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Books in Collins eyewitness explorers series

  • Eyewitness Explorer: Weather Watcher: Explore Nature with Loads of Fun Activities

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    Paperback (DK Children, Sept. 1, 2015)
    From light breezes to heavy storms, Weather Watcher helps young readers understand the different weather conditions that affect our everyday lives. With over 30 activities, kids can study clouds and fog, make a rainbow, create a snowflake, track a storm, and make tornadoes and hurricanes using everyday objects.Eyewitness Explorers encourage hands-on learning with 30 easy activities that help children observe, explore, and learn about the natural world. Each book explains the science behind the activities, laying the essential groundwork for contextualizing the experience to come. But at the heart of the books are the activities themselves — a chance to learn by doing with experiments that can be carried out right at home. Most can even be completed with materials already on hand, so there's no complicated preparation or specialized equipment needed. Simply choose one of the projects and follow the step-by-step, photographically illustrated instructions.
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  • Eyewitness Explorer: Rock and Fossil Hunter: Explore Nature with Loads of Fun Activities

    Ben Morgan, Douglas Palmer

    Paperback (DK Children, Jan. 19, 2015)
    Explore the world of rocks and fossils with hands-on fossil activities. Eyewitness Explorer: Rock and Fossil Hunter includes more than 30 fun activities you can do to learn more about rocks and fossils! Learn how to study the rocks, minerals, and fossils around you — from geodes of all shapes, to minerals that glow in the dark — and unlock the secrets that rocks and fossils hold! With Eyewitness Explorer: Rock and Fossil Hunter, you can start a rock collection, grow your own gems, and even create an erupting volcano! Eyewitness Explorers encourage hands-on learning with 30 easy activities that help children observe, explore, and learn about the natural world. Each book explains the science behind the activities, laying the essential groundwork for contextualizing the experience to come. But at the heart of the books are the activities themselves — a chance to learn by doing with experiments that can be carried out right at home. Simply choose one of the projects and follow the step-by-step, photographically illustrated instructions to build an erupting volcano, start a rock collection, or grow gems.
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  • Eyewitness Explorer: Night Sky Detective: Explore Nature with Loads of Fun Activities

    DK

    Paperback (DK Children, June 2, 2015)
    Focus your telescope and get ready to learn all about the night sky. Eyewitness Explorer: Night Sky Detective is full of activities for adventurous hands-on learning with activities to help spot different constellations, make paper planets, study Jupiter and its moons, create a star chart, escape velocity, and even launch a homemade rocket. Eyewitness Explorers encourage hands-on learning with 30 easy activities that help children observe, explore, and learn about the natural world. Each book explains the science behind the activities, laying the essential groundwork for contextualizing the experience to come. But at the heart of the books are the activities themselves — a chance to learn by doing with experiments that can be carried out right at home. Most can even be completed with materials already on hand, so there's no complicated preparation or specialized equipment needed. Simply choose one of the projects and follow the step-by-step, photographically illustrated instructions to create rainbows, make a moth trap, grow stalactites, mix mineral paint, and much more.
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  • Eyewitness Explorer: Bug Hunter: Explore Nature with Loads of Fun Activities

    David Burnie

    Paperback (DK Children, Jan. 19, 2015)
    Explore the world of bugs through hands-on insect activities. Eyewitness Explorer: Bug Hunter includes more than 30 fun activities that you can do to learn more about bugs! Enter the kingdom of the creepy crawlies, and learn about everything from beetles to bees to spiders to scorpions. Identify bugs of all kinds, and learn to study insects in their natural habitats. You can even raise your own caterpillars with the step-by-step instructions you'll find in Eyewitness Explorer: Bug Hunter! Eyewitness Explorers encourage hands-on learning with 30 easy activities that help children observe, explore, and learn about the natural world. Each book explains the science behind the activities, laying the essential groundwork for contextualizing the experience to come. But at the heart of the books are the activities themselves — a chance to learn by doing with experiments that can be carried out right at home. Simply choose one of the projects and follow the step-by-step, photographically illustrated instructions to create learn about bugs, explore insect habitats, and raise a caterpillar.
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  • Eyewitness Explorers: Seashore

    David Burnie

    Paperback (DK CHILDREN, March 1, 1997)
    Provides information on what shapes the shoreline and what causes tides, and describes some of the creatures that live along the shore
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  • Rocks & Minerals

    Steve Parker

    Paperback (DK CHILDREN, March 5, 1997)
    Discusses the characteristics of the various types of rocks and minerals, from precious gems to fossils, and suggests hands-on projects such as crystal collecting
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  • Shells

    Jennifer Coldrey

    Hardcover (Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, )
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  • Seashore

    David Burnie

    Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, March 15, 1994)
    Provides information on what shapes the shoreline and what causes tides, and describes some of the creatures that live along the shore
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  • Eyewitness Explorers: Flowers

    David Burnie

    Paperback (DK CHILDREN, Sept. 15, 1997)
    Describes the physical characteristics and life cycles of flowers and examines kinds of garden flowers, woodland flowers, desert flowers, and others
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  • Eyewitness Explorer: Bird Watcher

    DK

    Paperback (DK Children, Sept. 1, 2015)
    In Eyewitness Explorers: Bird Watcher, young bird lovers can discover all they need to know about these winged wonders. In the book are 30 hands on activities that allow budding ornithologists to build a birdfeeder, make a nest box, birdbath, and bird garden; plus uncover tracks and trails, study nests, explore different kinds of bird feathers and eggs, and learn migration patterns.Eyewitness Explorers encourage hands-on learning with 30 easy activities that help children observe, explore, and learn about the natural world. Each book explains the science behind the activities, laying the essential groundwork for contextualizing the experience to come. But at the heart of the books are the activities themselves — a chance to learn by doing with experiments that can be carried out right at home. Most can even be completed with materials already on hand, so there's no complicated preparation or specialized equipment needed. Simply choose one of the projects and follow the step-by-step, photographically illustrated instructions.
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  • Rocks and Minerals

    Steve Parker

    Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, Sept. 15, 1993)
    Youngsters with inquisitive minds can learn about the characteristics of every type of rock and mineral, from precious gems to fossils, and also participate in hands-on projects such as crystal-collecting.
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  • Flowers

    David Burnie

    Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, March 15, 1992)
    Describes the physical characteristics and life cycles of flowers and examines kinds of garden flowers, woodland flowers, desert flowers, and others
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