Janice VanCleave's Biology For Every Kid

What's the effect of osmosis on a raisin? How is water transported through plant stems? What's the best way to grow penicillin? How are butterflies different from moths? Now you can discover answers to these and other fascinatingquestions about biologythe study of living organisms. In Biologyfor Every Kid, you'll learn how to talk with fireflies, watchbacteria wage war in a glass of milk, discover how to tell thetemperature by counting cricket chirps, and find out how an appleand an onion can taste the same. Each of the 101 experiments is broken down into its purpose, a listof materials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and aneasy to understand explanation. Every activity has been pretestedand can be performed safely and inexpensively in the classroom orat home.

I. Experiments For The Beginning Biologist: The World of Plants 7 II. Experiments In The Animal Kingdom: Introductory Zoology 79 III. Experiments That Teach Us About Ourselves: The Amazing Humanbody 143 Glossary 215 Index 219