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The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Biology for Kids features biographies of 25 leading biologists, past and present, accompanied by accessible, hands-on experiments and activities to bring the history and principles of biology alive.
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INTRODUCTION
LAB 1 Maria Sibylla Merian b. 1647
BIOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATION/METAMORPHOSIS
LAB 2 Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linne ) b. 1707
TAXONOMY/BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE
LAB 3 Charles Darwin b. 1809
NATURAL SELECTION/EVOLUTION
LAB 4 John Snow b. 1813
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SOURCING AN OUTBREAK
LAB 5 Gregor Mendel b. 1822
HEREDITY/POLLINATION
LAB 6 Louis Pasteur b. 1822
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION/PASTEURIZATION
LAB 7 Carlos Juan Finlay b. 1833
BIOLOGICAL VECTORS/MOSQUITOES
LAB 8 Robert Koch b. 1843
KOCH’S POSTULATES/MICROBIAL FINGERPRINTS
LAB 9 Ilya (Elie) Metchnikoff b. 1845
PHAGOCYTOSIS
LAB 10 Fanny Hesse b. 1850
AGAR GROWTH MEDIUM
LAB 11 Santiago Ramon y Cajal b. 1852
NEURONS/NEURAL NETWORKS
LAB 12 Charles Turner b. 1867
BEES/ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
LAB 13 Susan La Flesche Picotte b. 1865
PUBLIC HEALTH/HOUSEFLIES
LAB 14 Mary Agnes Chase b. 1869
AGROSTOLOGY/GRASSES
LAB 15 Ynes Mexa b. 1870
PLANT COLLECTION/IDENTIFICATION
LAB 16 Alexander Fleming b. 1881
FUNGI/PENICILLIN
LAB 17 Ernest Everett Just b. 1883
CELL PHYSIOLOGY
LAB 18 Jacques Monod b. 1910
GENE EXPRESSION
LAB 19 Margaret S. Collins b. 1922
ZOOLOGY/TERMITES
LAB 20 Esther Lederberg b. 1922
LAMBDA PHAGE/REPLICA PLATING
LAB 21 June Almeida b. 1930
CORONAVIRUSES/AGGLUTINATION
LAB 22 Luis Baptista b. 1941
ORNITHOLOGY/BIRD VOCALIZATIONS
LAB 23 Patricia Bath b. 1942
MEDICAL DEVICES/CATARACT SURGERY
LAB 24 Danielle Lee b. 1974
PATTERN RECOGNITION/SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
LAB 25 Rae Wynn-Grant b. 1985
CARNIVORE ECOLOGY/ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
GLOSSARY
REFERENCES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
INDEX
About the author
Liz Lee Heinecke has loved science since she was old enough to inspect her first butterfly.
After working in molecular biology research for ten years and getting her master’s degree, she left the lab to kick off a new chapter in her life as a stay-at-home mom. Soon she found herself sharing her love of science with her three kids as they grew, journaling their science adventures on her KitchenPantryScientist website.
Her desire to spread her enthusiasm for science to others soon led to a regular segment on her local NBC affiliate, an opportunity to serve as an Earth Ambassador for NASA, and the creation of an iPhone app, with the goal of making it simple for parents to do science with kids of all ages, and for kids to experiment safely on their own.
You can find her at home in Minnesota, wrangling her kids, writing for her website, updating the KidScience app, teaching microbiology to nursing students, singing, playing banjo, painting, running, and doing almost anything else to avoid housework.
Liz graduated from Luther College and received her master’s degree in bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Biology for Kids features biographies of 25 leading biologists, past and present, accompanied by accessible, hands-on experiments and activities to bring the history and principles of biology alive.
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“Timely…this attractive title will appeal to parents and caregivers who are looking for hands-on, nonscreen oriented activities for student enrichment.”
