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42) Energy
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"Explains essential facts about energy, including the difference between kinetic and potential energy, different energy sources, and how energy changes and is transferred. Includes experiments"--Provided by publisher.
43) Push and pull
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"Describes the forces of push and pull using everyday objects such as strollers and wagons. Includes experiments"--
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"Build a model hovercraft like engineer Christopher Cockerell did, or a sculpture that moves in the breeze like artist Lin Emery. This title gives readers both an understanding of the properties of light and the skills to investigate great discoveries and works. Exciting and easy-to-understand experiments encourage budding scientists, inventors, engineers, and artists to stand on the shoulders of the curious and creative people who came before them."--...
45) Forces
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"Explains essential facts about forces and movement, including gravity, friction, pressure, and simple machines. Includes experiments"--Provided by publisher.
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Energy is everywhere. Introduce young readers to mechanical energy with this visually engaging text. Mechanical energy is defined through accessible language, explaining basic concepts such as potential and kinetic energy. Learn how mechanical energy has been harnessed in inventive ways over the course of history. Readers discover different sources of mechanical energy and how it can be transformed through real-world examples. The text also shares...
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"The next two books in the Baby Loves series tackle the first law of thermodynamics (energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can change forms) and Schrödinger's Cat, the famous thought experiment involving quantum theory (quantum physics states that a particle can exist in multiple places at once). Accurate enough to satisfy an expert and simple enough for the rest of us to comprehend, the Baby Loves board books are perfect for geeky moms and...
49) What is energy ?
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Readers are introduced to basic concepts of energy and where it exists all around them, right down to matter and the atom. Fact boxes bolster vocabulary words, while "Compare and Contras" and "Think About It" boxes stimulate thinking, reading, writing, and discussion.
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"Do you want to make the best paper airplane? Or perhaps centripetal force and the idea that water can defy gravity excites you! This is the book for curious young physicists, ready to learn more about the world around them. Each of the 10 projects includes a Background section to explain the science topic at work, materials, clear step-by-step instructions, and an Observations section walking readers through the results they likely saw. Several projects...
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