Students reinforce their knowledge that DNA is the genetic material for all living things by modeling it using toothpicks and gumdrops that represent the four biochemicals (adenine, thiamine, guanine, and cytosine) that pair with each...

This site provides information about the award-winning author named Jesse Hilton Stuart. An excerpt of the short story "I've Prayed for Straight Hair---or Hair of a Different Color" from the short story collection Men of the Mountains is...

Do you have what it takes to win the Fuzz Bugs FUZZATHLON? Jump, hop, and slide your way through the training sessions, in order to prepare your Fuzz Bug for the final competition. Collect coins along the way to buy power-ups and...

Discover whatever you wanted to know about one of the things that makes a mammal a mammal: hair. Hair types and coats of color are discussed.

In this encyclopedia entry, you read about Madam C.J. Walker, once known as Sarah Breedlove, who made a fortune in hair products for African Americans.

Gelatin. It's hard to think of another food that is used as frequently on the dinner table as off. You can find it in all sorts of sweet foods, from ice cream, yogurt, and gummy bears, to marshmallows and yellow colorings for sodas. Off...

Meet Ed Said, a nine-year-old purple-haired hard-core fruit-and-veggie rapper. Learn nutrition facts from Ed by watching and playing his videos and songs. Includes many print-and-color activities about eating healthy fruit- and...

This 8-page PDF document provides extensive detail on the tiger. Content explores this animal's characteristics and bone structure, range and distribution, fossil record, importance of specialized features, ontogeny and reproduction,...

The Japanese beetle is brilliantly colored, oval, and less than half an inch long. Wing colors are coppery with fine lines that run the length of its wing cases, and the body is a beautiful metallic green. The five tufts of white hairs...

This website offers a simple, yet detailed explanation on the structure and function of skin.

Due to similarities with both the bear and raccoon family, the classification of the red panda (Ailurus fulgens) has caused continued controversy since it was first described in 1825. Today it is placed with the raccoons, but in its own...

The statuette portrays a woman, probably a princess, with short black hair. She wears a tight, transparent dress decorated on the chest with colored geometric designs.

The statue depicts Rahotep wearing a wig, collar, and a short kilt with a belt under which is his dagger. His hair is painted black and his body is ochre, the traditional color used to depict men's skin.