Anna Claybourne
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Learning about living things is a key part of understanding science. With the help of this innovative book, readers can perform hands-on experiments and find out all about the science behind many different living things. Vibrant illustrations accompany concise, step-by-step instructions that clearly outline each experiment. Exciting activities help reinforce important science curricula, while informative sidebars and fact boxes provide further clarification...
4) Extinction planet: why protecting wildlife will help save the world (and what you can do to help)
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Explains the importance of protecting wildlife, especially endangered species, and highlights the impact of animal extinction on the planet's health. Features case studies of endangered and extinct species, and details ways humans can help protect animals. Includes color illustrations and photographs, fact boxes, a glossary, and additional resources.
6) Sustainable planet: how respecting the Earth is protecting our future (and what you can do to help)
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Explores the harmful effects of climate change on Earth, and highlights ways readers can help. Features a timeline of life on Earth, case studies, graphs and statistics, color photographs, fact boxes, a glossary, and additional resources.
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Briefly explores the history of pandemics around the world, highlighting the modern COVID-19 pandemic, and offering young readers advice on what they can do to practice good hygiene and limit the spread of diseases. Includes photographs, illustrations, activities, and a glossary.
10) Light and dark
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Describes properties of light and dark, color, shadows, and more. Includes hands-on experiments, full-color photographs and a glossary.
11) Life processes
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Takes a look at the ways that living things function, presenting the seven life processes of movement, respiration, sensitivity, nutrition, excretion, reproduction, and growth.
13) Electricity
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Describes where electricity comes from, how it works, and how we use it every day. Includes hands-on experiments, full-color photographs, and a glossary.
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"Something that's been printed on paper can't possibly be able to move, right? Because of how our brain works, though,it's possible to create images that seem to move or shake. On every page of this book, readers can test out different optical illusions while learning how they work. Facts boxes add . . . details about how the human brain deals with certain kinds of art, images, and see the world around us to create optical illusions"--Provided by...
17) Seeing things!
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"Salvador Dali is just one artist that employed the use of double images in his art. This historical practice can really puzzle someone looking at Dali's artwork, until they see the second image. This book introduces readers to . . . artistic concepts as well as how the human brain perceives them. Readers draw connections between scientific theory, art, and their own experiences looking at the many optical illusions found in each chapter"--Provided...
18) Eye teasers
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"Those studying art spend a long time learning about how to create the right perspective. Depending on what's around a tree or animal, the main part of the image can look different, bigger, smaller, closer, or farther away. It's really just a trick. Readers learn how the brain is affected by these optical illusions"--Provided by publisher.
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Readers perform exciting experiments and learn why and how certain items make certain sounds. Accessible step-by-step instructions correlate closely with eye-popping illustrations, ensuring readers of many ages and levels can follow along with these amazing activities. Each exciting project encourages readers to use their critical thinking skills and draw conclusions based on the experiments they perform.