Arcadia Public Library

Provides model essays on a current controversial issue guiding students in writing a five-paragraph essay, including persuasive, descriptive, expository and cause-and-effect essays. Includes guided reading and discussion questions to help students understand the essays themselves and target persuasive techniques authors use to compose convincing arguments. This volume covers the issue of stem cell research.

Explores the issue of stem cell research by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format. Features articles that express various perspectives on this topic.

Let Seymour introduce you to your own insides: Your brilliant bones, super cells, mighty muscles, and beautiful blood. Together, you'll explore the inner workings of the human body - possibly the most amazing machine ever made! What viruses can be found on a mobile phone? And what is living in your eyelashes? Not for the faint-hearted, this series looks at the little critters we all live with, and can't live without.

Explores the issue of stem cell research by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format. Features articles that express various perspectives on this topic.

Examines the issues surrounding bioethics and provides an overview of the topic.

Presents an introduction to cells, describing how they work, their different types and properties, and how they interact with their environment, as well as a discussion of stem cell research and genetic engineering.

Find out where electricity comes from and how it gets to us. Which materials are good conductors and which ones are good insulators? Includes three simple activities or experiments to try.

"We all seem to be searching for the fountain of youth--whether it's sleep more, eat less, go keto, go vegan, or intermittently fast--but the truth is there's no single thing that will keep the diseases of aging at bay. If you want to age well, you have to think outside the box--and that's where health and nutrition pioneer Ann Louise Gittleman comes in. For four decades, Ann Louise has been the go-to expert for answers to our most urgent health questions;...

"What defines who we are? For decades, the biological answer has been our genes. In The Master Builder, leading biologist Alfonso Martinez Arias breaks with decades of scientific and popular tradition to make a bold argument: what defines us is our cells. Drawing on new research from his lab and others, Martinez Arias reveals that we are composed of a thrillingly complex, constantly rearranging symphony of cells that know how to count, feel, and ultimately...