Destructive hurricanes make the news every year. These giant stroms travel across oceans, building in strength, until they hit land. When hurricanes do make landfall - WATCH OUT!- their powerful winds, pounding rain, and massive flooding can destroy homes, towns, even big cities. Hunt for information about hurricanes in this book and build your science Smart Word vocabulary!
Turn heat energy into mechanical energy. Make a thermometer. Use gravity to cut an ice cube in two. Find out why popcorn pops and how a hammer generates heat. Formerly a little in Robert W. Rood's popular Physics for Kids series, this new edition brings thermodynamic principles to life with even more imaginative hands-on activities for home or school that will captivate children ages 8 and up. …
Plants & Animals is one of four titles in the Mad About Science series. This is a bright, colourful series designed to help Key Stage 2 children (7-11's) develop their scientific skills and knowledge, mainly by learning at home in support of their National Curriculum classroom studies. Each book is packed full of easy-to-perform experiments illustrating basic scientific theories and processes. …
Words From the Land spans the full range of the contemporary nature writing genre. In this expanded edition, Stephen Trimble adds five writers to the fifteen included in the original edition, including selections both from well-known masters and from vital new writers who focus on our relationship with the earth. A new preface brings his critical commentary up to date. In his fascinating introd…
#1 New York Times best-selling author Alison McGhee tells the tale of a child's first rite of passage - from the crib to the big bed. Ross MacDonald's glowing illustrations will comfort, amuse, and inspire toddlers and even their parents as they take this first big step together.
Did humans evolve from ape-like creatures? Have scientists found fossils of the missing link? Does the similarity between human and chimp DNA point to common ancestry? These and other questions are answered in this Pocket Guide to Apemen. Experts in the fields of paleontology, anatomy, genetics, and ancient Bible texts examine both the scientific evidence and the Biblical record to show that…