Wasatch County Library

It seems impossible that the tiny parts of the ear allow us to hear birds chirping, music, and someone speaking. Each sound travels through the air and causes the parts of the ear to vibrate. The brain uses this information to tell us what we've heard. That's just the beginning of what this book can teach readers about sound. Detailed, colorful diagrams and simple explanations show readers how echoes work, how sound is recorded, what ultrasounds are,...

There's no need for expensive, high-tech materials to test your engineering skills—you probably have all you need in your home junk drawer. Each hands-on project in this book will challenge you to come up with a unique solution to a specific design problem. Construct a Pasta Bridge strong enough to support a heavy load, using only dry linguini and glue. Build a Marble Roller Coaster from recycled cardboard tubes, in which the marble "car" jumps...

Calling all future Amelia Earharts and Chuck Yeagers—there's more than one way to get off the ground. Author and physics teacher Bobby Mercer will show readers 35 easy-to-build and fun-to-fly contraptions that can be used indoors or out. Better still, each of these rockets, gliders, boomerangs, launchers, and helicopters are constructed for little or no cost using recycled materials. The Flying Machine Book will show readers how to turn rubber

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Biology is the study of life, and all the wonderful, squishy, messy parts that living things are made of. And children love messy science, especially hands-on experimentation! Junk Drawer Biology will demonstrate that you don't need high-tech equipment to make learning fun-just what you can find in your recycling bin and around the house. Aspiring doctors can build a model of human lungs with balloons and a soda bottle, and a homemade stethoscope...

Kids of all ages can use recycled and repurposed household items to complete exciting and green ecology experiments
Junk Drawer Ecology is a hands-on guide to saving the planet. Fun, free science activities help kids of all ages learn about the science of our planet's ecology. The environment is changing every day, and we can help slow that change. Using free or low-cost things children already have around their homes, these activities...

Introduces the STEM skills that are necessary in order to survive on a mountain.

Offers instructions for carrying out simple experiments at home that demonstrate scientific principles of sight and sound.

What can you do with recycled materials found in your home or at school in 30 minutes or less? How about making a pizza box oven?

Clear step-by-step instructions and photos make these sustainable science projects fast, easy, and fun! The activities in this book use common items from around the house and keep readers learning while they're busy having fun!

Projects include:

Musical bottles

Cardboard

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Step-by-step instructions and photos guide readers through projects that introduce them to the science of food.

While shaking up butter and cooking candy, readers will learn about molecules, matter, and taste with these fast and fun projects. The activities in this book use common items from around the house and keep readers learning while they're busy having fun!

Projects include:

Snap candy

Homemade

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Make science simple! This book features easy and fun Science Experiments with Liquid using household items. Young readers can assemble experiments at home from Floating on Liquid Rainbows to Cleaning up Copper. No laboratory needed! Each activity includes easy instructions with how-to photos, and short science explanations. Use fun to introduce math and science to kids. Super simple says it all. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...