Books in Phil of the Future series

Warning: You've Just Entered a New Time Zone! Phil of the Future: Stuck in Time: Meet the Diffys, your typical twenty-second century family. When their time-travel machine breaks down in present-day suburban America, Phil and Pim Diffy are forced to enroll in an old-fashioned institution known as "school." Brilliant Pim thinks of her classmates as primitive knuckle-dragging losers. But Phil decides to make the best of it by trying to befriend a popular girl named Keely. Unfortunately, his polyester 70's clothes (from a programming error in the Wardrobe-o-gram) and his love of math are about to give Phil his first lesson in twenty-first century society-the fate of being "uncool." Plus Phil attempts to become popular by using a futuristic gadget that makes him look like a super-athlete. But if Pim gets her hands on that gadget, he may look like a super-laughingstock instead!

Sunshine can do more than make us happy when skies are gray—it can also provide ammo for ancient ray guns! Readers will discover how humans have harvested this clean energy source – from Archimedes’ sunbeam weapons to today’s solar-powered movie theaters. Visuals of ancient, modern, and futuristic human inventions are sure to catch the interest of every reader. Readers will also love the fact boxes full of enlightening material as they soak in this highly relevant science topic.

As technology rapidly develops across the globe, we need to remember the roots of our energy sources: plants and other biological substances. This timely volume teaches readers about humanity’s complex relationship with biofuels, from Model Ts chugging along on ethanol to contemporary feuds over land between biofuel and crop farmers. Readers will love the fact boxes full of fascinating details, while vivid photographs will help them understand the material on a comprehensive scale. Any science curriculum will have a home for this biofuel bridge between biology and technology.

There’s a reason boats row gently down the stream – water creates kinetic energy as it flows downhill! In this volume, readers will learn how human beings convert this clean, renewable energy source into electricity. Waterfalls, mills, and dams splash across the pages in beautiful photographs. Interesting fact boxes bubble up to the surface to keep readers engaged. This unique blend of technology and geography can play an essential role in any science curriculum.