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It's More Than Just Science!
(K-5th Grade)
Tuesdays; 4:30 p.m. at John and Judy Gay Library (JJGL)
Wednesdays; 4:30 p.m. at Roy and Helen Hall Library (Hall)
See Also:
*STEAM Building (5th-8th Grade)
Fridays; Jan. 19, Feb. 16, Apr. 19, May 17; 4:30 p.m. at JJGL.
*STEAM in Real Life (6th-12th Grade)
Saturdays, Jan. 27, Feb. 3, Feb. 10, Feb. 17, Feb. 24; 11:30 a.m. at JJGL
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Cetaceans are mammals that are incredibly well adapted to the marine environment, and among them the beaked whales are the least known. The numerous mass beachings of beaked whales around the world, related to military maneuvers, were the origin of this study. Employing underwater microphones and depth and movement sensors, the team has been able to describe their submersion curves and behavior. The results they have obtained are fascinating. This...
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English
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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With bold, bright illustrations by award-winning illustrator, Becky Thorns, this is a marvelous science/biology book that will get kids thinking about how their bodies interact with and make sense of the world around them. You won't believe your eyes or ears or nose! Learn how our bodies make sense of reality in this fact packed book about sensory perception. They say that seeing is believing and there s some truth in that. Highly sensitive receptor...
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2017.
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English
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The Blood of Emmett Till draws on a wealth of new evidence, including the only interview ever given by Carolyn Bryant, the white woman in whose name Till was killed. Tyson's gripping narrative upends what we thought we knew about the most notorious racial crime in American history.
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2017.
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English
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why . Experiments demonstrate that people are more distracted when they overhear a phone conversation-where they can know only one side of the dialogue-than when they overhear two people talking and know both sides. Why does half a conversation make us more curious than a whole conversation? In the ever-fascinating Why? Mario Livio interviewed scientists in several fields to explore the nature of curiosity. He examined the lives of two of history's...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Inside the epic quest to find life on the water-rich moons at the outer reaches of the solar system. Where is the best place to find life beyond Earth? We often look to Mars as the most promising site in our solar system, but recent scientific missions have revealed that some of the most habitable real estate may actually lie farther away. Beneath the frozen crusts of several of the small, ice-covered moons of Jupiter and Saturn lurk vast oceans...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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For over twenty-five years Deepak Chopra, M.D. and Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D. have revolutionized medicine and how we understand our minds and our bodies-Chopra, the leading expert in the field of integrative medicine; Tanzi, the pioneering neuroscientist and discoverer of genes that cause Alzheimer's Disease. After reaching millions of people around the world through their collaborations on the hugely successful Super Brain and Super Genes books and...
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