Science & Nature - Teens

What Does It Take to Make a Scientific Discovery?In the year 1600, gnats and fleas were the smallest creatures known, and plagues were still unexplained and unstoppable natural disasters. By 1900, many of the parasitic microbes responsible for our deadliest diseases had been found,...

Science at its most basic is knowledge about and study of the truths of the world. A scientist studies the world around us--and sometimes within us--to learn more about the rules that govern it and the reasons why things work the way they do....

Twenty-three stories about how ordinary girls with very different passions have become extraordinary women and made significant contributions to our world Women look to other women as role models and for inspiration. Seeing confidence, leadership, and accomplishments in other women helps a young woman...

This book is a collection of puzzles that are very useful as mental exercises or as trainings for the ingenuity and resourcefulness of young mathematicians. However, the book does not contain mathematical puzzles only. It also contains puzzles in physics, geophysics and logic. There...

Foreword by Jane Goodall Thirty inspiring stories of diverse women using geospatial technology to advance science and help resolve important issues facing the world. Like the first volume, Women and GIS, Volume 2: Stars of Spatial Science tells how 30 women in many different...

Recent examples of attacks on science such as climate change denial demonstrate the danger of attacks on science. However, the negative impacts of these attacks must be weighed against other considerations, including the freedom of speech and religious expression, and the assertion that some...

"The Beetle and Butterfly Collection" is a classic guide to collecting, arranging, and preserving various insects at home. Written with the amateur in mind, it contains simple, step-by-step instructions that will prove invaluable to anyone with an interest in insect collecting and preservation. Contents...

Recent examples of attacks on science such as climate change denial demonstrate the danger of attacks on science. However, the negative impacts of these attacks must be weighed against other considerations, including the freedom of speech and religious expression, and the assertion that some...

This book contains a classic guide to setting up, maintaining, and studying specimens in a herbarium, originally written for naturalists and amateur enthusiasts. A herbarium is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. The term can also refer...

"The Insectarium" is a vintage guide to setting up and maintaining an insectarium, originally written for entomologists and naturalists. An insectarium is an artificial habitat for insects where they can be displayed and studied. They usually contain a variety of insects and similar arthropods,...

Animal Hero Kids rock - Sir Paul McCartneyI was an animal hero kid at 3 years-old when I felt that animals had the right to live free of harm and suffering. It is vital to foster empathy and critical thinking in youth which leads...

Medicine dates back thousands of years. Ever since its beginning, scientists in the medical field have been pursuing new ways to treat illnesses, care for patients, and help people to have long and healthy lives. Examine medicine and the most important technological developments in...

The Italian physicist Alessandro Volta created the first electrical circuit in 1800. Without this invention, none of the computer and internet technology that we have today would have been possible. Examine computing and the most important technological developments in this field in Computing and...

If you have the soul of a hippie and wish you were born in the 1960s, then this book is for you. It guides you gently into hippie ways of thinking, sharing, and living, keeping you closer to nature and encouraging you to live...