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  • Light and Shadow

    Susan Ring

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2003)
    Introduces different kinds of light, the properties of light, and how light can create shadows of different shapes and sizes.
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  • What A Blast! The Explosive Escapades Of Ethan

    Kathy Burkett

    Paperback (Scholastic Paperbacks, Sept. 1, 2002)
    Take the imagination of bestselling author Gordon Korman, add the hands-on expertise of the popular Mad Science group and eureka! A hilarious new science fiction series!Arcana has two famous families of science: the precise and methodical Flasks and their sneaky neighbors the von Offels who have stolen credit for every scientific breakthrough the Flasks have ever made. And it's about to happen again.Ethan Flask is a popular sixth-grade science teacher. The mysterious, ghostly Professor von Offel is supposed to be reviewing him for a prestigious teaching award. What he really wants is for Flask to unwittingly help him become fully corporeal again.
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  • The Story of Orange Juice

    Lisa Trumbauer

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2006)
    Explains how oranges are grown and harvested, and how orange juice is produced.
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  • My Apple Tree

    David Bauer

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2002)
    Text and photos present apple trees.
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  • A Year in the Desert

    Lisa Trumbauer

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2006)
    Introduces the weather seasons experienced in the Sonoran Desert.
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  • Animals in Danger

    Ellen Catala

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2006)
    Introduces concepts of extinction and preservation of endangered animals.
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  • Kitchen Science : Over 50 Ingenious Experiments for a Budding Scientist

    Christopher Maynard

    Hardcover (Gardners Books, April 30, 2001)
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  • Science Masters Light Waves

    Tara Haelle

    Paperback (Connections, Aug. 11, 2019)
    A crack of lightning. The blue glow of a phone screen. A blinking firefly. The blazing sun. A camera’s rapid flash. No matter the source, light travels in waves, and it does so at a speed faster than anything else in the universe. But what is light, anyway, and how do we study it? In this book, readers in grades 4-9 will learn about light waves and light’s properties and how people–and animals–manipulate light for their own purposes.This series features a variety of science topics aligned to NGSS standards. From mixing matter to the study of sound waves, each informative book includes a glossary, comprehension questions, and an activity for home or the classroom.

  • Make it Move!

    Jennifer VanVoorst

    Hardcover (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Text and photographs introduce simple machines and give examples of their everyday use.
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  • Looking at Ants

    Eleanor Christian, Lyzz Roth-Singer

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2000)
    Describes how to set up an ant farm, when to feed ants, and watching ants.
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  • Water

    Lisa Trumbauer

    Hardcover (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2002)
    Text and pictures present the different forms water can take including rain, snow, ice, hail, dew, steam, and fog.
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  • Science Masters Earth's Place in Space

    Tara Haelle

    Hardcover (Connections, Aug. 11, 2019)
    Living on a world as vast as Earth, it can be easy to forget that our planet is just a tiny speck in a massive universe filled with planets, moons, stars, asteroids, comets, dark matter, and maybe even alien life! In this book, readers in grades 4-9 will learn about Earth’s place in the Milky Way and the larger universe, and how humans are learning about the endless frontier of space.This series features a variety of science topics aligned to NGSS standards. From mixing matter to the study of sound waves, each informative book includes a glossary, comprehension questions, and an activity for home or the classroom.
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