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Introduces young people to the microscope through a step-by-step description of its use and a discussion of the various living organisms which can be observed
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9780394901572 | Random House Childrens Books, June 1, 1969, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Explains how a microscope works, gives directions for using one, describes familiar things to view that will seem unfamiliar under the microscope, and suggests some simple experiments.
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Provides information on the earthworms' reproduction, environment and habits with a guide to collecting them
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9780070574045 | Carson Dellosa Pub Co Inc, June 1, 1969, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Describes the characteristics and habits of earthworms and includes directions for experiments to learn about their behavior.
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Describes the structure of the atmosphere and the many forces that act upon it to create a great variety of climates and weather. Gives a brief explanation of how to forecast weather.
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9780394908045 | Random House Childrens Books, November 1, 1969, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: An introduction to meteorology which explains climate and weather conditions and their causes
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Reveals the wonders of nature that may be explored, observed, and experimented with in the city
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9780670621637 | Viking Pr, March 1, 1970, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Discusses the many scientific facts and theories that can be investigated on a vacant city lot by observing, collecting, and performing simple experiments.
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Introduces the young reader to the characteristics and habits of these small, furry animals
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9780070574342 | Carson Dellosa Pub Co Inc, June 1, 1971, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Describes the physical characteristics and habits of gerbils and gives instructions on their feeding and care as pets.
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Twenty simple and inexpensive projects are presented to help youngsters understand the balance of nature in different environments
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9780823402045 | Holiday House, April 1, 1972, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Twenty experiments using inexpensive materials illustrate various principles of ecology.
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Provides an introduction to the adaptive ways of sea animals and plants and the factors threatening their existence
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9780531026144 | Franklin Watts, January 1, 1973, cover price $5.90 | About this edition: Discusses the characteristics that insure the survival of plants and animals in the sea.
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A guide to collecting and identifying different kinds of rocks and minerals.
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9780670602407 | Viking Pr, May 1, 1973, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A concise study designed to guide young people in finding and identifying rocks and minerals and starting a collection
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Describes the physical and biological characteristics and functions of the human heart and the circulatory system, and offers experiments which provide direct experience of those characteristics and functions
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9780070574403 | New edition (McGraw-Hill, June 1, 1974), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Describes the human heart, how it works, and how blood circulates in the body.
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Projects and experiments reveal the properties of air.
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9780531028070 | Franklin Watts, April 1, 1975, cover price $5.90 | About this edition: A series of experiments and activities, for indoors and out, serve to demonstrate the nature and properties of air
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Explains the correct methods for catching and keeping garter snakes at home, and what can be learned about their biological and behavioral characteristics
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9780070574397 | Carson Dellosa Pub Co Inc, May 1, 1975, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Describes the care of a pet garter snake and discusses what can be learned about snakes in general from projects and observations involving a garter snake.
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Text, drawings, and simple experiments present different ways of exploring the concept of motion.
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9780802762382 | Walker & Co, July 1, 1976, cover price $5.85 | About this edition: Explains the modes and varieties of movement through the universe, atomic and microscopic to cosmic, and provides illustrative experiments
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9780140309256 | Puffin, September 1, 1976, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Instructions for creating paper airplanes illuminate the principles of flight which apply to all aircraft
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9780670537976 | Viking Pr, September 1, 1971, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Instructions for creating paper airplanes illuminate the principles of flight which apply to all aircraft
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9780606042710 | Demco Media, September 1, 1976, cover price $15.81 | About this edition: Instructions for creating paper airplanes illuminate the principles of flight which apply to all aircraft
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9780808540502 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: Instructions for creating paper airplanes illuminate the principles of flight which apply to all aircraft
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Provides information and advice on necessary equipment, aquarium set-up and maintenance, suitable fish, and their care and feeding
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9780670731916 | Viking Pr, October 1, 1976, cover price $12.50 | About this edition: Discusses setting up and maintaining a saltwater aquarium including selection and care of the inhabitants.
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Explains how to observe and learn about common neighborhood animals, from earthworms and spiders to squirrels and skunks
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9780802762702 | Walker & Co, December 1, 1976, cover price $5.50 | About this edition: A guide to observing the characteristics and behavior of animals located in a city.
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9780671762667 | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1977, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Learning to draw means more than mastering the placement of lines and the rendering of shapes.
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An identification guide to common plants and animals supplements a collection of experiments and projects to be undertaken outdoors in the world of living things
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9780811661089 | Garrard Pub Co, March 1, 1978, cover price $8.19 | About this edition: A handbook of simple projects which sends young science detectives to explore fields and vacant lots to observe and record their findings about plant and animal life.
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Experiments that involve young students in studying the soil found in empty lots, parks, and backyards increase their awareness of the natural environment and develop skills in observing scientific phenomena in their own neighborhoods
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9780802762931 | Walker & Co, March 1, 1978, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Discusses different types of soil, their composition, formation, uses, and conservation.
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Illustrated text and suggested experiments introduce the function and importance of the lungs in the human body.
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9780070574946 | Carson Dellosa Pub Co Inc, October 1, 1978, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Helps children to visualize basic science concepts as they learn the lungs' function, the different ways of breathing, and how doctors can tell whether lungs are healthy or infected
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Investigates why earthquakes occur, where they can happen, and how they are predicted in addition to describing great earthquakes throughout history and ways to reduce damage from them in the future
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9780027828009 | Atheneum, March 1, 1979, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Discusses how and why earthquakes occur, where they are most likely to happen, what to do when a quake hits, and how scientists predict earthquakes.
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Investigates the ways in which the biological clocks of animals, plants, and people work and shows readers how they can test their observations of their own time senses and those of their friends
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9780670628926 | Viking Pr, May 1, 1979, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Explains the occurrence of biological clocks, which, for example, tell birds when and where to migrate, plants when to unfurl their leaves, and which affect human beings in various physical and emotional ways.
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9780140491869 | Reissue edition (Puffin, May 1, 1979), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Describes the behavior and physical and biological characteristics of various small, easily cared for land and marine animals and explains how to create an appropriate environment for each
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9780606022248 | Demco Media, May 1, 1979, cover price $15.85 | About this edition: Describes the behavior and physical and biological characteristics of various small, easily cared for land and marine animals and explains how to create an appropriate environment for each
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9780613865258 | Turtleback Books, May 1, 1979, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: Describes the behavior and physical and biological characteristics of various small, easily cared for land and marine animals and explains how to create an appropriate environment for each
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Provides beginning observers with information about constellations, planets, comets, meteors, meteorites, and the moon and about astrology and the use of a telescope
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9780140491852 | Reprint edition (Viking Childrens Books, May 1, 1979), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Explains how to observe stars with the naked eye and how to understand what is seen.
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Tall tales and real facts about such fascinating giant snakes as the anaconda, the African python, and the boa constrictor are related
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9780802763563 | Walker & Co, June 1, 1979, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Discusses six giant snakes that are found in the boa and python families.
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An illustrated discussion of the planets and bodies such as moons, comets, and meteoroids found in our solar system. Also outlines the relationship the solar system has with the galaxies.
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9780517536599 | Random House Childrens Books, August 1, 1979, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A photographic essay enables readers to journey from Earth to the far reaches of the universe to explore the sun, the moon, planets, stars, nebulas, and other galaxies
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