Through a series of unique experiments, young readers can discover the different types of energy and how energy can be changed; includes ideas for science fair projects.

Provides instructions on how to do simple science experiments using simple machines, and gives explanations for why they work.

A collection of exciting experiments unlocks the mysteries of electricity and its connection with magnetism, offering simple projects using common materials to explain the physics of electricity.

Presents nine experiments that help demonstrate the properties of matter, focusing on how solids, liquids, and gases differ and how they change with temperature.

Explores how sound is made, the way it travels, and the process by which it is heard, with an emphasis on how musical instruments make their different notes, and includes experiments using household items.

"Reading about heat and cold is just the tip of the iceberg, this book lets readers create their own icebergs. Hands-on activities make learning about heat and cold both tangible and fun. Simple explanations help readers grasp complex concepts while step-by-step instructions and accompanying photographs ensure they will master each experiment. Helpful tips keep readers safe and offer suggestions for improvements. Aspiring young scientists will enjoy trying the recommended additions and twists to activities. They'll also learn real-life applications for the same scientific principles they're working with at home, such as how air pockets in igloos work as insulation."

Killer Energy is full of the most crazy, gory and horrible facts about energy! Find out all the gruesome details of why space loos spray out frozen pee and which chilling chemical can preserve pets! Redesigned in a bold, funky new look for the next generation of Horrible Science fans.

This textbook offers practical guidelines for integrating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics into the elementary classroom in the context of addressing real-world problems, and cultivating in students high-level thinking and problem-solving skills. Designed to equip teachers and future teachers with tools to create and implement standards-based STEM curriculum and cognitively demanding tasks, author Sherri Cianca offers hands-on, easily implemented strategies that foster student reasoning, autonomy, and humanity. This fresh approach to STEM teaching empowers teachers (preservice and inservice) and other leaders to better understand the standards and better design effective instructional practices. The chapters work together to advance teachers’ abilities to achieve mastery-level understanding of content, translate standards into student-friendly curriculum, and create a robust learning environment. Each chapter contains "probes" to uncover incomplete and inaccurate conceptions and to focus attention on key learning elements. Chapter summaries and "Reflect and Apply" sections reinforce professional development, and appendices expand on chapter content and provide rich examples of STEM units, curriculum, and assessment criteria. Dr. Cianca's vision is that teachers serve as well-equipped change agents that will empower their students to transfer STEM learning into applications that will impart a positive impact on our future world.

Fun science projects introduce readers to a new way to study the science of temperature. Instructional text and useful photographs make these projects comprehensible to any reader. This is great resource for any reader who wants to gets hands on with science.

Collects experiments pertaining to reflection, refraction, and vision, offering simple projects using household items that demonstrate the behavior of light.