Summary: Our body is composed of billions of cells, but how does each cell know what to become? This program starts with the nucleus of a single cell and then explains the other components the cell needs to function: chromosomes, genes, DNA, and ribosomes. From hair color to height, our genes determine who we are. This program explores, through animated graphics, all of the basic genetic building blocks...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: When you look at a family photo, the resemblances, even across several generations, can be striking. What role do genes play, and why aren't siblings identical (and why are some)? This program explains how the formation of sex cells, from the first gamete to chromosome pairs, determines our genetic makeup. Deviations such as cystic fibrosis, Huntington's disease, achondroplasia, Klinefelter...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Jagger, T. P.
Summary: "After a wild treasure hunt that almost got Gina, Edgar, Elena, and Kevin killed in a secret vault hidden in an abandoned amusement park, the CEEKs thought life would go back to normal. They'd saved their town from ruin and secured their friendsihp forever, right? Man, were they wrong. The only thing that returned to normal was middle school lunch."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC JAGKelly, Evelyn B.
Summary: Describes what scientists currently know about alzheimer's and the relationship between genes and disease, touching on technologies and experimental methods that have led to this understanding.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 KELMarx, Jonny
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 360 Degrees, an imprint of Tiger Tales 2024
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 938 MARMilbourne, Anna
Summary: This simple non-fiction book for very young children is filled with facts about dinosaurs. Little children can lift the flaps and peep through the holes in the pages to find out where dinosaurs lived, what they ate and what happened to them.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Set Peek Inside Milbourne 2015Summary: In 1532, 168 Spanish conquistadors arrived in Peru. They were exhausted, outnumbered, and terrified, and ahead of them were camped 80,000 Incan troops. And yet within just 24 hours, more than 7,000 Inca warriors were slaughtered, the Incan emperor languished in chains, and the victorious Europeans began what would become a brutal reign that would leave its marks throughout the Americas. This...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Unlike the primarily east-to-west conquest of the Americas, European incursions into sub-Saharan Africa proceeded south-to-north-an approach, climatically speaking, that did not favor the invaders. Cattle and crops failed to thrive, and indigenous diseases decimated the newcomers, yet still that vast region was subdued. How? This program tells a story of colonization and exploitation that shows...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: In Papua New Guinea, a local man asked Jared Diamond a question that penetrates to the very heart of the issue of global inequality: "Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo [material goods], but we black people had little cargo of our own?" In this program, Diamond traces the trail of history and proposes that a society's potential for advanced development lies not in race or...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Green, D. L. (Debra L.)
Summary: Third-grader Zeke's soccer experience is proving to be a disaster--all of his friends are on a different team, while his team is dominated by a bully who hogs the ball and knocks down anyone who gets in his way.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GREGreen, D. L. (Debra L.)
Summary: Annoyed because his mother has been packing boring, healthy lunches, third-grader Zeke has not made either a card or a gift for Mother's Day--then at the last moment he has a change of heart and has to scramble to make both.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GREGreen, D. L. (Debra L.)
Summary: Zeke's school is having a fund-raiser and the student who sell the most cake mix will get four tickets to Thrillsville Amusement Park, but Zeke is not having much luck until his great-grandmother gives him a lesson in salesmanship--and he takes his little sister with him.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Picture Window Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GREGreen, D. L. (Debra L.)
Summary: All the children in the third grade except Zeke Meeks are playing with the newest fad, Puppet Pals finger puppets--will Zeke give in to the pressure and join them, even though he would much rather play basketball?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GREArchambault, Brigitte
Summary: "A woman lives alone in a small house situated in a tidy yard surrounded by a seemingly impenetrable wall. She spends her days reading, swimming, and watching TV. She eats regular meals and keeps her house clean. But the simplicity is deceiving, because the woman has no idea how she came to live in her house, and--most importantly-what exists beyond the wall. Her only source of information is a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: BDANG 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ARCSummary: Abnormal motor development in special-needs children requires specific skills for caregivers. This program presents positioning and handling techniques for both the hypertonic profile child, one who is easily over stimulated and has stiffening of the limbs, and the hypotonic profile child, who has flaccid muscle tone and decreased movement. Positions are discussed for sleeping, handling, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Green, D. L. (Debra L.)
Summary: Third-grader Zeke Meeks already has two sisters, so he is bitterly disappointed when his new neighbor proves to be a girl--can Charlie change his mind and prove to him that boys and girls can play together?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION GRECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GREBrezenoff, Steven
Summary: After transferring from a private arts school to a public school, prodigy bass player Terence Kato sets out to build a rock band. Only one member remains at large: a DRUMMER. However, finding one isn't as easy as "ONE...TWO...THREE...FOUR!"
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo & Daughters 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.4 GERCalloway, Cab
Contents: I got a girl named Netty -- This is always / Warren-Gordon -- Jealous / Nalie-Finch -- A blue serge suit -- One o'clock jump / C. Basie -- Frantic in the Atlantic -- Jumpin' jive / Calloway-Frobea-Palmer -- Airmail stomp / Bandul-Haggart -- Crusin' with Cab -- You got it / J. Ragovou -- That old black magic / Arlen-Mercer -- Everybody eats when they come to my house / Calloway -- The duck trot.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Prism Leisure 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD PM Calloway 1987Tainsh, Robert.
Summary: Theme pages with lists of things to find are designed to help with sorting and counting skills.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Priddy Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC PRIGreen, D. L. (Debra L.)
Summary: As if coming up with a school project at the last minute is not enough trouble, Zeke also has to deal with his cousin Sam--who is just too perfect to be completely believable.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GREGreen, D. L. (Debra L.)
Summary: Zeke wants to bring home the class hamster, so to prove that he is responsible he promises his mother that he will take care of the family dog for a whole week--after that it is one disaster after another.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GREGreen, D. L. (Debra L.)
Summary: Zeke's class is having a talent show, and Brassy Glass, from America's Next Superstar, will be coming to the show as the judge--but Zeke cannot figure out what talent he actually has and, as usual, his sisters are no help at all.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GREGreen, D. L. (Debra L.)
Summary: It is Television-Turnoff Week, and Zeke and his friends are wondering what they will do with their time without their favorite programs and videogames.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012