Thirteen experiments about the six simple machines — the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge and screw — teach kids about basic science. Full-color photographs and step-by-step instructions clearly explain each activity, so that kids can make the most of the machines with minimal help from adults. Part of the Starting with Science series, Simple Machines encourages children to have fun as they learn basic science and fills a need for primary-level science resources.

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With projects ranging from building a basic battery-connected circuit to a do-it -yourself burglar alarm, children will have fun discovering the properties and principles of electricity.

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Solids, Liquids and Gases has 13 experiments carefully chosen by the Ontario Science Centre. With minimal supervision, children can explore the three states of matter, what makes each state unique and how matter changes from a solid to a liquid to a gas through evaporation, condensation, melting and freezing. Filled with bright photographs, the Starting with Science series provides valuable lessons about basic science for five to eight year olds.

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”A foundational look at inclined planes, explaining how these simple machines work and describing some common examples, such as ramps, that have been used throughout history”–Provided by publisher.
Title: Inclined Planes
Author: Bodden, Valerie
Publisher: Creative Co
Publication Date: 2011/01/01
Number of Pages: 24
Binding Type: LIBRARY
Library of Congress: 2009048830

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Describes how clouds form, and explains the differences between cirrus, stratus, cumulus, and nimbus clouds. Includes activity.

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Compasses and magnetite, magnetic poles and motors – learn about how magnets affect our lives.

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Describes many different kinds, uses, and benefits of pulleys. Provides examples of pulleys by showing a flagpole, a crane, an elevator and window blinds.

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Each book in this series examines a key utility used by the average household. This book looks at electricity, and examines what it is, how we use it, where it is made, and environmental issues arising from the ways we use electricity in our homes.

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Describes the different kinds, uses, and benefits of inclined planes and ramps. Includes an activity.

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Young readers are introduced to Henry David Thoreau’s masterpiece, Walden, through excerpts from the original work.

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Provides examples showing how screws are simple machines that make joining things together and moving, easier.

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Provides examples to show how wedges are simple machines that make pulling apart, stopping, and moving easier. Includes an activity.

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This series uses large, arresting photograph s to show machines at work in different places. Simple illus trations pick out special features and the text describes th e importance of these machines in everyday life. ‘

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The goal of my book is to promote basic physical science vocabulary in the early grades.

Media messages remind us often of the lack of science proficiency in our graduates, and as usual they demand the teachers do something about it!

HOW CAN THIS BOOK HELP? Students can read it, hear it read, and look at it with sheer enjoyment. With it, the students begin to learn a new language the language of science – in the same way they listen, learn to speak, and absorb meanings from the cradle: through repetition. It contains simple science concepts. It teaches science vocabulary students will learn, not by memorizing definitions but by repetition. It has opportunities for activities in reading, measurement, language, writing, drawing and telling. It suggests hands-on lab activities that are fun for both student and teacher. It calls for teacher/student interaction. The results? Science is learned while reading is improved. Neither is sacrificed.

It’s A Science Thing is written in the rhythm and rhyme that appeals to children and contains colorful clips of art provided by:

clipArt.com and gifArt.com

Its Contents are: MATTER
Matter Is A Science Thing
Air

ENERGY
Matter’s Secret
ZzZING!
Lightning

GRAVITY
The Riddle
The Question
I Wonder…?
The Mystery
The Answer

A Final Message to the Boys and Girls and A Teacher’s Guide with suggestions for objectives and activities.

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Greetings! Do 4U the robot here, and I’m hard at work at Worldwide Robotics. I’m conducting experiments to find out about things like pulling, pushing, and friction. Charge your batteries and join me to learn all about forces and motion!

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

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Bulldozers tear huge rocks from the ground. Tower cranes life heavy loads on bridges and in shipyards. Dig into Giant Machines to learn more about these and many other powerful tools!

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Experiments and activities present the properties of light and demonstrate how it can be bent, reflected in a mirror, and used to make shadows, rainbows, and moving pictures.

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Provides examples to describe levers as simple machines used to lift, push, or move a load. Includes an activity.

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Explains the process of making a book by following the production of Nancy Carlson’s book, It’s Not My Fault!, through its stages of writing, illustrating, editing, designing, printing, and binding.

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How does a tree turn into a comic book or a magazine? Follow each step in the production cycle–from planting a tree to reading or writing on paper–in this fascinating book!

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Describes many different kinds, uses, and benefits of wheels and axles. Includes information on gears, sprockets, and cranks.

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Briefly introduces the process by which sugar is made from sugarcane.

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What unleashes the fury of a hurricane? How are hailstones formed? Is that cloud going to rain on our parade? The answers to these questions and many more can be found in this latest book in the How It Works series. Weather phenomena from tornadoes to rainbows are explained in this fun, informative guide to the climate that surrounds us. Bright illustrations liken weather to easy-to-understand images and show readers what causes some days to be bright, and others nasty. Complete with a full-color, tear-out wall poster, this book is the perfect way to introduce young readers to natural occurences they encounter every day.

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