Kids find that their imagination starts to grow when they learn about new things and rocks and minerals are a natural aspect of the outdoors but kids tend to not take time to really look closely at each one.
In todays standards-based educational climate, teachers are challenged to create meaningful learning experiences while meeting specific goals and accountability targets.
Let Randi Stone and her award-winning teachers demonstrate tried-and-tested best practices for teaching science in diverse elementary, middle, and high school classrooms.
From the dung-beetle to the blue whale, no creature is too humble or huge for Finnish author and illustrator duo Laura Merz and Aino Jarvinen in 1,001 Creatures, a gorgeously illustrated, interactive exploration of the natural world.
Explore the science of making food with 52 delicious recipes designed for kids, from healthy homemade snacks to scrumptious main dishes and mind-boggling desserts.
Little Learning Labs: Bugs for Kidsan abridged paperback edition of Bug Lab for Kids, a finalist for the 2019 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Bookspresents 20+ fun and informative activities that celebrate all things beautiful, creepy, and crawly.
Aspiring young biologists will discover an amazing group of inspiring scientistsand memorable experiments in Biology for Kids, the second book of The Kitchen Pantry Scientist series.
Old-time New England foresters coined the term ';wolf tree' for trees they saw as having the ability to ';eat' the sun and nutrients and prevent the growth of other trees.
With See For Yourself, budding scientists can wow their teachers and classmates (and maybe win a ribbon or two) by learning How to extract DNA from an onion How pigments from vegetables make dye How to make paper out of lint from a clothes dryer How to make a friend feel like he or she has a third hand What happens when you grow yeast in dandruff shampoo That tea and iron pills make excellent inks And much more!
Called the perfect childrens introduction to environmental issues by Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund, Our House Is Round gently guides young readers through a smartly narrated conversation illuminating the concept of global connection and environmental cause and effect.
Inspire a lifelong passion for science with these physics, chemistry, and biology experiments for kidsall using common household tools and ingredients!
In Waves of Light and Sound, students will learn about electromagnetic and mechanical waves, the properties of waves and sounds, pitch, amplitude, and much more.
In Dwarf Planets: Pluto and the Lesser Planets, students will learn about the five discovered dwarf planets in our solar system and make observations about orbital patterns, new discoveries, and more.
In Giant Gas Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, students will learn about the four planets farthest from the sun and make observations about patterns and phenomena in the universe.
In Rocky Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, students will examine the four planets closest to the Sun and make observations about the solar system.
In Sun: Energy for Our Solar System, students will learn about our solar system's center star--the sun, and its effects on Earth's weather and climate while making observations about seasons and more.
