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Books in Starting Science Series series

  • What's Inside You?

    Susan Meredith

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, Dec. 1, 2006)
    Provides information about the human body, with sections on eating, breathing, blood, skin, senses, the brain, muscles, and the cells that make up the body.
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  • Solids, Liquids and Gases

    Ontario Science Centre, Ray Boudreau

    Paperback (Kids Can Press, Aug. 12, 1995)
    Solids, Liquids and Gases has 13 experiments carefully chosen by the Ontario Science Centre. With minimal supervision, children can explore the three states of matter, what makes each state unique and how matter changes from a solid to a liquid to a gas through evaporation, condensation, melting and freezing. Filled with bright photographs, the Starting with Science series provides valuable lessons about basic science for five to eight year olds.
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  • Simple Machines

    Deborah Hodge, Ray Boudreau

    Paperback (Kids Can Press, Jan. 1, 1998)
    Thirteen experiments about the six simple machines -- the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge and screw -- teach kids about basic science. Full-color photographs and step-by-step instructions clearly explain each activity, so that kids can make the most of the machines with minimal help from adults. Part of the Starting with Science series, Simple Machines encourages children to have fun as they learn basic science and fills a need for primary-level science resources.
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  • Why Do Tigers Have Stripes?

    Helen Edom, Robert Morton

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2006)
    Explains how skin and fur colors and patterns help animals escape predators, hunt prey, and find a mate.
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  • What's Under the Sea

    Sophy Tahta, Stuart Trotter

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2006)
    Introduces the oceans of the world, providing information on fish, coral reefs, polar seas, divers, underwater vessels, the seabed, oil drilling, and the use and abuse of the oceans.
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  • Why Do People Eat

    Kate Needham, Annabel Spenceley, Kuo Kang Chen, Lindy Dark, Non Figg

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, Dec. 1, 2006)
    Using simple text and illustrations, explains why people need food, where food comes from, and how the body uses it.
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  • Earth and Space

    Susan Mayes, Sophy Tahta, Richard Deverell

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 1995)
    Introduces the structure of the earth, the oceans, underground and marine animals, weather, day and night, seasons, outer space, and related topics.
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  • Starting Science: Electricity and Magnetism

    Kay Davies, Wendy Oldsfield, Rebecca Archer

    Paperback (Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, June 15, 2000)
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  • How Do Bees Make Honey

    Anna Claybourne

    Paperback (Edc Pub, Jan. 1, 1995)
    Introduces the world of the honeybee, describes how honey is made, and compares bees with other kinds of insects
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  • Earth & Space Science: Exploring the Universe - Hardcover Student Text Only

    Gustave Loret de Mola

    Hardcover (McGraw-Hill Education, Feb. 23, 2010)
    Explores the history of our planet and the composition of Earth’s surface, core, oceans, and atmosphere! Students learn about how environmental changes affect our weather as well as the impact man has on earth’s resources
  • Starting Point Science

    Susan Mayes, Richard Deverell, Mike Pringle

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, July 1, 2002)
    STARTING POINT SCIENCE, VOLUME 1
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  • Starting Science: Weather

    Kay Davies, Wendy Oldsfield, Rebecca Archer

    Paperback (Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, April 15, 2000)
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