Vicki Cobb
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Just how do straws work? Find out how in this new, colorful, easy-to-read STEM book!
"STEM" is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Though these subjects are incredibly important to both education and society as a whole, they are often overlooked, especially after primary education is complete. A goal of this book is to introduce STEM to kids and make them excited about learning these central subjects.
In Why Can I Suck Through...
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Why does ice cream melt? Find out how in this new, colorful, easy-to-read STEM book!
"STEM" is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Though these subjects are incredibly important to both education and society as a whole, they are often overlooked, especially after primary education is complete. A goal of this book is to introduce STEM to kids and make them excited about learning these central subjects.
In Why Does My Ice Cream...
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Why don't we feel the Earth move? Why does an ice cube float? Why can't you unscramble an egg? Why can't we live forever? These are all questions that a curious kid might ask. In What's the BIG Idea?, renowned juvenile science educator Vicki Cobb answers these and other fascinating questions to help kids learn more about the world through the wonders of science.
A big idea is one that has no simple or easy answer, and there are four big ideas in...
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How do you dry off? Find out how in this new, colorful, easy-to-read STEM book!
"STEM" is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Though these subjects are incredibly important to both education and society as a whole, they are often overlooked, especially after primary education is complete. A goal of this book is to introduce STEM to kids and make them excited about learning these central subjects.
In Why Do I Dry Off?, your...
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With See For Yourself, budding scientists can wow their teachers and classmates (and maybe win a ribbon or two) by learning:
• How to extract DNA from an onion
• How pigments from vegetables make dye
• How to make paper out of lint from a clothes dryer
• How to make a friend feel like he or she has a third hand
• What happens when you grow yeast in dandruff shampoo
• That tea and iron pills make excellent inks
• And much more!
See for...
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Would you believe that you could throw an egg across the room without breaking it? Burn a candle underwater? We Dare You! is a gigantic collection of irresistible, easy-to-perform science experiments, tricks, bets, and games kids can do at home with everyday household objects. Thanks to the principles of gravity, mechanics, fluids, logic, geometry, energy, and perception, kids will find countless hours of fun with the selections included in this book....
10) Harry Houdini
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[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 4
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Presents a biography of magician Harry Houdini.
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Science projects in the areas of chemistry, earth science, physical science, the human body, and technology.You'll find some experiments that are quick and easy and others that are very challenging. The materials you'll need come from the supermarket, the toy store,the hardware store, the stationary store, and the drugstore.
15) I get wet
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[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Renowned science author Vicki Cobb has concocted just the right formula for making scientific principles easy for even the youngest kids to understand.
17) I fall down
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[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Simple experiments introduce the basic concept of gravity and its relationship to weight.
18) Marie Curie
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2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4
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A biography of Polish-French physicist and chemist Marie Curie, who was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity and won a Nobel prize in both physics and in chemistry.