Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology

Why does the rain fall?

Where did human beings come from?

How did ancient peoples manage to find light sources?

Who first discovered static and how was this important?

Stock cars are built for bumper-to-bumper high-speed racing.

Truck racing has some of the biggest, most powerful racing machines on the planet, but what happens when drivers lose control?

Dirt bikes are light and agile, and their races are filled with high-flying excitement.

Sports cars are sleek beasts of power and speed, but when happens when a race goes awry?

A buzzing vehicle zips through the air, diving, swooping and looping around obstacles.

The crackle of gunfire fills the air.

May the best 'bot win!

What is it like to battle an army of orcs to protect an enchanted forest?

Hear that roar?

Look up in the sky!

Zoom!

Choo choo!

See the ship floating by?

Hear that loud noise?

Animals Cells takes you inside the smallest unit of life.

Are your eyes brown?

Soil is all around us.

Rocks are all around us.

Provides an introduction to the history and development of the television and explains how a television works.

Provides an introduction to the history and development of the telephone and explains how a telephone works.

Provides an introduction to the history and development of the computer and explains how a computer works.

Provides an introduction to the history and development of the aeroplane and explains how an aeroplane works.

Take a trip back in time to the Jurassic Period to learn about apatosaurus!

Take a trip back in time to the Jurassic Period to learn about brachiosaurus!

Take a trip back in time to the Jurassic Period to learn about stegosaurus!

Magnets have amazing power to make things move.

Sunlight and moonlight, reflections and rainbows.

Matter is all around us.

Steam and frost, raindrops and dew.

The process of a new life starting is fascinating!

The hammerhead shark gets its name from its uniquely shaped head.

Great white sharks are some of the best-known sharks, and there are many reasons why.

Which shark does the best job of cleaning up the ocean?

Whale sharks are unique for their giant size, gentleness and noticeable markings.

Curious kids will be enthralled with this dip-into and dip-out-of book loaded with quirky facts about reptiles.

Educational, easy-to-do physical science activities that will show young readers more about the field of physical science.

Educational, easy-to-do life science activities will teach young readers more about the world around them.

Educational, easy-to-do earth science activities that will show young readers more about the planet Earth.

Educational, easy-to-do activities will teach young readers more about engineering.

Touch is one of the five senses.

Sight is one of the five senses.

Hearing is one of the five senses.

Smell is one of the five senses.

Taste is one of the five senses.

Have you always been fascinated with robots?

Have you ever stared in wonder at a huge suspension bridge or a towering skyscraper?