Do you wonder about the world around us? In this book, learn about electrical circuits and why they make a difference in our daily lives.
Do you wonder about the world around us? Matter is all around us. In this book, learn about the different ways matter changes and how that impacts our daily lives.
This book introduces early readers to screws and how we use them every day. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading!
This book introduces early readers to wedges and how we use them every day. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading!
This book introduces early readers to wheels and axles and how we use them every day. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading!
This book introduces early readers to pulleys and how we use them every day. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading!
This book introduces early readers to inclined planes and how we use them every day. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading!
This book introduces early readers to levers and how we use them every day. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading!
Have you ever wanted to design a building or a machine? You may want to become an engineer. Engineers train their brains to think in a problem-solving way. With the help of the ideas in this book, you can start to think like an engineer too.
Have you ever wanted to create your own app, game, or website? You may want to become a coder. Coders train their brains to think in a logical way, step-by-step. With the help of the ideas in this book, you can start to think like a coder too.
Learn all about different kinds of stomach-turning smells. Discover fascinating facts, from the gases that make up farts to skunk behavior before a spray. Amazing photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read.
Taxing carbon emissions, which contribute to global warming, is one method governments are using to help decrease or control climate change. This informative title looks at the costs and benefits of this sometimes controversial tax and how different jurisdictions are implementing them.
"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants." This fascinating biography details the life and achievements of Sir Isaac Newton, a scientist and mathematician who made significant contributions to the field of physics. Newton's groundbreaking theory of gravity and the Laws of Motion proved a great leap forward in science and changed the world's understanding of the forces at work on Earth and in space.
"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered: the goal is to discover them." This fascinating biography details the life and achievements of Galileo Galilei, an artist and scientist who made significant contributions to so many fields of science that he is known as the "father of modern science." Galileo developed the process of investigation of the natural world, called the scientific method, that the world's scientists still follow today.
"The twentieth century was the only century in history when a single species, humans, had acquired significant power to change the nature of the whole world." This fascinating biography details the life and achievements of Rachel Carson, a scientist who made significant contributions to the field of biology. Carson's famous book called Silent Spring changed the world's understanding of the impact of human activities on the environment, helping to launch the modern environmental movement.
"Animals that are better adapted to their environment tend to survive and have more offspring." He named this idea natural selection. This fascinating biography details the life and achievements of Charles Darwin, a scientist who made significant contributions to the field of natural history. Darwin's groundbreaking Theory of Evolution changed the world's understanding of how animal species grow and change over generations.
"The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." This fascinating biography details the life and achievements of Albert Einstein, a scientist and mathematician who made significant contributions to the field of physics. Einstein's famous Theory of Relativity changed the world's understanding of space and created a whole new kind of science to study - cosmology.
Find out how code monkeys build sets of instructions called algorithms using flow charts.
Find out how code monkeys must talk in a special code so that computers and smart devices will understand.
Find out how code monkeys find and fix bugs - the part of an algorithm, or set of instructions, that does not work as it should.
Computers cannot think for themselves. Find out how code monkeys must tell computers exactly what to do.
This book builds beginning vocabulary about the science of weather. Extremely helpful for elementary science preparation, eight words combine with a visual depiction so readers can see what the word means.
This book builds beginning vocabulary about Earth science. Extremely helpful for elementary science preparation, eight words combine with a visual depiction so readers can see what the word means.
This book builds beginning vocabulary about plant science. Extremely helpful for elementary science preparation, eight words combine with a visual depiction so readers can see what the word means.
This book takes a first look at the tools young scientists can use to explore the world around them.