Protists: Algae, Amoebas, Plankton, and Other Protists
- Publisher
- Crabtree Publishing Company
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2010
- Category
- Botany, Anatomy & Physiology, Biology
- Recommended Age
- 12
- Recommended Grade
- 7
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780778791812
- Publish Date
- Mar 2010
- List Price
- $26.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780778753919
- Publish Date
- Jan 2010
- List Price
- $11.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780778753773
- Publish Date
- Jan 2010
- List Price
- $26.95
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This intriguing book shows how this group's unusal members are generally classified according to an absence of a feature, such as the lack of complicated cell structure. Learn about such exotic organisms as algae, amoebae, and slime molds—all of them protists. Case histories examine the importance of plankton to the marine food chains and the role of protists in various diseases.
About the author
Rona Arato is a children’s author with a strong interest in human rights. As a writer and editor for over twenty years, she has written on a wide variety of subjects including education, business, travel, fashion and Internet technology. Her work has appeared in mag-azines and newspapers in Canada, the United States, and England. Rona is the author of Fossils, Clues to Ancient Life and World of Water (Crabtree, 2004) and Ice Cream Town (Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2007). Her new books include Working for Freedom: The Story of Josiah Henson for Napoleon (Fall 2008), Making a Difference for Maple Tree Press (Fall 2008), and Design It! for Tundra Books (Spring 2009). Rona began writing in the mid 1970s while raising her three children. She has also worked as a public relations consultant for profit and non-profit. She has taught adult Creative Writing for the Toronto District Board and conducted business writing workshops for profit and non-profit organizations in the Toronto area. She has written educational materials for organizations including Mosdos Press in Cleveland, Girl Guides of Canada, and B’nai Brith Canada. From 1994-1998, Rona had the privilege of serving as an interviewer for Survivors of the Shoa, a Steven Spielberg project that recorded the histories of Holocaust survivors. It was this experience that fostered her interest in and desire to write about human rights. Rona discovered Josiah Henson’s story while researching a project on Canadian heroes. She was immediately taken with his strength and courage in the face of seemingly insur-mountable obstacles. His dedication to human rights and freedom spoke to her heart and she hopes that his story will affect others, especially youth, in the same way it has affected her.
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