Science starters

Describes the discovery of electricity, how it is generated, and the links between electricity and magnetism. Includes instructions for experiments.

An impassioned, tender, and joyous memoir by the author of Musicophilia and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: "Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far." It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. From its opening pages on his youthful obsession with motorcycles and speed, On the Move is infused with his restless energy. As he recounts his experiences as a young neurologist in the early 1960s, first in California, where he struggled with drug addiction and then in New York, where he discovered a long-forgotten illness in the back wards of a chronic hospital, we see how his engagement with patients comes to define his life. With unbridled honesty and humor, Sacks shows us that the same energy that drives his physical passions--weight lifting and swimming--also drives his cerebral passions. He writes about his love affairs, both romantic and intellectual; his guilt over leaving his family to come to America; his bond with his schizophrenic brother; and the writers and scientists--Thom Gunn, A. R. Luria, W. H. Auden, Gerald M. Edelman, Francis Crick--who influenced him. On the Move is the story of a brilliantly unconventional physician and writer--and of the man who has illuminated the many ways that the brain makes us human.

Summary, Presents projects and experiments demonstrating the effects of mirrors and lenses on rays of light.

Photographs, simple text, and activities introduce the subject of force and the way things move.

Explains basic concepts about rocks and soils, describes their composition and formation, and suggests activities and experiments to reinforce this information.

An introduction to buoyancy. Includes key vocabulary, a story, and notes for parents and teachers.

Describes the properties of water and relates how we make use of water in our everyday activities. Includes experiments.

Explains the need for standard units of measure and suggests simple experiments that demonstrate the use of these units in measuring distance, volume, and weight.

Look inside a microhabitat and discover a world of inhabitants! A close look at each microhabitat reveals an unbelievable variety of organisms. Vibrant photographs and detailed illustrations combine to make this book informative and engaging. A visual table of contents helps readers navigate the text, and informative labels make the photographs valuable sources of information.

Examines how essential water is to living things, both human and animal.

Discusses the concept of force and how the earth's gravity determines an object's weight. Introduces devices used to measure weight.

Looks at core curriculum science topics through the lens of "Do it Yourself" guides, providing a fun approach and reinforcing knowledge of the instructional text type. This series includes subject matter to motivate reluctant learners.

Suggests activities demonstrating how variations in the creation of sound can create musical tones for the human ear and why musical instruments produce sound.

Pouncing spiders, industrious ants, buzzing bees and beautiful butterflies scuttle, zoom and swoop within the pages of this book. The questions uncover essential and extraordinary facts about every aspect of the lives of these minibeasts.

Provides instruction for a variety of projects demonstrating the properties and uses of magnets and electricity.

Provides instructions for a variety of projects that demonstrate the properties and uses of water.

Provides instructions for various experiments and activities involving metal, plastic, fabrics, wood, paper, and other types of materials.

Provides instructions for a variety of projects that demonstrate the properties and uses of sound.

Describes the nature and capabilities of air and how it makes flight possible.

Examines what makes the air move, how wind affects us and our natural environment, how to measure and forecast weather, and how pollution affects the weather.

Explains the properties of light which make variation in color possible and suggests projects and experiments to demonstrate such principles.

Examines the properties of various building materials and shows through simple text and specific do-it-yourself projects how the structure of roofs, foundations, and bridges relate to that of the human body.