Mooney, Carla

A fun way for middle schoolers to learn about chemistry?through food! Includes hands-on science projects and graphic novel type illustrations. Why does tomato sauce taste different from fresh tomatoes? Why does pasta go limp when you cook it in boiling water? What makes ice cream melt? In The Chemistry of Food , middle school readers learn the science behind the food they love to eat as they explore the chemistry within the meal, how nutrition works, what creates flavor, and why texture is important. What better place to learn the fundamentals of chemistry than in the kitchen? This book offers detailed explanations of five ways chemistry is part of the food they eat. Hands-on, science-minded investigations, links to online resources and media, career connections, and text-to-world questions all create a delicious learning experience for ages 12 to 15. Plus recipes!.

This book describes the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of OCD, and offers advice for teenagers on how to deal with the problems it may cause while getting on with everyday life.

Examines what anxiety disorder is, what causes it, what it is like to live with it, and how or whether it can be treated or cured.

An exploration of controversies related to the legalization of abortion, that discusses the origins of the abortion controversy; provides varying perspectives on the moral issues, late-term abortions, limits at the State level, and how to reduce the need for abortions.

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Explores the thought process high school students may use to decide which college they should go to, or if they should even attend college at all. Discusses such things as financial aid, taking a gap year, or college alternatives. Includes a glossary and further resources.

Explores stories surrounding ESP, discussing their origins, cultural impact, and veracity. Includes photographs, sidebars, a list of facts, a glossary, and further resources.

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This book examines the issue of discrimination again st immigrants in the United States, and looks at the laws pertaining to discrimination, community efforts to end discrimination, and gives readers ways to cope with discrimination in their lives.