Janice VanCleave

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Louisiana

101 Easy Experiments That Really Work

How are mountains formed? What makes the air we breathe? What causes the ocean waves? Now you can learn the answers to these and other questions about the earth, sea, and air through 101 fun, safe, low-cost experiments and activities that can be performed at home or in the classroom. In Earth Science for Every Kid, you'll use a tennis ball and a marble to demonstrate a solar eclipse. You'll make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to understand sedimentary rock formation. And, with the assistance of a Slinky(r) and a helper, you'll learn about the motion of water waves. Each of the 101 experiments is broken down into its purpose, a list of materials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and an easy to understand explanation. Every activity has been pretested and can be performed safely and inexpensively in the classroom or at home. Also available in this series from Janice VanCleave: * ASTRONOMY FOR EVERY KID * BIOLOGY FOR EVERY KID * CHEMISTRY FOR EVERY KID * DINOSAURS FOR EVERY KID * GEOGRAPHY FOR EVERY KID * GEOMETRY FOR EVERY KID * THE HUMAN BODY FOR EVERY KID * MATH FOR EVERY KID * PHYSICS FOR EVERY KID

Janice VanCleave's Earth Science for Every Kid

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

How do rocks change shape? Why does Venus rotate "backwards"? How do tigers talk with their tails? Do bigger ears hear better? Discover the answers to these and many other weird and wildmysteries in astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, andphysics. Janice VanCleave's 204 Sticky, Gloppy, Wacky, andWonderful Experiments gives you hours and hours of hands-on,low-cost scientific fun. Try these safe, easy-to-do experiments athome or in the classroom: construct a lunar calendar to examine thephases of the moon, observe the feeding of ants to find out howthey communicate, and build a model of Galileo's thermoscope tomeasure how different materials change temperature. With so manyamazing projects to choose from, you'll have a blast learning aboutthe world around you.

Janice VanCleave's 204 Sticky, Gloppy, Wacky, and Wonderful Experiments

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Texas

Science

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

Janice VanCleave's 201 Awesome, Magical, Bizarre, and Incredible Experiments

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Easy Activities That Make Learning Science Fun

What makes the heart beat faster or slower? How do tightrope walkers keep their balance? Why does spinning fast cause dizziness? Explore the mysteries and the workings of the human body through this fascinating collection of ideas, projects, and activities. Have fun while you learn about everything from the body's basic building blocks to how the brain receives messages from other parts of the body. Make a model of a human cell that you can eat for dessert. Make a working model of a human lung from a soda bottle, a balloon, and a garbage bag. Through these and other activities, you'll find out how your lungs supply air to your blood and your heart pumps blood throughout your body; how your body sees, hears, feels, smells, and tastes the world around it; how you lose and regain up to five pounds of skin every year; and much more. Most of the materials you need are already part of you; the rest you will easily find around the house or classroom. Every activity has been "child tested" and can be performed safely and cheaply in the classroom, at a science fair, or at home. Also available in the 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 Geography for Every Kid Geometry for Every Kid Math for Every Kid Physics for Every Kid Kids.

Janice VanCleave's the Human Body for Every Kid

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Why do bubbles escape from soda?

How can you clean up an oil slick?

What's the best environment for worms?

Why does milk curdle?

Explore the strange and sometimes slimy answers to these and otherquestions about astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, andphysics in Janice VanCleave's 202 Oozing, Bubbling, Dripping, andBouncing Experiments. Try these fun-filled, hands-on projects athome or in the classroom. Drip liquid mud to show how craters formon the moon, use toothpaste to simulate a shield volcano, and makeyour own "bouncy blubber" with water, borax, and glue. Eachexperiment includes an illustration and safe, simple, step-by-stepinstructions.

This latest Janice VanCleave treasury, a companion to theenormously popular 200 Gooey, Slippery, Slimy, Weird, and FunExperiments and 201 Awesome, Magical, Bizarre, and IncredibleExperiments, brings together projects from her SCIENCE FOR EVERYKID and SPECTACULAR SCIENCE PROJECTS series -- plus 40 all-newexperiments that make science ooze, bubble, and drip withexcitement.

