Introduces students to the systems that work together to keep the human body healthy, explaining each system's structure and function and the important role food and fitness play. Includes discussion questions and suggested activities.
Pooh and pals misinterpret a note from Christopher Robin, who has gone away to school and set out to rescue their friend, mistakenly believing he has gone to "Skull"-- a fate, they imagine, fraught with peril.
Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.
Recounts the story of six-year-old Ruby Bridges, the first African American child to desegregate the all-white William Franz Elementary School in New Orleans in the 1960s.
Presents an introduction to bacteria, explaining how bacteria were the first life forms on Earth, and providing information on the positive and negative qualities of fungi, protists and viruses--organisms that are an integral part of life.
Explains what viruses are, how they latch onto host cells, why viral infections can be prevented with vaccines, and how the viruses known as bacteriophages could play a large role in the battle against bacteria; and includes a hands-on demonstration of how viruses are spread through casual contact.
