Frost, Helen
Summary: When you are outside on a summer's day, have you ever seen fine powder on a flower or floating on the breeze? That's pollen, almost invisible, waiting for the only thing it needs -- a ride on the wind, or a wing, or a feather. And it's the pollinators, small and mighty, who hold the world together with their work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FROCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FRORoy, Katherine
Summary: "From fish to mammals and plants to insects, every organism on Earth must reproduce, and the survival of each species--and of life itself--depends on this and on the diversity it creates. In this groundbreaking book, Katherine Roy distills the science of reproduction into its simplest components: organisms must meet, merge their DNA, and grow new individuals; and she thoughtfully highlights the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.8 ROYLondon, Martha
Summary: This book looks at how pollinators make the world a better place, as well as the threats they face and how people can protect them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.8642 LONWaldron, Melanie
Summary: "Seeds and fruits carry out vital jobs for all flowering plants. New plants are created from seeds and fruits help to protect and spread those seeds. This book provides readers with a complete and comprehensive understanding of the role of seeds and fruit, their structure and how they are brilliantly designed to do these jobs. Clear diagrams, engaging text, and stunning photographs are used to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 580 WALSummary: In this visually dazzling TEDTalk presentation, Jonathan Drori shows the extraordinary ways that flowering plants - over a quarter-million species - have evolved to attract insects to spread pollen. Some flowers grow landing strips to guide the bugs in, or build ingenious, elaborate traps, while others actually deceive by mimicking an insect in heat. Using gorgeous visuals including electron...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: This program tours a greenhouse to describe the four main classifications of plants, and their structure and reproduction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: From selective breeding in agriculture to animal cloning and the production of recombinant proteins, science continues to develop ways to modify the genetic code. This program spotlights the basic tools and techniques for manipulating DNA and how these are also used to investigate genetic functions. Viewers will learn about the coding and non-coding sections of DNA; the basics of PCR or the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Public controversy surrounding cloning and genetic modification increases with each new development in the field. Illustrating concepts at the heart of the debate, this program shows how biotechnology now drives large-scale agriculture through genetic engineering and sophisticated selective breeding. Outlining ways in which humans have indirectly modified plants and animals since the dawn of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009