Space (Let's Explore Science)Explores the composition of outer space and the objects and elements that appear therein, with a particular focus on planets and other bodies in our solar system.
Discover Manga Drawing: 30 Easy Lessons for Drawing Guys And Girls
Manga has become one of the most popular types of comic-book art, with more and more fans looking to draw in this style. The beginning manga artists will find everything they need in this easy-to-follow book, including: -30 essential demos covering all of the basics, such as facial features, body structure and characters, all of which can be completed with nothing but a pencil
Guide to the Universe: Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets
This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series covers asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets—those small bodies that revolve the Sun—and provides readers with the most up-to-date understanding of the current state of scientific knowledge about them. Scientifically sound, but written with the student in mind, Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets is an excellent first step for researching the exciting scientific discoveries of the smallest celestial bodies in the solar system.
With engaging inquiry-based investigations, large, full-color diagrams and illustrations, and real-world connections, students enjoy and retain key biology concepts. This Middle School textbook includes cells, the human body, heredity, evolution, DNA structure and functions, classification, and many other topics, including the vital relationships between our physical environment and our bodies. Landscape “one-concept” page spreads and full-color graphics enhance learning and retention.
In the 19th century when asteroids were first discovered, the continuum of sizes in the solar system was not understood, because many people thought of the solar system as a Sun orbited by nine planets. However, as observers' abilities to see smaller and smaller bodies in the solar system improves because of better instrumentation, and as scientists continue trying to catalog the number of large asteroidal bodies that someday might collide with the Earth, the solar system is viewed as a collection of objects with a whole continuum of sizes.