Experience the magic of biology in your own home lab. This hands-on introduction includes more than 30 educational (and fun) experiments that help you explore this fascinating field on your own. Perfect for middle- and high-school students and DIY enthusiasts, this full-color guide teaches you the basics of biology lab work and shows you how to set up a safe lab at home.
The Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments is also written with the needs of homeschoolers firmly in mind, as well as adults who are eager to explore the science of nature as a life-long hobby. To get the most from the experiments, we recommend using this guide in conjunction with a standard biology text, such as the freely downloadable CK-12 Biology (ck-12.org).
Master the use of the microscope, including sectioning and staining
Build and observe microcosms, soda-bottle worlds of pond life
Investigate the chemistry of life from simple acids, bases, and buffers to complex carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, enzymes, and DNA
Extract, isolate, and observe DNA
Explore photosynthesis, osmosis, nitrogen fixation, and other life processes
Investigate the cell cycle (mitosis and cytokinesis)
Observe populations and ecosystems, and perform air and water pollution tests
Investigate genetics and inheritance
Do hands-on microbiology, from simple culturing to micro-evolution of bacteria by forced selection
Gain hands-on lab experience to prepare for the AP Biology exam
Through their company, The Home Scientist, LLC (thehomescientist.com/biology), the authors also offer inexpensive custom kits that provide specialized equipment and supplies you’ll need to complete the experiments. Add a microscope and some common household items and you’re good to go.
Author: Robert Bruce Thompson; Barbara Fritchman Thompson Publisher: Maker Media, Inc ISBN: 9781449336561 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: April 2012 384 pages
It has been a week since Momonga logged in to his favorite RPG one last time and stranded himself there. Now he leads his guild as the Ainz Ooal Gown overlord. Finding himself in dire need of better information, he travels disguised as an adventurer to the walled city of E-Rantel, with Narberal the battle maid at his side. The pair accept a mission to retrieve medicinal herbs, making for a forest said to be the home of a great and wise beast. But the sinister influence of a fanatical cabal approaches E-Rantel, and the armor-clad Ainz will face both a ruthless warrior and a legion of the undead!
Author: Kugane Maruyama; so-bin Publisher: Yen Press ISBN: 9780316363921 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: September 2016 256 pages
This is a collection of articles on the topic of self-access language learning by a variety of experienced educators currently active in the field of English language teaching in Hong Kong. Separate chapters discuss a wide range of issues confronting ELT professionals in tertiary and secondary education, and in the private sector.
Author: David Gardner; Lindsay Miller Publisher: Hong Kong University Press, HKU ISBN: 9789882200999 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: January 1994 199 pages
Interconnecting Smart Objects with IP: The Next Internet explains why the Internet Protocol (IP) has become the protocol of choice for smart object networks. IP has successfully demonstrated the ability to interconnect billions of digital systems on the global Internet and in private IP networks. Once smart objects can be easily interconnected, a whole new class of smart object systems can begin to evolve. The book discusses how IP-based smart object networks are being designed and deployed.
The book is organized into three parts. Part 1 demonstrates why the IP architecture is well suited to smart object networks, in contrast to non-IP based sensor network or other proprietary systems that interconnect to IP networks (e.g. the public Internet of private IP networks) via hard-to-manage and expensive multi-protocol translation gateways that scale poorly. Part 2 examines protocols and algorithms, including smart objects and the low power link layers technologies used in these networks. Part 3 describes the following smart object network applications: smart grid, industrial automation, smart cities and urban networks, home automation, building automation, structural health monitoring, and container tracking.
Shows in detail how connecting smart objects impacts our lives with practical implementation examples and case studies
Provides an in depth understanding of the technological and architectural aspects underlying smart objects technology
Offers an in-depth examination of relevant IP protocols to build large scale smart object networks in support of a myriad of new services
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Author: Jean-Philippe Vasseur; Adam Dunkels Publisher: Elsevier Science ISBN: 9780123751669 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: July 2010 432 pages
This encyclopedia comprehensively addresses one of the most critical components of human intelligence—memory. Comprising approximately 500 A–Z entries written by experts who have studied memory and its impacts, the work defines complex terminology for lay readers and includes answers to the most common questions regarding human memory. Readers will gain an understanding of the various psychological and physiological systems of memory, such as short-term or procedural memory; comprehend the principles that underlie effective encoding, storage, and construction of memories; and learn the truth about often misconceptualized conditions like “amnesia” or how our memories are stored in bits and pieces rather than linearly like a recorded tape or video.
