The Periodic Table: Elements with Style!   The Periodic Table introduces budding chemists to the world of the elements as it's never been seen before. Designed to resemble popular networking Web sites, the pages of this book feature "homepages" for each of the chemical elements — complete with witty and informative profiles written by the elements themselves, plus a personally chosen picture.Big Digs   The Panama Canal shortens the trip from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for thousands of ships each year. Hoover Dam controls one of the world's most powerful rivers. In Boston, the Big Dig has changed how traffic flows through this busy city. Read about the problems faced and solved in each of these important construction projects.Forces, Energy & Motion  Detailing lessons on forces, energy, and motion.Oh, Yuck!: The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty  Kids love stuff that's gross. From the liquids, solids, and gases—especially the gases!—or their own bodies to the creepy, crawly, slimy, slithery, fetid, and feculent phenomena in the world at large, kids with a curious bent just can't get enough. Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty brings together, in one book, all the good things about some of the baddest things on Earth.Exhaustively researched and impeccably scientific, yet written with a lively lack of earnestness, Oh, Yuck! is an ants to zits encyclopedic compendium covering people, animals, insects, plants, foods, and more. Here are vampire bats, which sip blood and pee at the same time so that they'll always be light enough to fly away; and slime eels, wreathed in mucus and eating fellow fish from the inside out. Oh, Yuck! explains why vomit smells; where dandruff comes from; what pus is all about; and why maggots adore rotting meant. Other features include gross recipes, putrid projects, 10 foods that make you airborne, and more. With hundreds of cartoon illustrations and real-life photographs, Oh, Yuck! is the complete guide to the irresistible—at least to an 8-to-12 year old—underbelly of life. Horrible Science: Chemical Chaos  "Horrible Science" is getting a make-over! With a fantastic new cover look and a extra horrible bits at the back of the book, these best-selling titles are sure to be a huge hit with a new generation of "Horrible Science" readers.Horrible Science: Fatal Forces  Continuing our "Horrible Science" paperback bind-up programme, this title brings together two popular subjects in the physics strad of the series. In "Fatal Forces" readers will find out what keeps the moon in the sky and what happens when an apple smacks a scientist on the bonce! In "The Fight for Flight" you'll laugh at some seriously silly flyingHorrible Science: Fatal Forces  Continuing our "Horrible Science" paperback bind-up programme, this title brings together two popular subjects in the physics strad of the series. In "Fatal Forces" readers will find out what keeps the moon in the sky and what happens when an apple smacks a scientist on the bonce! In "The Fight for Flight" you'll laugh at some seriously silly flyingHorrible Science: Sounds Dreadful  If you think that you can stomach the sick side of science, then read on as the world of rumbling resonance, shocking sound waves and sonic boom gets a sound check. Find out how sound waves make your ear drums tremble and why listening to church bells might give you a nose bleed!Horrible Science: The Terrible Truth About Time  Find out what happens if you go too close to a black hole and how flies tell the time! With a fantastic new cover look and extra horrible bits at the back of the book, this best-selling title is sure to be a huge hit with a new generation of Horrible Science readers.What's Happening?: A Book of Explanations  A "tell-all" book of how everyday things work Have you ever wondered — what makes a car go? — how an image appears on your TV? — how a jet plane stays in the air? — how your e-mail travels? What's Happening? explains all this and much more. With clear, concise, step-by-step descriptions and full-color, easy-to-understand illustrations, this book describes how everyday objects work.What's Happening?: A Book of Explanations  Star Wars Science Adventures: Emergency in Escape Pod Four  Meet Stuart Zissu, a 12-year-old Rebel, and 4B-X, a super-smart droid who can answer almost every scientific question. They join the famous droids R2-D2 and C-3PO on a top secret mission for the Rebellion. After stormtroopers attack their ship, Stuart and the droids must use 4B-X's scientific knowledge in order to pilot and land their runaway escape pod—or else.A Silly Science Experiment  The Magic School Bus: The Electric Field Trip  To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Scholastic is re-releasing the ten original Magic School Bus titles in paperback. With updated scientific information, the bestselling science series ever is back!Small enough to squeeze through power lines, Ms. Frizzle's class learns how electric current travels through the town, lights up a light bulb, heats up a toaster, and runs an electric motor. Fans of the Magic School Bus won't be left behind by this simple and informative introduction to the generation and distribution of electricity. Roller Coaster  Clickity, clackity.Clickity, clackity. The roller coaster car is going up, up, up to the highest spot. And at least one of the people in the car has never ridden on a roller coaster before . . . ever. Wheeeeeeee! Pushes and Pulls  Pushes and Pulls  Acids and Bases  Acids and bases are everywhere. They are found in our homes, our cars, our food, and even out bodies. They take many different forms and are called by many different names. Learn about how we use acids and bases in our everyday lives, how they affect our environment, and what happens when they come together.Bridge Building: Bridge Designs and How They Work  Wild Wings: Planes, Rockets, and Spacecraft to Build and Fly!  Electricity  Science Encyclopedia  Arranged thematically, this encyclopedia con tains explanations which, as much as possible, link basic sc ientific principles to everyday life in order to aid underst anding. Cartoons, quizzes and experiments show that science is fun as well as useful. 'Forest Fire  A fierce fire is rapidly spreading through a rural area in North America. Follow a young journalist as she joins a team of firefighters that is working to control and prevent devastating fires. Will the team survive the blazes that are sweeping through the area?The exciting and innovative Expedition Earth series leads readers on up-close and personal adventures to natural disasters. Young readers experience the action first-hand through diary entries. Real-life case studies and scientific information are presented through captions, reports, maps, and fact boxes. The unique journal format brings together fact and fiction to create an explosive story that readers won't soon forget. Following a young journalist on search and rescue missions around the world, the reader will investigate the natural processes behind major phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes, and see first hand the devastating consequences for people living in the disaster areas. At every stage of the expedition the reader sees what the experts are seeing and learns what they are learning, using scientific methods. A fictional story unwraps through diary entries, while real-life case studies and scientific information are presented through captions, reports, maps, and fact boxes. An index and glossary are included. This series supplements school curriculum in science and social studies. Toy Designer: Technology and Energy  TOPICS: Technology and EnergyHow Things Work Encyclopedia  Looking at the technology all around us-and then explaining how it works, the How Things Work Encyclopedia lifts the hood of a car engine, gets inside a TV set, and discovers the power of invisible microwaves. With close-ups, cutaways, and diagrams bringing the technology to life, and timelines illustrating the development of inventions, challenging curiosity quizzes and fascinating facts, the How Things Work Encyclopedia lets children really see and understand what's going on inside.Fun with Physics  Explains how physics is involved in all aspects of our lives—through chapters on physics in fun, nature, home, and sports—and presents activities to demonstrate physical principles.Energy: The Driving Force  This book explains how energy makes things work, explains the energy sources which power our modern world), and describes how these sources have been used in the past, how they are used today and where our energy supplies are likely to come from in the future.Mixtures & Compounds  |
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Aug 29, 2022