Ever wonder how astronauts are able to breathe a continuous supply of oxygen in space? This hands-on approach to electricity and magnetism lets readers conduct experiments to answer this and other fascinating questions! Readers will love learning that the scientific principles they re applying at home have real-world applications. For example, they ll rock out on their own electric drums while learning about technological advances in professional instruments. Simple step-by-step instructions accompanied by detailed photographs make each activity accessible, while handy tips ensure readers safety and fun. Budding scientists will enjoy exploring the recommended twists and additions to experiments.


Reading about heat and cold is just the tip of the iceberg this book lets readers create their own icebergs! Hands-on activities make learning about heat and cold both tangible and fun. Simple explanations help readers grasp complex concepts while step-by-step instructions and accompanying photographs ensure they will master each experiment. Helpful tips keep readers safe and offer suggestions for improvements! Aspiring young scientists will enjoy trying the recommended additions and twists to activities. They ll also learn real-life applications for the same scientific principles they re working with at home, such as how air pockets in igloos work as insulation!

Yeast can burp? Plants can solve mazes? Readers won t believe the amazing results of these fantastic experiments! This book introduces readers to the science behind plants and other living things through fun hands-on activities. Simple language explains complex concepts, and step-by-step instructions with accompanying photographs make experiments accessible. Nifty tips help readers safely reach the best results. They ll love trying recommended tweaks and additions to experiments for even cooler outcomes. Real-life examples of the same scientific principles at play in each activity will get readers excited about the science at work in their everyday world.

Even reluctant readers will be pulled into these engaging experiments about force! Cool activities, like constructing different types of ping-pong catapults, make science concepts both tangible and fun. Enthusiastic readers will love trying recommended additional twists to activities. They ll learn amazing real-life examples of the same forces they are studying at home, such as how tightrope walkers use poles to keep their mass over their center of gravity. Easy-to-understand language explains the forces at play and answers curious readers questions, while step-by-step instructions and photographs make activities accessible. Helpful tips ensure they safely conduct experiments with ease.


Disappearing coins, balloon megaphones, CD rainbows the science of light and sound sometimes seems like magic! Readers will learn the amazing facts behind these phenomena that are more fascinating than fiction. Simple language explains the properties of light and sound, while hands-on activities give readers tangible examples to help them retain crucial science information. Helpful tips make experiments easy and safe, and step-by-step instructions with photographs ensure accessibility. Readers will love focusing light to pop balloons, talking to friends over plastic cup telephones, and other whacky adventures in scientific principles. They ll learn incredible real-life examples of the same concepts they re exploring at home, such as how laser beams focus light to produce heat!