Simons, Lisa M. B.
Summary: "You push your friend while they swing. You pull open a door. What happens when you push or pull an object? Let's investigate pushing and pulling forces!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pebble 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 531 SIMSpilsbury, Richard
Summary: Provides an introduction to how forces and motion work in space, including why astronauts feel heavy after take-off, why rockets are long and thin, and how spacecraft orbit Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Raintree 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.4 SPIClaybourne, Anna
Summary: "How can a plane fly upside down? Why aren't there any super-giant humans? Why doesn't the Moon fall out of the sky? answers all these intriguing questions about the science of forces, and much more."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 531 CLAHeitkamp, Kristina Lyn
Summary: Energy is everywhere. Introduce young readers to mechanical energy with this visually engaging text. Mechanical energy is defined through accessible language, explaining basic concepts such as potential and kinetic energy. Learn how mechanical energy has been harnessed in inventive ways over the course of history. Readers discover different sources of mechanical energy and how it can be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 531 HEIBatchelor, Jacob
Summary: Defined as the ability to do work, energy is one of the most crucial concepts in physical science existing seemingly everywhere and in everything. In this book, readers will learn how energy affects the movement of objects through the air, the warmth we feel on our skin when the sun shines, and many concepts in between. Readers will also conduct energy experiments and find out how humans have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 530 BATClaybourne, Anna
Summary: Presents simple experiments, with step-by-step, illustrated instructions, for studying the science of force and motion, including exciting zooming, flying, sliding, and squirting experiments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2015
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Summary: "Why do objects fall toward the ground? What makes electric lights go on when we flip a switch? How do magnets work? The answers to these questions and many more become clear when you understand how electromagnetic force and gravitational force operate. This title looks at these forces and presents key concepts in an accessible way. Important theories and applications are presented in clear,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 530 FAUBiskup, Agnieszka
Summary: "Super Scientist, Max Axiom, presents step-by-step photo-illustrated instructions for conducting a variety of forces and motion experiments and activities"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 531.6 BISMullins, Matt.
Summary: Photographs and text introduce scientific concepts related to energy, explaining what energy is and what it affects, describing how people have used energy throughout human history, and providing additional facts, statistics, and a time line.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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Summary: "Inside of you, there is a spark--it's what animates you, and without it, you could not live. This energy creation isn't mystical, nor is it spiritual; it is science. We know from research that our cellular machinery transforms the food we eat and the air we breathe into the electricity that fuels us. With the right lifestyle inputs, we glow with energy; but when the demands on our bodies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 MALEnz, Tammy.
Summary: "Explains the principles of inventing and provides photo-illustrated instructions for making a variety of projects that harness energy"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Invent EnzBodanis, David.
Summary: In his bestselling E=mc2, David Bodanis led us, with astonishing ease, through the world's most famous equation. Now, in Electric Universe, he illuminates the wondrous yet invisible force that permeates our universe and introduces us to the virtuoso scientists who plumbed its secrets. For centuries, electricity was seen as little more than a curious property of certain substances that sparked...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2005