Loria, Laura

"[Describes] how laws and their application are debated, argued, tested, and decided upon. Topics include the concept of justice, the separation of powers in the U.S. Constitution, the difference between state and federal courts, the judicial nomination process, landmark Supreme Court cases, and influential justices."--Provided by publisher.

Most of us take medicine to cure our stomach ailmetns, but poop is also a cure! Doctors can put poop to good use in helping their patients. Explore the healing properties of poop, like fecal transplants, and learn all about the donation, collection, preparation, and transplantation of poop, as well as the history of using human and animal waste to restore or enhance health and beauty. Who knew poop was so valuable?.

Readers will learn how the physical movement of objects creates sound, as well as the qualities of sound and how they vary, and are received.

Without electrical engineers, the world we live in would look very different. Telephones (both landlines and cell phones), televisions, refrigerators, air conditioners, computers, video games, and many other aspects of our modern world were made possible by the advances of electrical engineering.

Through primary sources, readers learn about the fight for women's suffrage in the United States, culminating with the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920.

Teaches readers about proper etiquette among friends.

"Introduce[s] young readers to the fight for equal voting rights and the value of primary sources ... The [19th] amendment itself is cited in full, while brief passages from other primary sources illuminate the long struggle for the franchise. Historical photographs offer yet another opportunity for learning from primary sources. Chapters on women's rights today and the fight for women's suffrage around the world offer a broader context for understanding the subject"--Provided by publisher.

"[Describes] how laws and their application are debated, argued, tested, and decided upon. Topics include the concept of justice, the separation of powers in the U.S. Constitution, the difference between state and federal courts, the judicial nomination process, landmark Supreme Court cases, and influential justices."--Provided by publisher.

Explores the ways electrical engineering is used in daily life from the invention of the light bulb to the use of technology in the field of medicine. Includes a science activity, a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.

Explains how people have seen pictures in the sky for thousands of years, calling these star patterns constellations, and gives the modern list of constellations and when they are visible.