Janice VanCleave's Science Around the Year - Softcover

VanCleave, Janice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471330965 ISBN 13: 9780471330967

Publisher: Wiley, 2000

Synopsis

Over Two Million Janice VanCleave Books Sold!
Janice VanCleave's Science Around the Year
Dozens of Seasonal Projects
Loads of Fun Facts

Why do leaves change colors? How do polar bears avoid slipping onthe ice? How are snowflakes made? Why do your toes and fingertipswrinkle if you spend lots of time swimming? How do flies tastetheir food with their feet? Figure out the answers to these andmany other scientific mysteries with this awesome assortment ofexperiments, projects, and facts for every season of the year. Withan amazing experiment for each week, Janice VanCleave's ScienceAround the Year introduces you to dozens of wondrous topics inastronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics. Discoverwhy leaves turn colors and fall off trees in autumn, why Septemberis a good time to look for monarch butterflies, how salt melts ice,what pinecones can tell you about the weather, and much, much more.As with all of Janice VanCleave's books, each activity is fun andincludes simple step-by-step instructions, as well as clearexplanations of the concepts you're seeing in action. JaniceVanCleave's Science Around the Year promises hours and hours offascinating, hands-on, safe, low-cost science fun-at home or in theclassroom.

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Review:

Did you know? City lights trick trees into keeping their leaves longer! Birds learn their songs! Sugar is a natural antifreeze!

Prolific and popular author Janice VanCleave's hands-on, highly informative books make learning about science fun any time of the year. In Science Around the Year, readers select a season to study, or just browse through the 52 chapters (one for each week of the year). Each of the four seasons has 13 chapters dealing with biology, chemistry, astronomy, physics, or earth science. The clear, logical format starts with "Did You Know?", a fun fact that identifies the focus of the chapter, with an explanation of the science behind the fact. "Fun Time!" is a discovery experiment related to the fun fact. "More Fun with...!" is an additional activity relating to the topic, and every chapter also has a book list for supplemental fiction and nonfiction reading.

Readers will be intrigued by such amazing facts as these: Frogs have teeth. An eight-inch snowflake once fell in Siberia. Fish have rained from the sky. But this is no collection of obscure, wacky facts. Based on solid science, VanCleave's book gracefully walks the fine line between serious scientific education and truly entertaining activities. Be sure to check out VanCleave's many other lively science books, including Janice VanCleave's 203 Icy, Freezing, Frosty, Cool & Wild Experiments and Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out about Science. (Ages 5 to 9) --Emilie Coulter

About the Author:

JANICE VANCLEAVE is a former award-winning science teacher who now spends her time writing and giving science workshops. She is the author of over forty books with sales totaling over two million copies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0471330965
• ISBN 13: 9780471330967
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128