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The Kitchen Pantry Scientist Biology for Kids

Release Date: 2021/04/01
ISBN: 9781631598333
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The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Biology for Kids features biographies of 25 leading biologists, past and present, accompanied by accessible, hands-on experiments and activities to bring the history and principles of biology alive.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Lab 1 Maria Sibylla Merian b. 1647
    1. Biological Illustration/Metamorphosis
  6. Lab 2 Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) b. 1707
    1. Taxonomy/Binomial Nomenclature
  7. Lab 3 Charles Darwin b. 1809
    1. Natural Selection/Evolution
  8. Lab 4 John Snow b. 1813
    1. Epidemiology/Sourcing an Outbreak
  9. Lab 5 Gregor Mendel b. 1822
    1. Heredity/Pollination
  10. Lab 6 Louis Pasteur b. 1822
    1. Spontaneous Generation/Pasteurization
  11. Lab 7 Carlos Juan Finlay b. 1833
    1. Biological Vectors/Mosquitoes
  12. Lab 8 Robert Koch b. 1843
    1. Koch’s Postulates/Microbial Fingerprints
  13. Lab 9 Ilya (Élie) Metchnikoff b. 1845
    1. Phagocytosis
  14. Lab 10 Fanny Hesse b. 1850
    1. Agar Growth Medium
  15. Lab 11 Santiago Ramón y Cajal b. 1852
    1. Neurons/Neural Networks
  16. Lab 12 Charles Turner b. 1867
    1. Bees/Animal Behavior
  17. Lab 13 Susan La Flesche Picotte b. 1865
    1. Public Health/Houseflies
  18. Lab 14 Mary Agnes Chase b. 1869
    1. Agrostology/Grasses
  19. Lab 15 Ynés Mexía b. 1870
    1. Plant Collection/Identification
  20. Lab 16 Alexander Fleming b. 1881
    1. Fungi/Penicillin
  21. Lab 17 Ernest Everett Just b. 1883
    1. Cell Physiology
  22. Lab 18 Jacques Monod b. 1910
    1. Gene Expression
  23. Lab 19 Margaret S. Collins b. 1922
    1. Zoology/Termites
  24. Lab 20 Esther Lederberg b. 1922
    1. Lambda Phage/Replica Plating
  25. Lab 21 June Almeida b. 1930
    1. Coronaviruses/Agglutination
  26. Lab 22 Luis Baptista b. 1941
    1. Ornithology/Bird Vocalizations
  27. Lab 23 Patricia Bath b. 1942
    1. Medical Devices/Cataract Surgery
  28. Lab 24 Danielle Lee b. 1974
    1. Pattern Recognition/Science Communication
  29. Lab 25 Rae Wynn-Grant b. 1985
    1. Carnivore Ecology/Animal Behavior
  30. Glossary
  31. References
  32. Acknowledgments
  33. About the Author
  34. About the Photographer
  35. About the Illustrator
  36. Index
  37. Dedication
  38. Copyright
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