More Than 100 Kid-friendly Experiments
Weary of hearing the statistics of how far behind children in the US are in science knowledge? National Geographic Elements of Science will surely cultivate a better understanding of science through more than 100 fun and informative kid-friendly experiments.
Broad Overview of Physical & Natural Sciences
While exploring the full spectrum of biology, chemistry, and physics, your child will see hands-on how these three core disciplines relate. National Geographic Elements of Science’s engaging, full-color 112-page book, with its helpful and clear illustrations and well-written text, is organized into 15 chapters that include investigations into Bernoulli's Principle, centrifugal force, rockets, electric motors, simple circuits, chemical reactions, camera obscuras, prisms, the human body, and much more.
Terrific Introduction to Science
National Geographic Elements of Science is a high quality kit providing a broad, yet thorough, overview of the physical and natural sciences. It is a terrific introduction to science for children and is a Parents' Choice Silver Honor Winner. For ages 10 or older, or a younger child with adult supervision.
Another outstanding component of Timberdoodle's Eighth Grade Core Curriculum!
Investigate the most important phenomena in biology, chemistry, and physics by conducting more than 100 fun experiments. A broad, yet elaborate introduction to the physical and life sciences, this kit is intended to expose children to the full spectrum of science and show firsthand how these three core disciplines interrelate. Ages 10 and up.
The full-color, 112-page book is organized
into the following 15 chapters:
1. Water: adhesion, cohesion, buoyancy, density,
states of water, surface tension
2. Air: Bernoulli's Principle, gases, pressure,
wind, molecular theory
3. Heat: temperature, evaporation, heat energy
4. Sound: music, sound waves, vibration
5. Forces: centrifugal force, energy, weight,
gravity, inertia, pendulums, rockets
6. Magnetism: magnetic fields, compasses,
magnetic poles, radiation
7. Electricity: electric motors, lightbulbs,
simple circuits, static electricity
8. Electromagnetism: electromagnets, the EM
spectrum, waves, current indicators
9. Light: camera obscura, light and shadow,
light intensity
10. Optics: microscopes, telescopes, lenses,
prisms, reflection, refraction, optical illusions
11. Plants and Animals: seeds, microscopic
organisms, plant cycles, plants and light
12. Colors: color theory, printing, spectrum
13. The Human Body: brain, eyes, circulatory
system, ears
14. Chemistry: acids, bases, chromatography,
filtration, reactions, tricks, safety
15. Earth and Sun: globes, day and night, seasons,
rotation, sundials, time zones
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