Washoe County Library System

Over 75 safe, inexpensive science experiments with mixtures that illustrate changes in form and chemical composition.

2) Experiments with solids, liquids, and gases

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

English

3) Experiments with plants

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

English

4) Hot and cold

Author

Stille, Darlene R

Series

Simply science

Publisher

Compass Point Books

Pub. Date

c2001

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

5) I fall down

Author

Cobb, Vicki

Series

Science play

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

[2004]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Simple experiments introduce the basic concept of gravity and its relationship to weight.

6) Experiments with light

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[2001]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

7) Super science projects about animals and their habitats

Author

Cobb, Allan B

Series

Psyched for science

Publisher

Rosen Pub. Group's Rosen Central

Pub. Date

[2000]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Introduces the concepts of behavioral and structural adaptations in animals through hands-on investigations and other projects.

8) Experiments with a hand lens

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[2002]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

9) Sound

Author

Lauw, Darlene

Series

Science alive

Publisher

Crabtree Pub. Company

Pub. Date

[2002]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Presents activities that demonstrate how sound, especially musical sound, works in our everyday lives. History boxes feature the scientists who made significant discoveries in the field of sound.

10) Experiments with rocks and minerals

Author

Hand, Carol

Series

True book

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2012

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

11) The science of sound: projects with experiments with music and sound waves

Author

Parker, Steve

Series

Tabletop scientist

Publisher

Heinemann Library

Pub. Date

[2005]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

12) It's not magic, it's science!: 50 science tricks that mystify, dazzle & astound!

Author

Buttitta, Hope P

Publisher

Lark Books

Pub. Date

c2005

Language

English

Description

They may seem like magic, but these tricks are all based in science you can learn and use.

13) How the Earth works

Author

Farndon, John

Publisher

Readers Digest

Pub. Date

c1992

Language

English

Description

Experiments and projects explore the earth's structure, features, and changing landscape.

14) Experiments with water

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[2002]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

15) Mystery and magic: step-by-step science activity projects from the Smithsonian Institution

Series

Hands-on science

Publisher

G. Stevens

Pub. Date

c1993

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Description

Everyday material science experiments

Presents a variety of activities, experiments, and simple tricks that explore principles of electricity, physics, biology, and more.

16) Water & other liquids

Author

Mebane, Robert C

Series

Publisher

Twenty-first Century Books

Pub. Date

[1995]

Language

English

17) Rocket science

Author

Lock, Deborah

Series

Dorling Kindersley readers. 3 Reading alone

Publisher

Pub. Date

[2015]

Language

English

Description

Looks at the science behind rockets and rocketry, with experiments to try at home that demonstrate the principles involved.

18) Janice Vancleave's 204 sticky, gloppy, wacky, and wonderful experiments

Author

VanCleave, Janice Pratt

Publisher

J. Wiley

Pub. Date

c2002

Language

English

Description

Provides instructions for over 200 experiments in astronomy, biology, chemistry, Earth science, and physics.

19) Exploratopia

Author

Murphy, Pat

Publisher

Little, Brown

Pub. Date

c2006

Language

English

Description

Learn about science experiments and how and why they are done.

20) The book of wildly spectacular sports science

Author

Connolly, Sean

Publisher

Workman Publishing

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

Description