Age
8-12
Grade
4-7
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's Energy for Every Kid: Easy Activities That Make Learning Science Fun
Paperback
(Wiley Oct. 10, 2005)
, 1st Edition
How do plants make their own food?
Why do the different strings on a guitar have differentsounds?
What does the color of a star tell you about how hot the staris?
What's the difference between gamma rays, X-rays, andmicrowaves?
Now you can discover the answers to these and many otherfascinating questions about energy for yourself with thisfun-filled science resource. Packed with illustrations, JaniceVanCleave's Energy for Every Kid presents entertaining, challengingexperiments and activities to help you understand the differenttypes of energy--including heat, sound, electricity, and light--andhow they bring about change in the world around you. You'll developyour problem-solving skills as you create a "leaping frog" thatturns potential energy into kinetic energy, model sound waves witha Slinky?, use a balloon to demonstrate static electricity, make"sun" tea with solar energy, and much more!
Each of the activities is broken down into its purpose, a list ofmaterials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and aneasy-to-understand explanation. Plus, all projects have beenpretested so you can perform them safely and inexpensively in theclassroom, at a science fair, or at home!
Also available in the Science for Every Kid series:
ASTRONOMY
BIOLOGY
CHEMISTRY
CONSTELLATIONS
DINOSAURS
EARTH SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
GEOGRAPHY
GEOMETRY
THE HUMAN BODY
MATH
OCEANS
PHYSICS
Why do the different strings on a guitar have differentsounds?
What does the color of a star tell you about how hot the staris?
What's the difference between gamma rays, X-rays, andmicrowaves?
Now you can discover the answers to these and many otherfascinating questions about energy for yourself with thisfun-filled science resource. Packed with illustrations, JaniceVanCleave's Energy for Every Kid presents entertaining, challengingexperiments and activities to help you understand the differenttypes of energy--including heat, sound, electricity, and light--andhow they bring about change in the world around you. You'll developyour problem-solving skills as you create a "leaping frog" thatturns potential energy into kinetic energy, model sound waves witha Slinky?, use a balloon to demonstrate static electricity, make"sun" tea with solar energy, and much more!
Each of the activities is broken down into its purpose, a list ofmaterials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and aneasy-to-understand explanation. Plus, all projects have beenpretested so you can perform them safely and inexpensively in theclassroom, at a science fair, or at home!
Also available in the Science for Every Kid series:
ASTRONOMY
BIOLOGY
CHEMISTRY
CONSTELLATIONS
DINOSAURS
EARTH SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
GEOGRAPHY
GEOMETRY
THE HUMAN BODY
MATH
OCEANS
PHYSICS
- ISBN
- 9780471330 / 9780471330998
- Pages
- 236
- Weight
- 10.7 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.05 x 0.7 in.
Enjoy reading Janice VanCleave's Energy for Every Kid: Easy Activities That Make Learning Science Fun? You may also like these books
-
R
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's 201 Awesome, Magical, Bizarre, & Incredible Experiments
Paperback (Jossey-Bass April 29, 1994) -
U
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's Science Around the World: Activities on Biomes from Pole to Pole
Paperback (Wiley March 10, 2004) -
R
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's Machines: Mind-boggling Experiments You Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects
Paperback (Wiley Feb. 17, 1993) -
R
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's Chemistry for Every Kid: 101 Easy Experiments that Really Work
Hardcover (Jossey-Bass March 20, 1989) -
R
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's Big Book of Play and Find Out Science Projects
Paperback (Jossey-Bass March 30, 2007) -
T
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's Great Science Project Ideas from Real Kids
Paperback (Wiley Oct. 20, 2006) -
T
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's Rocks and Minerals: Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects
Paperback (Wiley Jan. 12, 1996) -
R
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's Plants: Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects
Paperback (Wiley Dec. 6, 1996) -
S
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's 203 Icy, Freezing, Frosty, Cool, and Wild Experiments
Paperback (Wiley Sept. 21, 1999) -
T
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's Magnets: Mind-boggling Experiments You Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects
Paperback (Wiley Feb. 17, 1993) -
U
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's Weather: Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects
Paperback (Wiley Feb. 20, 1995) -
T
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's Volcanoes: Mind-boggling Experiments You Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects
Paperback (Wiley March 1, 1994) -
U
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's Physics for Every Kid: 101 Easy Experiments in Motion, Heat, Light, Machines, and Sound
Hardcover (Wiley March 16, 1991) -
S
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's 202 Oozing, Bubbling, Dripping, and Bouncing Experiments
Paperback (Wiley July 10, 1996) -
U
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's the Solar System: Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn into Science Fair Projects
Paperback (Wiley Jan. 12, 2000) -
R
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's 200 Gooey, Slippery, Slimy, Weird and Fun Experiments
Paperback (Wiley Oct. 16, 1992) -
R
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's Gravity: Mind-boggling Experiments You Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects
Paperback (Wiley Sept. 11, 1992) -
T
Janice VanCleave
Janice VanCleave's Microscopes and Magnifying Lenses: Mind-boggling Chemistry and Biology Experiments You Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects
Paperback (Wiley Sept. 7, 1993)