This set is ideal for high school students writing term papers or studying for advanced examinations such as Advanced Placement (AP) in psychology. The volumes also provide a breadth of information invaluable to family members, friends, and caretakers of individuals who suffer from various memory disorders, including descriptions of major disorders, explanations of specific memory deficits, strategies for memory improvement, and information on the parts of the brain that access and store memory as well as the types of tests used to assess memory loss. Also included are biographies of key contributors to the field of cognitive psychology, and to the area of memory in particular.
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Author: Annette Taylor Publisher: ABC-CLIO ISBN: 9781440800269 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: October 2013 1262 pages
The second in a series of four “90 Devotions” books from the writers of Adventures in Odyssey, these devotionals provide a fun way to teach children about God’s Word and make the truths of the Bible accessible at a young age.
Based on the book of Matthew, the 90 devotions in this volume will help start children on a path toward regular time alone with God, as well as provide a sound biblical resource for parents to use as they interact with their kids and spend time together as a family, reading and learning scripture-based truths.
Author: Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. ISBN: 9781624054341 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: March 2014 224 pages
This volume brings together leading experts to explore the state of the art of cognitive clinical assessment and identify cutting-edge approaches of interest to clinicians and researchers. The book highlights fundamental problems concerning the validity of assessments that are widely used in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Key directions for further research and development are identified. Updated cognitive assessment methods are described in detail, with particular attention to transdiagnostic treatment, evidence-based practice, cognitive case formulation, and imagery-based techniques.
Author: Gary P. Brown; David A. Clark Publisher: Guilford Publications ISBN: 9781462518180 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: February 2016 366 pages
A timely, comprehensive reevaluation of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex.
One of the most venerable concepts in Southeastern archaeology is that of the Southern Cult. The idea has its roots in the intensely productive decade (archaeologically) of the 1930s and is fundamentally tied to yet another venerable concept—Mississippian culture. The last comprehensive study of the melding of these two concepts into the term Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (SECC) is more than two decades old, yet our understanding of the objects, themes, and artistic styles associated with the SECC have changed a great deal. New primary data have come to light that bear directly on the complex, requiring a thorough reanalysis of both concepts and dating. Recent publications have ignited many debates about the dating and the nature of the SECC.
This work presents new data and new ideas on the temporal and social contexts, artistic styles, and symbolic themes included in the complex. It also demonstrates that engraved shell gorgets, along with other SECC materials, were
produced before A.D. 1400.
Author: Adam King; David H. Dye; Jon Muller; John F. Scarry; Lynne P. Sullivan; Timothy R. Pauketat; Paul Shawn Marceaux; Julieann Van Nest; Susan M. Alt; Kathryn E. Parker; Jenna M. Hamlin; Laura Kozuch; Lucretia Starr Schryver Kelly Publisher: University of Alabama Press ISBN: 9780817381363 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: April 2011 325 pages
675 Ways to Develop Yourself and Your People The perfect opportunity to reflect on yourself and where you’re headed Strategies, ideas and activities for self-development and learning in the workplace By Laurel Alexander We all struggle as professionals to stay on top of our game. Here is a book with hundreds of practical ways to take control of moving your career in the direction you want to go – and of helping your people do the same. 675 Ways to Develop Yourself and Your People reflects the real needs of real people in today’s workplace. You’ll gain exercises, activities and strategies that will help you develop your ability to build positive work relationships, change an aspect of your interpersonal behavior, come across as powerful in meetings, listen, make decisions, survive a downsizing and much more. The engaging and hands-on resource provides a set of 50 individual learning opportunities and over 600 ideas, techniques and activities for making the most of the learning opportunities. Each module begins with an overview of the subject and moves on to exercises in easy-to-use categories:
Individual tasks and reflections
Working with others – a peer, colleague or partner
Working with a mentor
Developing others – exercises for facilitators to use in groups
Useful Web sites
You can pick up this book and start wherever you like. You’ll be amazed at how many opportunities you face each day to learn with and from your co-workers, facilitate the development process in others and travel purposefully through your life.
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Author: Glenn M. Parker; Richard P. Jr. Kropp Publisher: HRD Press ISBN: 9781599965185 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: January 1995 235 pages
It’s your lovable pal Grover, showing you how easy it is to move around–even with a book. In fact, Grover will show you how to use this book as part of your workout, by running under it, over it, and around and around for pages of heart-pumping fun. A page of tips for parents is also included.
Author: Publisher: Random House Children’s Books ISBN: 9780307979346 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: February 2012 32 pages
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