Summary: Presents more than one hundred home science experiments that answer such questions as "Why does bread rise?," "What is mold?," and "How are fingerprints formed?"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time for Kids Books 2011
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Summary: "For curious young minds who ask why? how? what? when? and then why? again and again, the bestselling team behind Ada Twist, Scientist has developed a STEM project book based on the beloved character. Ada herself will take readers through the scientific method and introduce them to some of her favorite sciences, including chemistry, botany, astronomy, and environmental science. Budding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 507.8 BEADispezio, Michael A.
Summary: Provides help in creating and carrying out a science project by presenting an actual sample project, along with specific project ideas and strategies. Need a blue-ribbon science project? Here's a treasure trove of super experiments to carry out: construct a simple circuit; exercise a little Sun Power with a solar cell; produce carbon dioxide with vinegar and baking soda; hatch some brine...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J507.8 DISLeavitt, Loralee.
Summary: "Following the success of the first Candy Experiments, this all-new collection presents more ways to destroy store-bought candy and learn some science in the process. Candy Experiments 2 delivers fun science facts from the perspective of a real mom in the kitchen doing crazy things with brand-name store-bought candy. Marshmallows, cotton candy, Pixy Stix, Jawbreakers, Pop Rocks, gummi candy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 507.8 LEALeavitt, Loralee.
Summary: Candy is more than a sugary snack. With candy, you can become a scientific detective. You can test candy for secret ingredients, peel the skin off candy corn, or float an "m" from M&M's. You can spread candy dyes into rainbows, or pour rainbow layers of colored water. You'll learn how to turn candy into crystals, sink marshmallows, float taffy, or send soda spouting skyward. You can even make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Pub. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 507.8 LEAMurray, Julie
Summary: Little readers will learn the essentials of the United States Navy SEALS (how the Navy SEALS keeps us safe, various jobs, weapons and machinery, and more) through easy-to-read, simple text. Includes full-bleed photographs, bolded glossary terms, and a More Facts section.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 359.9 MURSummary: The essays in this year's Best American Science and Nature Writing probe at the ordinary and urge us to think more deeply about our place in the world around us. From a hopeful portrait of a future for people with Alzheimer's disease, to a fascinating exploration of the rise of nearsightedness in children, to the heroic story of a herd of cows that evaded a hurricane, these selections reveal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.8 BESSummary: "Clearly explained engineering concepts and fun, simple projects give kids ages 7-9 the chance to put their STEAM knowledge to the test! Teach kids to think like an engineer! The engaging projects in this book will encourage kids to investigate using items from around the house. Build a robot arm out of rulers; learn about jet propulsion with balloons; crush toilet-paper rolls to explore...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2018
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Summary: "There are stories of meat-eating plants, but are they really true? Yes! Plants are just as freaky as animals in many ways. This book dives into jungles, forests, and fields all over the world that contain some of the wildest plants on the planet. From Venus flytraps and pitcher plants to a plant that smells like a rotting corpse, these organisms are as diverse as they are weird. Toxic mosses...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 580.2 LEVPfeffer, Wendy
Summary: Describes how and why daylight grows shorter as winter approaches, the effect of shorter days on animals and people, and how the winter solstice has been celebrated throughout history. Includes activities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2003
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Summary: Introduces young readers to different areas of science, including technology, engineering, the solar system, plants and animals, and numbers and measurements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 500 BURLehn, Barbara.
Summary: Simple text and photographs depict children engaged in various activities that make up the scientific process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 502.3 LEHWilliams, Jennifer
Summary: Presents twenty activities that test the scientific properties of elements of popular children's books, including creating slime, shaking cream into butter, and constructing an air balloon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bright Sky Press 2009
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Summary: The Earth's oceans are on the rise. Since 1900, global sea levels have risen steadily each year to a global average of about 8 inches (20cm) today, and they're still rising. By 2100, the sea could climb as much as 14 feet (4.3m) to 32 feet (9.75m). Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World gives youth an eye-popping view of what the Earth might look like under the rising and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books Ltd. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.45 THOBrennan, Shawn
Summary: "Introduction to inventions people use every day using simple text, illustrations, and photos. Features include puzzles and games, fun facts, a resource list, and an index"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 600 BRESummary: Sy Montgomery, New York Times best-selling author and recipient of numerous awards, edits this year's volume of the finest science and nature writing. "Science is important because this is how we seek to discover the truth about the world. And this is what makes excellent science and nature writing essential," observes New York Times best-selling author Sy Montgomery. "Science and nature...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.8 BESSummary: Presents a collection of nature and science essays published in American periodicals in the previous year, including works by such authors as Julia Rosen, Kashmir Hill, and Lucy Sherriff.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.8 BESFraknoi, Andrew
Summary: This illustrated book is a fun way to get young astronomers ready for August 2017, when millions of North Americans will have the rare chance to witness a solar eclipse. The book tells how two curious children and their grandparents re-create eclipses in their living room using a lamp, a tennis ball, two Hula Hoops, and Ping-Pong balls. Later, in the backyard and around the house, the family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Science Teachers Association 2017
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.7 FRAMurray, Julie
Summary: Young readers will learn the essentials of the United States Air Force (how the Air Force keeps us safe, various jobs, weapons and machinery, and more) through easy-to-read, simple text.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO 2015
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Summary: Learn the essentials of the United States Navy (how the Navy keeps us safe, various jobs, weapons and machinery, and more) through easy-to-read, simple text.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 359 MURSummary: Dr. Michio Kaku, one of the most influential living scientists and a New York Times best-selling author, selects the year’s top science and nature writing from writers who balance research with humanity and, in the process, uncover riveting stories of discovery across the disciplines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 BESSummary: "This ground-breaking anthology features the compelling and courageous memoirs of eighteen queer Arab writers - some internationally bestselling, others using pseudonyms. Here, we find heart-warming connections and moments of celebration alongside essays exploring the challenges of being LGBTQ+ and Arab. From a military base in the Gulf to loving whispers caught between the bedsheets; and from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saqi Books 2022
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Summary: Learn the essentials of the United States Marine Corps (how the Marine Corps keeps us safe, various jobs, weapons and machinery, and more) through easy-to-read, simple text.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 359.9 MURPhillips, Sarah
Summary: "A time-traveling trip through a whole world of art. Even before they could write, people have always told stories with pictures and sculptures. And though art is universal, the story we know about it is not. Join two young adventurers on a truly global journey through thousands of years of art history. Discover treasure in Ancient Greece, marvel at bronze sculptures in Benin, decode messages...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2023