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Doeden, Matt. Ignotofsky, Rachel Jenkins, Steve Pipe, Jim Robbins, Ken. Schmid, DebiIgnotofsky, Rachel
Summary: "In the launch of a new nonfiction picture book series, Rachel Ignotofsky's distinctive art style and engaging, informative text clearly answers any questions a child (or adult) could have about flowers"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2021
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 582.1 IGNCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 582.1 IGNCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 582.1 IGNSummary: Master Shake (a milkshake that enjoys slacking off), Frylock (a pack of fries who is the teams voice of reason), and Meatwad (an infantile, shape-shifting meatball who is always curious) are fast food items that live New Jersey. One day, Shake buys an exercising machine called the Insane-O-Flex that, in actuality, is a piece of equipment that could pose a threat to the world. When their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AQUJenkins, Steve
Summary: "Packed with many cool facts and visuals on where certain animals live and what they eat, this book captures twenty-five humorous--and very true--explanations of why animals look the way they do in order to exist in this world."--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.3 JENDoeden, Matt.
Summary: "Describes real-life animals and their similarities to dragons"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J398.24 DOESummary: Food has taken on so many meanings over the ages that we often forget what it really is: a source of chemical energy. This program takes a scientific look at food, showing how people and animals capture nutrients while revealing some disturbing eating habits with hidden benefits. After a look at the importance of fire and yeast in early culinary history, viewers experience "molecular...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: In Calls of the Wild, an episode of PBS Scientific American Frontiers, host Alan Alda takes us behind the scenes for a fascinating journey into the science of sound as he introduces viewers to the team of scientists using sound to study animals - also known as the field of bioacoustics. This close look at animal sound is not only being used to study - but even to save species - as common as the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: If great runners are born, not made, what roles do training and technology play? Will cutting-edge engineering and chemistry create vehicles that move faster than previously thought possible? This program presents a quest to understand speed in all its manifestations. Viewers get a look at the North American Eagle, an automobile that's more fighter jet than car, designed to challenge the world...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The question of animal intelligence has been debated for centuries. In recent years, science has come closer to proving that animals think and feel-perhaps not at the level of humans, but in ways that are nevertheless authentic. This classic program brings viewers into the midst of eye-opening zoological, neurological, and psychological research, revealing what many scientists believe to be...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This program presents fossil evidence for the evolution of reptiles and amphibians; explains the reasoning processes scientists must use when no direct evidence is available for examination; illustrates field techniques for collecting fragile fossils for transportation to the laboratory, where examination can take place under controlled conditions; and traces the evolution of some modern...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Pipe, Jim
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stargazer Books 2006
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JBR Purple Pipe 2006Summary: A tough outer layer can come in handy, but the strongest defense isn't always the thickest. This program explores all kinds of bodily protection, from animal hides and shells to artificial armor to human skin-showing how anatomy and technology have evolved to guard against potential dangers. Viewers meet sea and land creatures with sophisticated protective suits, including lobsters, snails,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Schmid, Debi
Summary: When you wander a woodland forest, skip through a sunlit meadow, or ramble down a dusty path, you might see a furry tail, a bristly beard, or a fuzzy toe. Did you catch a glimpse of an animal? Or was it a plant in disguise? These wild plants aren't wearing masks or funny noses, but each one displays a feature of a creature. With charming illustrations, engaging prose, and intriguing natural...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mountain Press Publishing Company 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 582 SCHSummary: In order for an animal to survive, it must be able to respond instantly to changes in its external and internal environments. This program compares and contrasts animal nervous and endocrine systems, explains stimulus feedback mechanisms, and places coordination and control in a cellular context with explanations of what happens in signal transduction pathways. Narration is supported by...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: What gives jet airplanes, which have been known to reach the size of office buildings, the ability to leave the ground? It isn't rocket science-although that's also covered in this high-energy program on the complexity of flight. For basic training in aerodynamic principles, viewers take an exhilarating hang-glider ride and venture inside a high-tech wind tunnel used by Olympic ski jumpers....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: UC Berkeley biologist Robert Full is fascinated with cockroach legs that allow them to scuttle at full speed across loose mesh and gecko feet that have billions of nano-bristles to run straight up walls. In this TEDTalk, Full discusses his research on the biomechanics of animal locomotion and his efforts to design the perfect robotic "distributed foot." "Dr Full cheerfully admits that some of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Robbins, Ken.
Summary: Examines the characteristics of different types of leaves and explains how and why they change colors in the autumn.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 1998
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 581.1 ROBCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROBSummary: Distinguished evolutionary biologists among the auditors of the foregoing lectures take on not only Luther Sutherland
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010