que ve, son unas cuantas aves. Juntos, los chicos salen de viaje en una caminata y encuentran abundantes señales de animales a lo largo del camino.

This audiobook reveals the secret lives of salt marshes. Along the coasts, where ocean tides mix salt water with fresh water, nature has created salt marshes - soggy places full of natural wonders. For years, salt marshes were maligned, drained, or filled in. Now salt marshes are valued as the home of fascinating wildlife, including more than twenty different species of birds. Ornithologist and photographer Doug Wechsler takes the reader on a down-and-muddy tour of the year-round activity in these wonderlands.

Mary Holland capta los primeros meses de la vida de un búho. Los grandes ojos y las esponjosas plumas se robarán el corazón de los lectores mientras aprenden cómo los padres de los búhos carabo norteamericanos preparan a sus jóvenes críos para el gran mundo fuera del nido. Acompaña a Otis mientras aprende a comer, pelea con su hermana, y se prepara para alzar el vuelo.

Acclaimed author Joyce Sidman has received multiple awards for her books of poetry, including a Caldecott Honor for Red Sings from Treetops. Itself a Newbery Honor, Book, Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night features several spellbinding poems about “the feast of sound and spark” that awakens with the raccoons, snails, owls, and crickets each night after sunset.

Ida und ihre Freunde sind sich uneins. Sah die Erde schon immer aus wie heute? Klar, dass die Frage nur einer beantworten kann: der "Prof". Auf einer Radtour erzählt er den Freunden von der Entstehung der Erde, der Vielfalt der Pflanzen und Tiere und dem ewigen Kreislauf des Lebens. Zwar kann er keinen Reifen flicken, ist aber in Sachen Evolution absoluter Experte!

Did you know there are over 400 different species of sharks? Did you know they have been on Earth much longer than humans, and even lived before the dinosaurs? Here you'll learn all about these fearsome kings of the ocean, including their eating habits and the basics of their anatomy. Sharks come in many sizes, from under a foot long to over 40 feet - and that's not even counting the long-extinct, 60-foot-long Megalodon shark. And while some have been known to bite people, they are usually quite content to hunt other sea creatures.

How does an egg become a butterfly? Follow each step in nature's cycle - from egg to brightly colored insect - in this fascinating book!

How does a foal grow into a horse? Follow each step in nature's cycle - from birth to stallion or mare - in this fascinating book!

When Sophia dreams that howling winds whisk the fur and feathers right off her animal friends, she shares some of her clothes with them. But her clothing doesn't work well for the animals. Seeing their disappointment, she offers to sew each one the "right" coat. Animals line up to explain what they need and why. Polar Bear needs white fur to stay warm and hide in the snow. Fish needs scales with slime. Snake needs scales, too, but dry ones. And how will Sophia make a prickly coat for Porcupine?