Books in Science Spirals series

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Gives instructions for simple experiments with mirrors that illustrate their characteristics and their many uses.

Gives instructions for making several kinds of objects to sail or glide in the wind and demonstrate the basic principles of flight.

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Explains how to build and perform activities with models of towers and bridges to illustrate the principles used in design and construction

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Gives instructions for making several kinds of objects to sail or glide in the wind and demonstrate the basic principles of flight.

Experiments demonstrate how and why certain things float while others sink, how to load boats so they do not sink, how to make things float that might not, and how to bring things up from underwater

Instruction for a variety of simple experiments, using easily available materials, that examine how and why things, people, and animals keep their balance.

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Instructions for a variety of simple experiments, using easily available materials, that examine how and why things stretch, spring, and bounce.

Text, illustrations, and experiments demonstrate the capabilities of wheels on vehicles, in pulleys and gears, and as windmills and waterwheels.