Janice VanCleave's Energy for Every Kid
ebook ∣ Easy Activities That Make Learning Science Fun · Science for Every Kid
By Janice VanCleave
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How do plants make their own food?
Why do the different strings on a guitar have differentsounds?
What does the color of a star tell you about how hot the staris?
What's the difference between gamma rays, X-rays, andmicrowaves?
Now you can discover the answers to these and many otherfascinating questions about energy for yourself with thisfun-filled science resource. Packed with illustrations, JaniceVanCleave's Energy for Every Kid presents entertaining, challengingexperiments and activities to help you understand the differenttypes of energy—including heat, sound, electricity, and light—andhow they bring about change in the world around you. You'll developyour problem-solving skills as you create a "leaping frog" thatturns potential energy into kinetic energy, model sound waves witha Slinky?, use a balloon to demonstrate static electricity, make"sun" tea with solar energy, and much more!
Each of the activities is broken down into its purpose, a list ofmaterials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and aneasy-to-understand explanation. Plus, all projects have beenpretested so you can perform them safely and inexpensively in theclassroom, at a science fair, or at home!
Also available in the Science for Every Kid series:
ASTRONOMY
BIOLOGY
CHEMISTRY
CONSTELLATIONS
DINOSAURS
EARTH SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
GEOGRAPHY
GEOMETRY
THE HUMAN BODY
MATH
OCEANS
PHYSICS
Why do the different strings on a guitar have differentsounds?
What does the color of a star tell you about how hot the staris?
What's the difference between gamma rays, X-rays, andmicrowaves?
Now you can discover the answers to these and many otherfascinating questions about energy for yourself with thisfun-filled science resource. Packed with illustrations, JaniceVanCleave's Energy for Every Kid presents entertaining, challengingexperiments and activities to help you understand the differenttypes of energy—including heat, sound, electricity, and light—andhow they bring about change in the world around you. You'll developyour problem-solving skills as you create a "leaping frog" thatturns potential energy into kinetic energy, model sound waves witha Slinky?, use a balloon to demonstrate static electricity, make"sun" tea with solar energy, and much more!
Each of the activities is broken down into its purpose, a list ofmaterials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and aneasy-to-understand explanation. Plus, all projects have beenpretested so you can perform them safely and inexpensively in theclassroom, at a science fair, or at home!
Also available in the Science for Every Kid series:
ASTRONOMY
BIOLOGY
CHEMISTRY
CONSTELLATIONS
DINOSAURS
EARTH SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
GEOGRAPHY
GEOMETRY
THE HUMAN BODY
MATH
OCEANS
PHYSICS
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