From the big bang to meteor showers, from phases of the moon to solar eclipses, this wonderfully lively introduction to astronomy is like an armchair rocket ship flying primary school children straight to the stars! Along the way, they will learn about real science and technology: - how fast light travels - the different shapes of the galaxies - - ...
A textbook exploring such aspects of matter and energy as heat, electricity, and nuclear chemistry, with suggested activities and review questions at the end of each chapter.
This is a puzzle book to test the brain with challenging "thinking" puzzles. There are 80 puzzles, all of which can be solved with a pencil, pen or inexpensive materials available around the house. The book helps readers to explore situations, identify hidden relationships, and solve problems.
Whether there is a summer heat wave or a chill in the air, whether there is rain, sleet or snow, you can have some meteorological fun while learning about everything from hurricanes to sunny blue skies with this book packed with great activities and incredible facts: Weather Wise?; What is Weather?; Temperatures & Scales; Air Convection; Coriolis ...
A collection of puzzles, challenges, riddles and other conundrums, this is a book designed for the critical thinker. All the puzzles can be completed using a pen or pencil or some inexpensive household materials.
This is a collection of puzzles to test the reader's ability and mental skill, this book includes all kinds of grids, patterns and pictures. It demonstrates negative space by cracking a code, and contains mathematical games with numbers and a range of puzzles requiring visual and mental powers.
Optical illusions trick your mind and confound your perception, and that's why these images--including three-dimensional mazes--will drive you crazy in the best of ways. Stare at a circular checkerboard closely; it will seem to pulsate and shimmer. And do those black-and-white patches actually link up to form the petals of a flower? Determine ...
The force is with us - and these experiments prove it. Whether kids are creating soap-powered fish or sending potato pieces flying into the sky, every activity is as educational as it is entertaining. Demonstrate inertia with a super-amazing Card Shot trick that seems magical but is a simple matter of science. Locate the center of gravity by ...
Why get lost when you can map it out? You'll always know the right direction to travel with the special tricks you'll learn here. Starting from familiar territory (home, the back garden, the school playground) and moving outwards, this amusing, colourfully illustrated introduction to finding your way home - or anywhere you want to go - teaches ...
Top science author Michael DiSpezio shows kids exactly how their brain, nerves and senses work. Entertaining, informative and in colour, this varied collection of great brain tricks, experiments, puzzles, quizzes and activities explores this incredible part of the body. From an outline of the brain's major regions to creativity rules and memory ...
Looking for a blue-ribbon science project? This book is a treasure trove of out-of-school science experiments and projects to carry out: each one is carefully broken down to show what is going on at every stage, and includes hints for impressing adults, inquiry ideas and key terms. What makes this guide extra special is that it also explains how ...
Test your brain power and your ability to "think outside the box" with this collection of clever conundrums. Perfect for family fun and friendly get-togethers, as well as school settings and management training seminars, these challenging puzzles force you to check assumptions, use deductive reasoning, and uncover creative solutions. Best worked ...
Have you ever wished that Dinosaurs were still around? This book of dinosaur activities, projects and other fun things to do is the next best thing! Journey back to ancient times with a prehistoric quiz that sets the facts straight on whether dinosaurs could fly, whether the largest dinosaurs dragged their tails along the ground, and whether ...
This volume offers a feast of weird distortions, perplexing parallel patterns, afterimages, 3-D foolery, shady comparisons, imaginary interference, flip-flopping faces and other optical illusions - all to trick you into seeing what isn't there.
A collection of challenging puzzles to give the brain a workout. Critical thinking requires making observations, predictions, generalizations, comparisons, contrasts and connections. This book shows how to finish layouts, do tricky calculations and solve complex mysteries of visual designs.
Like the rest of our bodies, our minds need a good workout to keep in top shape. That's why the authors have assembled this outstanding assortment of puzzles--crosswords, cryptograms, lateral thinking teasers, and more. Some 70 challenging crossword puzzles were compiled and tested by some of today's most renowned crossword experts, including five ...
Uses a question and answer format to provide information about the disease of AIDS including its outbreak, basic biology, viruses, transmission, and methods for therapy.
You won't believe your eyes - and you shouldn't! Every image in this sequel to the popular Optical Illusion Magic is out to trick your perception with afterimages, visual traps, and distorted perspectives. Sometimes you will have to shift the page to see the magic, as in "Slants on the Side" where parallel lines seem to come together at the bottom ...
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