Description
Book SynopsisComic Strip Biology makes learning about the science behind animals, plants and the human body fun!
Each spread in this series features a short, funny comic strip that explains a process or aspect of science. Around the strip, diagrams and panels give further information on the topic. They are a fantastic way to engage children aged 8 plus with science.
The illustrator, Jess Bradey, is winner of the 2021 Blue Peter Award for Best Non-Fiction for A Day in the Life of a Poo, Gnu and You and also writes and draws for The Phoneix comic.
Titles in the series: Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space, Physics.
Table of Contents
- 1: What is biology?
- 1: Classification
- 1: Extreme recycling : Plant eaters
- 1: The deadly effects of staying up late: Predators
- 1: Don’t come out of your shell! : Protection from predators
- 1: Camels get the hump: Animals need water
- 1: Swimming in fish wee : Salty water
- 1: The massive march of a baby bear: Mammal life cycles
- 1: The strange journey of a baby tree frog: Amphibian life cycles
- 1: Four steps to being a butterfly: Insect life cycles
- 1: The unsuitable bedroom of a baby guillemot: Bird life cyles
- 1: Dinnertime in the ocean: Food chains
- 1: Buried alive! How plants grow
- 1: The (plant) world’s biggest stinker: What flowers are for
- 1: A pollen facial for birds: Pollen distribution
- 1: The adventurous journey of a coconut spreading seeds: The tough life of a shepherd tree roots
- 1: The tree shrew and its helpful poo plant nutrition
- 1: Plants and the planet: The greenhouse effect
- 1: A changing world: Changing habitats and their effect
- 1: The fat controller: The brain
- 1: The difference between a human and a jellyfish: Bones and the skeleton
- 1: How to become a world arm-wrestling champion: Muscles
- 1: The complicated story of a simple sneeze: Diseases and the lungs
- 1: A close encounter of the cobra kind: heart and the circulatory system
- 1: The life and times of a red blood cell: Functions of the blood
- 1: The dreadful journey of a potato chip: Digestion
- 1: Eating well: Diet and nutrition
- 1: Timeline of a human: human development
- 1: Glossary
- 1: Index
