Usborne Science Encyclopedia
by Annabel Craig Author
(From Amazon): Arranged thematically, this encyclopedia con tains explanations which, as much as possible, link basic sc ientific principles to everyday life in order to aid underst anding. Cartoons, quizzes and experiments show that science is fun as well as useful. '
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780746030523
- Print Status
- In Print
- Sections
- 51
- Pages
- 128
- Suggested Grades
- 3rd - 5th
- Publisher
- Usborne Books
- Edition
- Rev Upd
- Copyright
- 1998
Sections
- 1 Counting and numbers
- 2 Energy changes
- 3 Heat and temperature
- 4 Heating air and water
- 5 Heat rays
- 6 Energy in living things
- 7 Planet Earth
- 8 Fuels of the Earth
- 9 Alternative energy
- 10 Why do things move?
- 11 Friction
- 12 Gravity
- 13 Going straight
- 14 Round the bend
- 15 Floating and sinking
- 16 Pressure
- 17 Simple machines
- 18 Engines
- 19 Things that fly
- 20 Space
- 21 Light and dark
- 22 Bouncing light
- 23 Mirrors and pictures
- 24 Bending light
- 25 Seeing pictures
- 26 Coloured light
- 27 Mixing colours
- 28 Sound
- 29 Sound travels
- 30 Hearing sound
- 31 Musical sounds
- 32 Seeing with sound
- 33 What are things made of?
- 34 Atoms and molecules
- 35 Solids, liquids and gases
- 36 Heating and cooling
- 37 Boiling and freezing
- 38 The weather
- 39 Elements and compounds
- 40 Fire
- 41 Materials
- 42 Electricity around you
- 43 Flowing electricity
- 44 Types of electricity
- 45 Magnets and electricity
- 46 Records and tapes
- 47 Producing electricity
- 48 The electromagnetic spectrum
- 49 Radio and television
- 50 Computer technology
- 51 Scientists and inventors
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