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CELLSCELLSRELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

What's Inside:
  • Cells as Building Blocks
  • What's in a Cell?
  • DNA
  • What Cells Do
  • The Discovery and Study of Cells
  • Heredity
  • Genetic Engineering
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  • LEXILE® READING LEVEL: 950L
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"All living things have one thing in common – they are made from cells. Cells are often described as 'building blocks.' For instance, you are made of many trillions of cells. Yet cells are not just tiny bricks. Like you, each one gathers fuel, creates energy, grows, reproduces, and even dies. Every cell also carries a complete set of instructions. In a plant cell, it determines things like leaf size. In a tiger, it tells each cell in a stripe what color to be."
RELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS
MICROBESMICROBES
"Billions and billions of microbes are crawling, squirming, and squiggling all over your body right now! But don't worry. Nearly 95 percent of all microbes are harmless. (Some of the other 5 percent can make you sick, so remember to wash your hands often.) Without these invisible companions, life as we know it would not exist. Animals, including humans, could not digest their food. Plants would not. . . "
GERMSGERMS
"Even when you close your bedroom door or take a shower, there's an audience. Trillions of microscopic animals, called microbes, are all over you. They're in your mouth, on your skin and even in important organs. Believe it or not, that's good news. Without the millions of kinds of microbes in the world, you couldn't live. For instance, some microbes help digest food and produce vitamins.. . . "
BLOODBLOOD
"Blood is a life-and-death issue. How does blood keep you alive? Every second of every day, blood delivers vital nutrients, oxygen, and other chemicals to all of your organs. It also carts away your body's waste. In addition, flowing blood can cool you off or warm you up, when necessary. Blood is also your best weapon against germs and other invaders. Your bloodstream creates microscopic defenders . . . "
BRAINBRAIN
"The human brain is large and in charge. It controls everything you do -- breathing, eating, reading this sentence. Everything. Humans have the largest brain for their body size in the animal world. Our closest relatives, chimpanzees, cannot perform tasks beyond those of an average toddler. What makes us so smart?"
SKINSKIN
"Your heart, your brain, and your stomach are all organs in your body. An organ is a part of the body that does a specific job. Can you name the largest organ in your body? That right. It's the skin. . . . "
VALUE-PACKED SETS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
  • Cells. By Alvin Silverstein et al., Lerner Publishing Group, 2002.
  • Cells, Genes, and Chromosomes. By Nuria Bosch Roca, Chelsea House Publishers, 1995.
  • The Life of a Cell. By Andres Llamas Ruiz, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 1997.
  • The Cell Works: Microexplorers: An Expedition into the Fantastic World of Cells (Microexplorers Series). By Patrick A. Baeuerle et al., Barron's Educational Series, 1998.
  • Looking at Cells. By Rebecca L. Johnson, National Geographic Society, 2003.
ADULT BOOKS
  • Molecular & Cell Biology Crash Course (Schaum's Easy Outlines Series). By William D. Stansfield et al., The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2003.
  • Cell Functions: Understanding how Cells Work. BY Jennifer Viegas, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2005.
WEBSITES
  • Cells Alive:
    www.cellsalive.com