Janice Vancleaves Play And Find Out About Nature

Come and find out! How? By choosing one of the 50 simple experiments in Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out about Nature. Your child will discover the answers to lots of fun questions as you team up to play together and explore the wonder of our world. Each experiment includes illustrations, a list of easy-to-find materials, and simple, step-by-step instructions. Praise for Janice VanCleave's books: "Stunningly clear, direct, and informative projects." --School Library Journal "[They] not only teach children the basics of science, but also entertain along the way. . . . great for kids." --Parentguide

Provides instructions for fifty nature experiments and activities involving both plants and animals.

How do planes fly? What makes bubbles in a bubble bath? Why don't eggs break under a chicken? Come and find out! How? By choosing one of the 50 simple experiments in Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out about Science. Your child will discover the answers to lots of fun questions as you team up to play together and explore the wonder of our world. Each experiment includes illustrations, a list of easy-to-find materials, and simple, step-by-step instructions. Coming soon . . . Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out about Nature Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out about Math Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out about the Human Body Praise for Janice VanCleave's books: "Stunningly clear, direct, and informative projects." —School Library Journal "[They] not only teach children the basics of science, but also entertain along the way. . . . great for kids." —Parentguide

How much is one-half of something? How can I draw a star? How long is five seconds? Come and find out! How? By choosing one of the 50 simple activities in Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out about Math. Your child will discover the answers to lots of fun questions as you team up to play together and explore the wonder of our world. Each activity includes illustrations, a list of easy-to-find materials, and simple, step-by-step instructions. Praise for Janice VanCleave's books: "Stunningly clear, direct, and informative projects." --School Library Journal "[They] not only teach children the basics of science, but also entertain along the way. . . . great for kids." --Parentguide Also available . . . Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out about Science Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out about Nature Coming soon . . . Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out about the Human Body Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out about Bugs

Presents simple experiments answering such questions about the human body as "Why does my skin pucker up when I take a long bath?" "Why are my bones hard?" and "How much breath do I have?"

What makes bubbles in a bubble bath? How do planes fly? I wonder… Why don’t eggs break under a chicken? Come and find out! How? By choosing one of the 50 simple experiments in Janice VanCleave’s Play and Find Out about Science. Your child will discover the answers to lots of fun questions as you team up to play together and explore the wonder of our world. Each experiment includes illustrations, a list of easy-to-find materials, and simple, step-by-step instructions. Coming soon… Janice VanCleave’s Play and Find Out about Nature Janice VanCleave’s Play and Find Out about Math Janice VanCleave’s Play and Find Out about the Human Body For ages 4 to 7 Praise for Janice VanCleave’s books: "Stunningly clear, direct, and informative projects." —School Library Journal "[They] not only teach children the basics of science, but also entertain along the way. … great for kids." —Parentguide

How much is one-half of something? How can I draw a star? How long is five seconds? Come and find out! How? By choosing one of the 50 simple activities in Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out about Math. Your child will discover the answers to lots of fun questions as you team up to play together and explore the wonder of our world. Each activity includes illustrations, a list of easy-to-find materials, and simple, step-by-step instructions. Praise for Janice VanCleave's books: "Stunningly clear, direct, and informative projects." --School Library Journal "[They] not only teach children the basics of science, but also entertain along the way. . . . great for kids." --Parentguide Also available . . . Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out about Science Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out about Nature Coming soon . . . Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out about the Human Body Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out about Bugs

How do honeybees find their way home? Why is Venus so hot? How can you measure the speed of the wind? What makes a sound loud or soft? Discover the awesome answers to these and other fascinating mysteries in biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, and astronomy. Just try these 201 fun, safe, low-cost experiments at home or in the classroom. You'll look through a drop of water to find out how a magnifying lens works. Using a Styrofoam ball, a pencil, and a lamp, you'll learn why the Moon appears and disappears. With just a jar and some ice cubes, you can demonstrate how rain is formed. Each experiment includes an illustration and easy to follow step-by-step instructions. This companion volume to the enormously popular 200 Gooey, Slippery, Slimy, Weird, and Fun Experiments brings together magical projects from Janice VanCleave's Science for Every Kid and Spectacular Science Projects series--plus 40 all-new experiments that make science come to life. Children Ages 8-12

Presents 101 experiments relating to physics using materials readily available around the house.

Where can you find Leo the lion? How can you bring a constellation into your room? What are the oldest stars? How did the Milky Way Galaxy get its name? Now you can explore the answers to these and other questions inJanice VanCleave's Constellations for Every Kid. Find theconstellations Draco, Libra, Hydra, Hercules, and many more fromyour own backyard. Make a star disk that can track star movements.Find out what a balloon can tell us about stars. With activitieslike making an astronomer's flashlight and a shoebox planetarium,Janice VanCleave's Constellations for Every Kid will have youreaching for the stars. Each of the activities begins with a statement of purpose, followedby a list of materials, step-by-step instructions, expectedresults, and an easy-to-understand explanation. Every activity hasbeen pretested and can be performed safely and inexpensively athome or in the classroom. Also available in this series from Janice VanCleave: * ASTRONOMY FOR EVERY KID * BIOLOGY FOR EVERY KID * CHEMISTRY FOR EVERY KID * DINOSAURS FOR EVERY KID * EARTH SCIENCE FOR EVERY KID * ECOLOGY FOR EVERY KID * GEOGRAPHY FOR EVERY KID * GEOMETRY FOR EVERY KID * THE HUMAN BODY FOR EVERY KID * MATH FOR EVERY KID * OCEANS FOR EVERY KID * PHYSICS FOR EVERY KID