Get kids excited about physics with fun and easy experiments for ages 10 to 13 Turn living rooms into STEAM laboratories and watch as children have an awesome time learning about physics. This book contains 40 highly entertaining, hands-on experiments that can be completed using simple, household materials. What sets this physics for kids book apart: Excellent explanations—Brief explainers address the hows and whys of each experiment, providing children with a clear understanding of the fundamental concepts surrounding force, flight, and much more. Step-by-step instructions—Full-color photos and easy-to-follow instructions allow kids to confidently conduct experiments on their own, with only the occasional assist from an adult. Extended fun—Each experiment contains a "Now Try This!" section that offers ideas for further investigation and expands the possibilities for learning. Help kids set off on a journey of scientific discovery with 40 fun physics experiments they can tackle at home.

An entertaining guide for girls on how to make the world into their workshop—with screen-free, hands-on activities for independent exploration, making, building, and play. The Girl’s Guide to Building a Fort shows girls and their grown-ups how to knock down the four walls holding them in and transform each day into a canvas for play and adventure. This illustrated, information-packed guide is for Hands-On Girls, girls who want to fix things, make things, and learn more about the world around them. The book contains two sticker pages and dozens of activities, projects, and games—many of which can be done in 30 minutes or less with materials you already have in and around your home—and fun and interesting information on everything from how to spot constellations and change a bike tire to how to make your own jerky and what to do if you get lost in the woods. It’s the must-have book for anyone, big or little, who’s ready to learn new skills, get a little dirty, and reconnect with the whimsical, gutsy girl in each of us.

A comprehensive guide to designing homeschool curriculum, from one of the country’s foremost homeschooling experts—now revised and updated! Homeschooling can be a tremendous gift to your children—a personalized educational experience tailored to each kid’s interests, abilities, and learning styles. But what to teach, and when, and how? Especially for first-time homeschoolers, the prospect of tackling an annual curriculum can be daunting. In Home Learning Year by Year, Rebecca Rupp presents comprehensive plans from preschool through high school, covering integral subjects for each grade, with lists of topics commonly presented at each level, recommended resource and reading lists, and suggestions for creative alternative options and approaches. Included, along with all the educational basics, are techniques and resources for teaching everything from philosophy to engineering, as well as suggestions for dealing with such sensitive topics as sex education. Now revised throughout with all-new updates featuring the most effective and up-to-date methods and reading guides to homeschool your child at all ages, Home Learning Year by Year continues to be the definitive book for the homeschooling parent.

The ultimate science experiment book for kids! 100+ hands-on projects to get kids ages 5 to 10 excited about science. As kids grow older, they become more curious about the world around them, often asking, "How does this work?" Awesome Science Experiments for Kids teaches young brains the nuts and bolts of the scientific method using fun, hands-on experiments designed to show kids how to hypothesize, experiment, and then record their findings. It's great for fun anytime, but especially for turning your child's summer break into a period of fun-filled summer learning! With awesome projects like a Fizzy Rocket, Magnet-Powered Car, and Pencil Sundial, kids will have a blast learning to build, design, and think critically—while getting inspired to interact with the world around them and make their own discoveries. An amazing summer learning workbook, it guides young readers through numerous exciting projects that demonstrate the elegance and wonder of science in the most enjoyable way possible. Awesome Science Experiments for Kids includes: 100+ STEAM experiments—Each activity includes an explanation of the processes in play, so kids can understand how and why each project works. Easy instructions—These step-by-step science experiments for kids simplify each process to make the projects fun and simple to understand—and they only require basic household materials. Colorful photos—Refer to real-life photos that show you how to bring these experiments to life. From learning how quicksand works to turning a lemon into a battery, these experiments teach budding STEAM kids how cool it is to be curious.

Electronics come alive with hands-on activities for kids ages 5 to 10 The world of electrical engineering is packed with awesome ways for kids to learn and play! Filled with glowing, buzzing, and spinning fun, this guide to electronics for kids helps them fall in love with science as they explore the mechanics behind everyday devices. Whether it's a light-up birthday card, an automated bubble blower, or an alarm clock, every project features easy-to-find components and simple directions that give kids the guidance they need to build. Expand their learning with explanations of how these electronics for kids connect to larger STEAM ideas! This collection of buildable electronics for kids features: 20 fun builds—Introduce the science behind electronics for kids through projects that they can do at home with affordable materials—and a little adult supervision. Educational explanations—Go beyond other electronics books thanks to simple breakdowns of exactly what happened and why, ensuring kids get the most out of each activity. Progressive difficulty—Discover electronics for kids that start simple and get more challenging as they go, helping young learners grow their skills without getting frustrated. Inspire a lifelong love of science (plus technology, engineering, art, and math) with the super fun activities in Awesome Electronics Projects for Kids.

With the superpower of invisibility, you could do amazing magic tricks, play funny pranks, even sneak up on bad guys! How do fictional heroes with the power of invisibility do it? More important, how can humans do it themselves one day? Learn the real-life science behind the superpower and what scientists are doing to make that power a reality.

In a series of fun and involving hands-on physics experiments, kids learn how to create and operate first-, second-, and third-class levers, demonstrate apparent weightlessness, and determine an object's precise center of gravity and balancing point. They will also demonstrate how a rocket moves, how the length of a flute affects pitch, and how to create sound through vibration. Featuring color illustrations and safe, simple step-by-step instructions, Janice VanCleave shows just how much fun science can be.

Ever wonder about the science behind a rainbow? Now you can solve the mystery by building a light box of your own! Using tools and supplies you can easily find, conduct experiments and test hypotheses on reflection, refraction, shadows, color and more.

This book describes how it's possible to hear and feel sound, how sound travels and moves, as well as dimensions of space. It discusses making sounds and noises, waves, properties of sound and sound effects. It also includes sounds of music.