"Introduces readers to the science and engineering practices of using facts and investigating"--

Contains science projects with liquid and includes how-to photos, easy instructions, and short explanations.

Students learn that all living things have needs and some of these are air, water, and energy from food. They are shown how to tell the difference between living and nonliving things. They also learn that plants are living things and see how their needs are met and how they move, grow, and change. Finally, they compare objects at home, in a pond, in a neighborhood, and on a farm, and group them as either living or nonliving. Come join us in the "matter...

Curious is the middle-child of seven and as a budding scientist she views everything as an experiment worthy of observation--and during the week when the children are responsible for preparing dinner she comes up with a few hypotheses on family chemistry; for instance, happy families do not have younger brothers (or older sisters).

From New Yorker staff writer and Harvard historian Jill Lepore, the dark, spellbinding tale of her restless search for the long-lost, longest book ever written, a century-old manuscript called "The Oral History of Our Time." Joe Gould, a madman, believed he was the most brilliant historian of the twentieth century. So did some of his friends, a group of modernist writers and artists that included E. E. Cummings, Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams,...

Discover how Benjamin Franklin's scientific method challenged a certain Dr. Mesmer's mysterious powers in a whimsical look at a true moment in history.