Most Popular Books by Rebecca L. Johnson

Discusses the function of the muscular system and how it works, and explains how to keep muscles healthy and functioning properly.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! The muscular system is made up of three different kinds of muscles: skeletal muscles, smooth muscle, and heart muscle. But what does each kind of muscle do? And where in the body are they located? Explore the muscular system in this engaging and informative book.

Offers information about nanotechnology, a new scientific field that involves moving individual atoms and molecules around to create things on an ultra-small scale.

Explains what plant cells are, how they were discovered, their components, how they divide, different kinds, and what they do.

National Geographic''s guide to 36 "super" herbs such as aloe, echinacea, ginkgo, and peppermint includes a wealth of essential information on the history, culture, folklore, and science of traditional and contemporary herbal medicine in all major culture areas of the world. Emphasizing current research and therapeutic uses, the volume provides an A-Z listing of 36 of the more than 80,000 known medicinal plants around the world. Information about each plant includes traditional and current medicinal uses, common and Latin names, description, habitat, cultivation and preparation, research, and caution alerts. Additional essays on the healing plants of Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Central and South America, China, Europe, India, North America, the Middle East, and Oceania provide insightful glimpses into the fascinating range and diversity of local health practices while also revealing the multifaceted roles that herbalists, healers, and herbal-medicine practitioners play in the lives of their patients.

DNA.

"Four students travel to dry, icy Antarctica to study the AdeÌ1lie penguins. They use all they have learned to make an important rescue by themselves"--Publisher''s website

The reader follows scientists as they travel to the ocean floor, visit an underground cave, and peer into the world of noctural animals. Describes tools and techniques scientists use to gather information. Explains how a hydrothermal vent can support life. Describes some of the challenges scientists face in exploring underground environments. Explains how animals adapt to a nocturnal environment.

Machines make work easier to do.

Discusses the National Weather Service and its importance in keeping us safe by forecasting severe weather conditions.

This series presents the diverse topics of the brain, body functions, fitness and nutrition, bones and muscles, fighting disease, and making healthy choices.

Overview of life and work of archaeologist Johan Reinhard, focusing on his discoveries of Inca mummies and antiquities.

Overview of life and work of paleontologist Paul Sereno.

Discusses the greenhouse effect, research into its causes, and possible impact on our planet.

Readers take an imaginary trip inside the body to learn what makes each person unique. Learn about chromosomes and genes and watch them at work.

Describes the day-to-day experiences of several women who work as scientists, helicopter pilots, snowplow drivers, and doctors in Antarctica.

Provides opportunities for students to develop and apply fundamental mathematical and scientific skills.

The ocean covers most of Earth''s surface and is home to many things.

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