Experiments And Projects category: 324 books
Timekeeping
Explore the History and Science of Telling Time with 15 Projects
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Timekeeping: Explore the History and Science of Telling Time travels through the past and into the future to explore how humans have measured the passage of time. From ancient civilization's earliest calendars and shadow clocks to GPS and the atomic clocks of today, kids will track the evolution of...
Explore Forces and Motion!
With 25 Great Projects
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Everything moves! Kids run around the playground, cars drive on the road, and balls fly through the air. What causes all this motion? Physics! Forces and motion rule the way everything moves through space.
In Explore Forces and Motion! With 25 Great Projects, readers ages 7 through 10 discover...
Chemistry
Investigate the Matter that Makes Up Your World
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Have you ever wondered what makes up everything in the world around you? Or what exactly is the difference between solids, liquids, and gases? Have you wanted to know what causes two substances to react or change?
Chemistry: Investigate the Matter that Makes Up Your World introduces readers...
Planes, Gliders and Paper Rockets
Simple Flying Things Anyone Can Make--Kites and Copters, Too!
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Do helicopters need more or less energy to stay in the sky than an airplane? What pushes a rocket to leave the atmosphere? Why can airplanes have smaller motors than helicopters? Help your students learn the answers to these and other questions! Written for educators, homeschoolers,...
Explore Weather and Climate!
With 25 Great Projects
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
What's it like outside? And what are you going to do about it?
Every morning, before heading to school or out to play, kids want to know what the weather is going to be like that day. Is it a day for building a snowman, constructing a sandcastle, or planting a garden? Will they be stuck inside because...
Bridges and Tunnels
Investigate Feats of Engineering with 25 Projects
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Bridges and tunnels are lifelines. People have tackled seemingly insurmountable obstacles, including vast canyons and mountain ranges, to design and construct these amazing passageways. Bridges and Tunnels: Investigate Feats of Engineering invites children ages 9 and up to explore the innovation and...
Stomp Rockets, Catapults, and Kaleidoscopes
30+ Amazing Science Projects You Can Build for Less than $1
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
Kids will learn how things they encounter every day operate by building their own models with this hands-on activity book. Projects include building a working model of the human hand’s muscles, bones, and tendons using drinking straws, tape, and string; using a pair of two-liter bottles and a length...
Backyard Biology
Investigate Habitats Outside Your Door with 25 Projects
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
BIOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF LIFE
Life is everywhere, thriving in the city and in the country, teeming in ecosystems around the planet—in deserts, oceans, and even the Arctic. And life is right outside your door! Backyard Biology invites children ages 9 and up to investigate living things—especially...
Explore Atoms and Molecules!
With 25 Great Projects
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Atoms and molecules are the basic building blocks of matter. Matter is every physical thing around us in the universe, including our own bodies! In Explore Atoms and Molecules! With 25 Great Projects, readers ages 7 to 10 investigate the structure of atoms and learn how atoms fit together to form...
Geology of the Desert Southwest
Investigate How the Earth Was Formed with 15 Projects
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Venturing through two of the most diverse and fascinating regions of North America, these activity books combine the subjects of geology and physical geography while making them captivating and fun. With a different approach, this series reveals the underlying processes for kids, explaining each region's...
by William Temple Hornaday
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
William Temple Hornaday is one of the great figures in the world of natural science. As a very young man he was a famous explorer and collector of zoological specimens from the jungles of Venezuela, Borneo, and India. As chief taxidermist of the Smithsonian Institution he pioneered the art of mounting...
by Karen Latchana Kenney
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
You've probably played with magnets or seen them on a refrigerator door. But did you know that magnets are used in everything from laptops to electric guitars? Why and how do these magnets work? Throughout the centuries, scientists have wondered about magnetism. Why are some objects always magnetic...
Science Arts
Discovering Science Through Art Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1993
Children explore the world of science through art with these open-ended experiments categorized by scientific topic. Hundreds of art activities amaze and delight children as they discover the magic of crystals, light, constellations, plants, and more. A unique approach to learning basic science concepts.
The Book of Massively Epic Engineering Disasters
33 Thrilling Experiments Based on History's Greatest Blunders
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
It’s hands-on science with a capital “E”—for engineering.
Beginning with the toppling of the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, to the destructive, laserlike sunbeams bouncing off London’s infamous “Fryscraper” in 2013, here is an illustrated tour...