A book for young readers, parents and teachers that teaches the basic principles of biology through fun and educational experiments, which can be performed at home or in the classroom with simple, common equipment. Two main sections cover plants and animals. Each chapter begins with an explanation of the principle to be studied (such as plant structure, tropism, anatomy or animal chemistry), followed by a short series of experiments which demonstrate that principle.

 

This book is part of a book series called Wiley Science .

There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published 1989 by John Wiley and Sons Ltd .

JANICE VANCLEAVE is a former school science teacher and a captivating presenter at museums, schools, and bookstores nationwide. She is the author of more than twenty other science books for children.

This book has the following chapters: Partial table of contents:; EXPERIMENTS FOR THE BEGINNING BIOLOGIST: THE WORLD OF PLANTS; Spicy Escape; Limp Spuds; Fluffy Raisins; Curling; Water Flow; Sweetened Leaves; Freezing Tissue; Food Producers; What's Stomata?; Desert Plants; Plants Breathe; Grow a Bean; Which Way?; Flower Maze; Light Seekers; Darkness Below; Veggie Plant; Cuttings; Eyes Up; Growing Season; Bon Appetit; Compass Plant; Algae Growth; EXPERIMENTS IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: INTRODUCTORY ZOOLOGY; Bread Mold; Hungry Fungus; Mini-Organisms; Coconut Cultures; Fuzz Balls; Decomposers; Fireflies; Geometric Designs; Cricket Thermometer; Grasshopper; Cold Fish; Equal Pressure; Heads or Tails; Earthworm Farm; Night Crawlers; Blending; Water Breath; Ground Temperature; Tangled; Oily Features; Pollution; EXPERIMENTS THAT TEACH US ABOUT OURSELVES: THE AMAZING HUMAN BODY; In But Not Out; Naked Egg; Have an Onion; Eye Lens; Negative Afterimage; Color Trickery; Pictures From Sound; Fingerprints; Popping Knuckles; Lung Capacity; How Do You Feel?; Input-Output; Glossary; Index.