Books in Life Science series

Describes how inspiration for invention can come from nature.

How does an airplane slow down? What makes us stick to the Earth's surface? What type of rock can sometimes float? Take a closer look at the science we use every day! From the moment we get up in the morning and all through the day and night, find out about the science in your life.

This title explores the complex connections in food chains and webs. Starting with producers and how photosynthesis captures energy from sunlight, the book works its way up through the chain, looking at consumers, predators, and decomposers. It also examines populations and communities, as well as what can go wrong if the food chain is broken.

Ring, Susan

"Monarch butterflies travel over 2,000 miles from Americas East Coast to central Mexico. Scientists are only beginning to unravel the mystery of the butterflys super navigational powers"--

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Discusses the area around the Pacific Ocean known as the Ring of Fire that is littered with volcanoes, and provides information on volcanoes, rifts, faults, and earthquakes.

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Teaches the laws of motion through amusement park rides, discussing force, kinetic energy, and weightlessness.

Discusses the importance of water to the planet Earth, and explains the different forms it can take, including rivers oceans, lakes, waterfalls, and geysers.

Introduces some of the tools that scientists use including microscopes and telescopes.

VanVoorst, Jennifer