Vicki Cobb

Would you believe that you could throw an egg across the room without breaking it? Burn a candle underwater? We Dare You! is a gigantic collection of irresistible, easy-to-perform science experiments, tricks, bets, and games kids can do at home with everyday household objects. Thanks to the principles of gravity, mechanics, fluids, logic, geometry, energy, and perception, kids will find countless hours of fun with the selections included in this book....

Why does ice cream melt? Find out how in this new, colorful, easy-to-read STEM book! "STEM" is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Though these subjects are incredibly important to both education and society as a whole, they are often overlooked, especially after primary education is complete. A goal of this book is to introduce STEM to kids and make them excited about learning these central subjects. In Why Does My Ice Cream...

With See For Yourself, budding scientists can wow their teachers and classmates (and maybe win a ribbon or two) by learning: • How to extract DNA from an onion • How pigments from vegetables make dye • How to make paper out of lint from a clothes dryer • How to make a friend feel like he or she has a third hand • What happens when you grow yeast in dandruff shampoo • That tea and iron pills make excellent inks • And much more! See for...

Introduces young readers to the diverse properties of water while explaining why water makes one wet through simple tests and illustrations.

Text and suggested activities explore the sense of taste, how it works, and how it can help us detect which foods are sweet, sour, salty, or spicy.

Using simple text and illustrations, offers an explanation of how one can see their reflection in the mirror through a review of how light works.

Introduces the characteristics and actions of the wind through simple hands-on activities.

Readers will get a close look at this body battle with comic illustrations and ground-breaking photomicrographs.