Experiments with Heating and Cooling

by Isabel Thomas

Overview

Explore the world of heating and cooling with engaging text, real life examples and fun step-by-step experiments. This book brings the science of temperature to life, explaining the concepts then getting kids to be hands-on scientists!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781410968395
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Series:	Read and Experiment
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 10.50(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	NC610L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Isabel Thomas studied Human Sciences at Oxford University before working in the wonderful world of children's publishing. She has written dozens of books for children and teenagers, and is a trained literacy tutor. Isabel lives in Cambridge, UK, with her husband and three rambunctious sons.

Table of Contents

Why Experiment? 4

What Is It? 6

Experiment 1 Belt-Busting Balloons 8

Freezing and Melting 10

Experiment 2 Pool Party 12

Evaporation and Condensation 16

Experiment 3 Weather In a Jar 18

Heat on the Move 22

Experiment 4 Ice Cream Emergency! 24

Plan Your Next Experiment 28

Glossary 30

Find Out More 31

Index 32

Interviews

Learn to work like a real scientist with hand-on experiments, putting theory into practise.

Editorial Reviews

This series explicitly introduces the scientific method and features experiments that clearly follow the steps of the scientific method. . . .“See the Science” provides additional mini-demonstrations of concepts.

Booklist

Classroom teachers and budding scientists alike will find much to appreciate in this series. Each book opens with a concise and compelling introduction to the role of experimentation in science, followed by sections that introduce a basic concept about each topic and a thorough, age-appropriate experiment that tests related questions.  . . .This series is full of kid-friendly science and deserves a place in most library collections.

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