Thomas Canavan
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Provides step-by-step instructions for performing science experiments that use household materials, including a soap-powered boat, a pencil-proof bag, and a tabletop catapult.
"From Vinegar Rockets to Tabletop Catapults, and from Mummified Apples to Bouncing Eggs, this book is bursting with brilliant experiments!"--P. [4] cover.
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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...
3) Number magic
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Provides illustrated step-by-step instructions for perfoming magic tricks.
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"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...
6) Table Magic
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Master a number of magic tricks with this manual of the mysterious! The illusions-made accessible with step-by-step instructions and amusing illustrations-will have young magicians defying the laws of physics, reading minds, and much more in no time.
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Why does tickling make you laugh? What happens if you eat upside down? For the answers to these questions, and many more, just look inside!
This hilarious fact book is all themed around the human body. Featuring hilarious cartoon illustrations, What Makes You Hiccup? will help children name different organs and learn basic biological principles, all while laughing at the body's gross quirks.
ABOUT THE SERIES: Big Ideas! is a dynamic, high-energy...
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Keep your possessions close! This book teaches the magically inclined how to make things-from coins to a thimble to a wristwatch and beyond-disappear. The tricks are broken into simple steps accompanied by colorful illustrations. Your junior magicians' dexterity and self-confidence will improve as they practice these sleights of hand.
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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...
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Did you know that in a room of 23 people, it's more likely than not that two people share a birthday? And that everything from rock music to code-breaking is based on maths?
This book is packed full of 101 eye-opening and extraordinary maths-based facts that kids will love to discover and share. Each fact hooks readers into a discussion of some of the most fascinating areas of mathematics.
Perfect for children aged 8+.
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Why are black holes black? Why can't you tickle yourself? For the answers to these, and many more science questions, just look inside!
Young readers will be blown away by this book of crazy science facts. Illustrated throughout with hilarious cartoons, What Does the Moon Taste Like? will introduce children to the basics of biology, chemistry and physics, in a fun and accessible way.
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This book will help students to hone their algebra problem solving abilities with 50 fun and engaging puzzles. All of the puzzles are carefully designed to help young readers increase their speed, confidence, accuracy, and ability in solving math problems that involve algebra and other symbol systems-both in the classroom and in the real world. Each page of the book features a different puzzle intended to enhance the development of necessary algebraic...
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Why does popcorn pop? What makes you hiccup? Why do zebras have stripes? The answers to these and many other brain-teasing questions can be found in this fact-packed book. The clear explanations will help readers aged 8 and up make sense of the world's most weird and wonderful things and build up their scientific knowledge.
14) Comedy Magic
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Have you ever seen an apple bounce without being bruised? How about a thimble hop from one finger to another all on its own? Learn the secrets of these and many more magic tricks as they are explained with fully-illustrated, step-by-step instructions.
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Symmetry and the mathematical basis of shapes create the 50 engaging and fun puzzles in this book and will help students hone their skills in understanding. All of the puzzles are carefully designed to help young readers increase their speed, confidence, and ability in identifying, analyzing, and constructing various shapes and symmetries/asymmetries, both in the classroom and in real life. Each page of the book features a different puzzle intended...
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Why can't we breathe underwater? Is the small intestine really longer than the human body? How does our brain tell the rest of our body what to do? Find the answers to these and lots of other human body puzzlers inside this fantastic, fact-packed book. Perfect for curious kids aged 8 and up.
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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...
18) Mental Math
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All 50 of the fun and engaging puzzles in this book are carefully designed to help young readers hone their mental math problem solving abilities, increase their speed, confidence, accuracy, and ability in solving mental math problems both in the classroom and in real life. Each page of the book features a different puzzle intended to enhance the development of necessary mental math problem solving skills. The book's content and methods correlate...
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Hold on to your lab goggles! From a homemade lava lamp to a potato-powered battery, this book is bursting with fantastic experiments to impress your friends and bring science to life.
The fun projects have easy-to-follow instructions, and clear explanations of why each one works.
Science has never been so much fun!
20) Problem Solving
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The 50 fun and engaging puzzles in this book will help students to hone their problem solving abilities. All of the puzzles are carefully designed to help young readers increase their speed, confidence, accuracy, and ability in solving mathematical problems both in the classroom and in real life. Each page of the book features a different puzzle intended to enhance the development of necessary math problem solving skills. The book's content and methods...