Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology

A plant can form fruit and seeds when it is pollinated.

Sunlight helps a plant make its own food using photosynthesis.

Plants have roots, stems, leaves, and sometimes flowers.

Roots help keep plants alive.

A plant's environment helps it grow.

Some flowers are able to produce seeds or fruit without getting pollen from another plant.

The flower is the part of a plant that makes seeds or fruit.

Many insects drink nectar and collect pollen from flowers, and in the process they help plants reproduce.

Some plants need to have pollen spread from one plant to another flower in order to reproduce.

Many plants depend on animals to help move pollen around so that the plants can reproduce.

Did you know that about 40 percent of the world's population lives without toilets?

After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear explosion in Ukraine, scientists believed radiation had created a vast and barren wasteland in which life could never resurface.

Is it true that guys believe they're smarter than they really are?

The octopus spies a nice, tasty mantis shrimp.

It's late at night, and you're on a tour of a so-called haunted house.

What animal was here?

How does steel become a shiny new bicycle?

How does a sheet of plastic become a soccer ball?

How does a piece of wood become a brand-new baseball bat?

How does a sheet of leather become a football?

How does a roll of leather become a pair of basketball shoes?

Does the universe circle around Earth?

Do your eyes send out light like headlights?

Do bulls get angry when they see the color red?

Is planet Earth flat?

For a professional player, basketball isn't just a fun game-it's a job.

Math is everywhere in shopping!

Math is everywhere when you're traveling!

Math is everywhere in the kitchen!

Math is everywhere in sports!

Robots help us understand our weather and climate.

Robots help us understand our universe.

Robots work in homes every day.

Robots help people in many situations.

Young readers will learn how vibrations make sound that we can hear in this accessible, photo-filled book.

Young readers will learn how we use our senses to see light and hear sound in this accessible, photo-filled book.

Young readers will learn how we send and receive messages using light and sound in this accessible, photo-filled book.

Young readers will learn how shadows are made with light in this accessible, photo-filled book.

Young readers will learn how colors are made in this accessible, photo-filled book.

Young readers will learn how light works and where it comes from in this accessible, photo-filled book.

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Did you know that the same wind that messes up your hair can be used to create energy?

Did you know that the sunlight that warms your skin on a sunny day can be used to produce energy?

Did you know that tiny atoms that make up all matter hold huge amounts of energy?

Did you know people can turn the energy in rushing water into electricity?

Did you know people can dig underground and use Earth's heat to make energy?

Did you know that most of the energy we use comes from coal, oil, and natural gas?

In 1638, John Lewger made a home in the wilderness of the New World, in a place called Maryland.

Chosen first overall in the 2008 National Basketball Association (NBA) draft, Derrick Rose is one of the most explosive players in basketball.

Lena Blackburne loved baseball.