Crabtree Amazing Science Series for Ages 7-10
Books in this series introduce children to scientific
phenomena they observe in the world around them on a daily basis: Electricity,
Forces and Movement, Light, Materials, Plants, and Sound. The concepts are
explained and illustrated in exciting, large, full-color illustrations.
They are picture-book size and the print is large with lots of white space so
that young eyes won't be intimidated. Index and glossary are included to make it
easy to teach their use.
Amazing Electricity by Sally Hewitt. Crabtree, 2008. This exciting
book introduces children to the concepts of energy, static electricity, and
circuits. Fantastic color photographs help show the ways in which we use
electricity, how it is created both naturally (even by certain animals!) and in
power plants, and how using less electricity created by oil, gas, and coal helps
reduce pollution. Hands-on activities and questions to think about increase
involvement with the content. 32 pages. BTH-4772. $7.16-D
Amazing Forces and Movement by Sally Hewitt. Crabtree, 2008. This
exciting book introduces children to the concepts of push and pull, friction,
and gravity, as well as how our own muscles use force to push us along.
Action-oriented photographs show examples of a huge magnet that attracts or
pulls iron, wind pushing a water wheel to make it turn, and a skydiver's
parachute slowing down the pull of gravity toward the ground. Hands-on
activities and questions to think about increase involvement with the content.
32 pages. BTH-4773. $7.16-D
Amazing Light by Sally Hewitt. Crabtree, 2008.
This intriguing new book introduces children to the sun
and the moon, the concepts of reflection and shadow, and the parts of the human
eye. Large, colorful photographs show examples of a rainbow and its colors, how
a crayfish uses feelers to 'see' in dark caves, and why we see different colors.
Hands-on activities and questions to think about increase involvement
with the content. 32 pages. BTH-4774. $7.16-D
Amazing Materials by Sally Hewitt. Crabtree, 2008. This book
introduces children to the concepts of solid, liquid,
and gas, as well as to the different kinds of materials that things are made
from. Colorful photographs help show how things can change shape, which
materials are natural and which are man-made, and which kind of materials can be
recycled and why. Hands-on activities and questions to think about
increase involvement with the content. 32 pages. BTH-4775. $7.16-D
Amazing Plants by Sally Hewitt. Crabtree, 2008.
This book introduces children to the concepts of life,
growth, and the life cycle, as well as the parts played in a plant's growth by
sunlight, bees, and pollen. Beautiful photographs help show children the parts
of a plant, the different stages of a plant's life, edible plants, and how the
Venus Flytrap actually eats insects and animals for food! Hands-on
activities and questions to think about increase involvement with the content.
32 pages. BTH-4776. $7.16-D
Amazing Sound by Sally Hewitt. Crabtree, 2008. This engaging book
introduces children to the concepts of vibration, echo,
and sound waves as well as how sound travels through the air, water, ground, and
even walls. Amazing photographs show how bats use sound waves to find insects to
eat, and how musical instruments make sound through vibrating air, strings, and
skins. Hands-on activities and questions to think about increase
involvement with the content. 32 pages. BTH-4777. $7.16-D
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