Jack Challoner
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
This award-winning science book is bubbling over with entertaining and educational experiments for budding scientists to follow at home or in the classroom.
Build a soap-powered sailboat, recreate the Solar System out of rubber bands, construct your own colorful kaleidoscope, or make mouthwatering monster marshmallows. Explore the whole range of imaginative activities offered.
A foreword by Jack Andraka, a teen award-winning inventor,
Author
Language
English
Description
The cell is the basic building block of life. In its 3.5 billion years on the planet, it has proven to be a powerhouse, spreading life first throughout the seas, then across land, developing the rich and complex diversity of life that populates the planet today.
With The Cell: A Visual Tour of the Building Block of Life, Jack Challoner treats readers to a visually stunning tour of these remarkable molecular machines. Most of the living things we're...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
This book is filled with fascinating facts and figures, busted myths and corrected misconceptions, amazing anecdotes and incredible feats of strength and endurance. It is beautifully illustrated with hundreds of colorful artworks, photographs, and diagrams.
• More than 400 nuggets of information-drawn from anatomy, physiology, medicine, history and mythology-are sure to astound, amuse, inform and entertain.
• Find out the answers to those burning...
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes dangerous and destructive weather conditions around the world, such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, hail, and drought with photographs, historical background, and legends.
11) Energy
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Surveys various sources of energy and the ways in which they have been harnessed.
12) Push and pull
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Introduces the basic concepts of pushing and pulling in different situations.
13) Light and dark
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple activities introduce light in relation to day and night, the sun and the stars, shadows, black and white, and more.
14) Hot and cold
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple activities introduce the concepts of hot and cold in relation to melting and freezing, temperature, deserts and polar areas, and more.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The book examines the science behind everyday life -- how we power our homes, grow our food, and build machines that allow us to communicate with others and travel around the world. Featuring a wide range of scientific inventions and discoveries, from advances in modern medicine to groundbreaking ideas for saving the environment, SuperScience uncovers how science plays a part in every area of our lives"--
20) Flight
Author
Publisher
Thomson Learning
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
An illustrated book of projects demonstrating the properties of flight.