Join the international community of scientists and explore the world's most exciting discoveries . . .
Build a simple machine like the ancient Egyptians might have used to build the pyramids. Construct your own rocket thrusters to simulate those used by U.S. astronauts. Make your own paper using a 2,000-year-old recipe from China.
These are just some of the exciting projects you'll find in Science around the World, a fun and fact-filled book of experiments and activities highlighting scientific discoveries from throughout history that shaped the way we live. Travel...
Join the international community of scientists and explore the world's most exciting discoveries . . .
Looking at little thingsthings too small to see with the naked eyecan be big fun. It s certainly smart science, and award-winning authors Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone are here to show kids the basics of creating their own professional-quality slides and using their own microscopes. A whole world will open up to budding scientists as they learn to identify the microscope s different pieces, practice focusing, and prepare different kinds of samples for viewing. Illustrated throughout with photomicrographs (pictures taken through a microscope), and complete with a reproducible form for...
Looking at little thingsthings too small to see with the naked eyecan be big fun. It s certainly smart science, and award-winning authors Shar Levine ...