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Outdoor Activity Lab 2nd Edition
From the hugely successful Maker Lab series, published by DK: “Dive into science with these fun outdoor experiments for children to do in their own surroundings.. Outdoor Activity Lab contains 25 amazing projects to inspire young scientists and outdoor enthusiasts, taking 9-12 year olds out of the house on a journey to better understand their world.…
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STEM Activity Lab (Maker Lab series)
STEM Activity Lab is the latest in the Maker Lab series, by DK: “Dive into science, engineering, and math with these fun and simple experiments for children to do at home. Bring the science lab into your home with 25 experiments for budding scientists aged 9-12 to get stuck into. Children can build their own…
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Rhyme & Reason: How Do We See?
Rhyme & Reason is a series of books about science … written in rhyme. How Do We See? explains our sense of sight: how light is produced by light sources, then travels at high speed, bounces off objects and then into our eyes … and how our eyes and brain produce images in our minds. …
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The Diary of Curious Cuthbert (2nd edition)
The second edition of the ever popular story of scientist, inventor and thinker Cuthbert Armeeni – told entirely in rhyme. With improved layout and additional drawings by Kate Cragoe Mayfield. Cuthbert lives in a land where people use satellites to predict the weather but no one knows that germs cause disease; where calendars can skip…
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Rhyme & Reason: Why Do Things Fall Down?
Rhyme & Reason is a series of books about science … written in rhyme. Why Do Things Fall Down? explains the force of gravity. It features mass and weight, floating and sinking and the orbit of the Moon around Earth – and the orbit of Earth around the Sun. Be ready to learn about the…
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Rhyme & Reason: What is Water?
Rhyme & Reason is a series of books about science … written in rhyme. What is Water? explains what water is made of and how it behaves. It features evaporation, condensation, freezing and the water cycle. Be ready to learn about water molecules. Links to buy: Amazon (UK – paperback only); Great British Bookshop (hardback…
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Seeing Science – Making the Invisible Visible
Published by The MIT Press in 2022: “The power of images to represent the unseeable: stunning visualizations of science, from the microscopic to the incredibly vast. We live among patterns of delicate beauty and exquisite chaos that our eyes can’t detect; we are surrounded by invisible particles and shifting fields of matter that permeate all…
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Water: A Scientific History
Published by The MIT Press: “The story of the most abundant substance on Earth, from its origins in the birth of stars billions of years ago to its importance in the living world. Water is so ubiquitous in our lives that it is easy to take for granted. The average American uses ninety gallons of…
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The Little Book of the Elements: A Pocket Guide to the Periodic Table
“The chemical elements make up all the matter around us – and beyond, the Sun and planets of the solar system and beyond. “This little book is the perfect guide, listing all the elements’ vital stats, and exploring their astonishing histories and usages in an accessible and easy-to-understand format.” Links to buy: Amazon (UK); Amazon…
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TECH Lab (Inventor Lab in the UK)
Published by DK, in association with the Smithsonian. “This DK children’s book for ages 11-14 is brimming with exciting, educational activities and projects that focus on electronics and technology. Keep your siblings out of your room with a brilliant bedroom alarm, power a propellor motorboat, make a thermoelectric phone charger, build a set of speakers,…