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5) Grossology
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Amusingly illustrated book explains the scientific facts of some of the more disgusting aspects of human physiology.
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If you look at a piece of a leaf or a drop of saliva through a microscope, what do you see? Cells are the basic building blocks of life and they make up every living thing, from plants to animals, from humans to bacteria! In Cells: Experience Life at Its Tiniest, readers ages 12 to 15 investigate cells and learn how they affect our health, reproduction, criminal investigations, and agriculture.
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"In Science Comics: The Digestive System, visit the inside of your mouth, stomach, liver, intestines, and other organs that make up the gastrointestinal tract! Your guide to the gut is a friendly bacterium who will take you on a journey beyond imagination. Uncover how food is transformed into nutrients! Explore strange and dangerous glands! Behold the wonders of saliva, mucus, and vomit! Writer Jason Viola and illustrator Andy Ristaino provide a trip...
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Usually, microbes are equated with disease, but in fact most microbes are actually our allies. Learn how the microbes that are everywhere around us help us to survive every day. Although we are accustomed to equating the presence of microbes with disease, in fact most microbes play a vital "friendly" role in shaping our lives. It is not just that one hundred million microbes can populate a thimbleful of fertile soil, or that many millions live happily...
11) Make it splash!
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Features science projects involving liquids, including melting crayons, making a river, and creating a rainbow.
13) Komodo Dragons
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"This high-interest book uses striking photographs of komodo dragons in the wild to highlight the unique features of these lizards. Readers will learn about their habitat, survival adaptations, and life cycle"--
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"Did you know that the global population produces more than a million tons of poo every day? Or that the ancient Egyptians used animal excrement in their medicine? That sea cucumbers can vomit their sticky insides when threatened, yet still survive? Children aged 9+ will love all these facts and more, presented either with jaw-dropping CGI illustrations or eye-popping photography - plus additional boxes feature diagrams that make information easy...
16) The body
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Professor Brainy writes letters to answer questions about what skin is made of, how many bones the human body has, why do we get the hiccups, what does the human heart look like, how do eyes work, why is blood red, why do we look like our parents, and much more.