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Author
Series
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
Forces and motion are everywhere! This book uses real-world examples to bring the concepts of force and motion to life in an approachable way. Clearly-written text draws in readers with concrete examples involving familiar, everyday things, from the Hubble Telescope to a game of tug-of-war. The book covers the history of and key figures in the understanding of force and motion, including Galileo, Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking. Major concepts...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Read and Experiment is an engaging series, introducing children to scientific concepts. Explore the world of forces with clear text, real-world examples and fun, safe step-by-step experiments. This book brings the science of forces to life, explaining the concepts and encouraging children to be hands-on scientists."--
84) Energy experiments using ice cubes, springs, magnets, and more: one hour or less science experiments
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Find out how energy is stored, transferred, and changed, what conducts and what stores heat, and how to change matter from a solid to a liquid to a gas"--
87) Energy
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"An examination of the science behind the physical phenomenon known as energy, including relevant theories and history-making discoveries as well as topics of current and future research"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Energy is everywhere. Introduce young readers to mechanical energy with this visually engaging text. Mechanical energy is defined through accessible language, explaining basic concepts such as potential and kinetic energy. Learn how mechanical energy has been harnessed in inventive ways over the course of history. Readers discover different sources of mechanical energy and how it can be transformed through real-world examples. The text also shares...
91) Make it zoom!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
U. S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Presents simple experiments, with step-by-step, illustrated instructions, for studying the science of force and motion, including exciting zooming, flying, sliding, and squirting experiments.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
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 that the push and pull of every object on the planet and in space depends on how a force acts upon it. Things float because of a force called buoyancy, we...
96) Killer energy
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
If you like your science with the squishy bits left in, then fasten your seat belts. There's a monster out there. It's huge, powerful, and it's been around forever. It can destroy a human being in hundreds of different ways. It's energy! Energy can make some very interesting things happen, and it's stored up all around us.
It's in the tiny sea creatures that died hundreds of millions of years ago and eventually became oil. It's in the guillotine...
97) Marvelous motion
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Describes motion, force, gravity, and friction.
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