Children Ages 8 -12

"A gimmick-free book in which doing is learning. Great for home orclassroom." -- American Bookseller on Janice VanCleave's 200 Gooey,Slippery, Slimy, Weird, and Fun Experiments

"VanCleave writes books designed to show students that science isfun, and this latest collection does just that." -- School LibraryJournal on Janice VanCleave's 201 Awesome, Magical, Bizarre, andIncredible Experiments

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Virginia

101 Easy Experiments in Motion, Heat, Light, Machines, and Sound

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

Janice VanCleave's Physics for Every Kid

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California

Why do newspapers turn yellow?

How does bleach make colors disappear?

Why can't you mix oil and water?

Find out the answers to these and other mysteries of chemistry inthis fascinating collection of ideas, projects, and activities thatteach the basics of chemistry theory and practice.

Turn steel wool into a glutinous green blob. Separate an egg fromits shell without breaking the shell. Make copper pennies turngreen. Have fun while you learn simple chemistry from a solution ofcolored water, and the behavior of gases with the help of a sodabottle. Through these and other activities, you'll explore thestructure of matter, the workings of acids, gases, and solutions .. . and much more.

You'll find most of the materials you need around the house orclassroom. Every activity has been pretested and can be performedsafely and cheaply in the classroom, at a science fair, or athome.

Also available in this series from Janice VanCleave:
* ASTRONOMY FOR EVERY KID
* BIOLOGY FOR EVERY KID
* DINOSAURS FOR EVERY KID
* EARTH SCIENCE FOR EVERY KID
* GEOGRAPHY FOR EVERY KID
* GEOMETRY FOR EVERY KID
* THE HUMAN BODY FOR EVERY KID
* MATH FOR EVERY KID
* PHYSICS FOR EVERY KID.

Janice VanCleave's Chemistry for Every Kid

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What's the effect of osmosis on a raisin? How is water transported through plant stems? What's the best way to grow penicillin? How are butterflies different from moths? Now you can discover answers to these and other fascinating questions about biologythe study of living organisms. In Biology for Every Kid, you'll learn how to talk with fireflies, watch bacteria wage war in a glass of milk, discover how to tell the temperature by counting cricket chirps, and find out how an apple and an onion can taste the same. Each of the 101 experiments is broken down into its purpose, a list of materials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and an easy to understand explanation. Every activity has been pretested and can be performed safely and inexpensively in the classroom or at home.

Janice VanCleave's Biology for Every Kid

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

Janice VanCleave's 200 Gooey, Slippery, Slimy, Weird and Fun Experiments

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New Jersey

Caught in the Last-Minute Science Project Scramble? Looking for Fun, Interesting Project Ideas? You're in luck! With Janice VanCleave's Help! My Science Project IsDue Tomorrow! you can choose from a wide variety of ideas drawingfrom all the scientific disciplines. Just pick any topic you'reinterested in-stars, telescopes, cells, spiders, chemical change,solutions, the water cycle, energy, and many more-read thebackground information, gather a few simple materials, and startexperimenting! Each chapter presents a simple scientific investigation thatincludes step-by-step instructions, a description of the desiredresult, and ideas on how to expand on the topic to make it yourvery own science project. And, as with all of Janice VanCleave'sexperiment books, the materials are safe, inexpensive, and easilyfound around the house. You'll not only find this book useful forany science project assignments all year round but a great resourcefor developing long-term science fair projects.

Janice VanCleave's Help! My Science Project Is Due Tomorrow! Easy Experiments You Can Do Overnight

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Why do bubbles escape from soda?

How can you clean up an oil slick?

What's the best environment for worms?

Why does milk curdle?

Explore the strange and sometimes slimy answers to these and otherquestions about astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, andphysics in Janice VanCleave's 202 Oozing, Bubbling, Dripping, andBouncing Experiments. Try these fun-filled, hands-on projects athome or in the classroom. Drip liquid mud to show how craters formon the moon, use toothpaste to simulate a shield volcano, and makeyour own "bouncy blubber" with water, borax, and glue. Eachexperiment includes an illustration and safe, simple, step-by-stepinstructions.

This latest Janice VanCleave treasury, a companion to theenormously popular 200 Gooey, Slippery, Slimy, Weird, and FunExperiments and 201 Awesome, Magical, Bizarre, and IncredibleExperiments, brings together projects from her SCIENCE FOR EVERYKID and SPECTACULAR SCIENCE PROJECTS series -- plus 40 all-newexperiments that make science ooze, bubble, and drip withexcitement.

Children Ages 8 -12

"A gimmick-free book in which doing is learning. Great for home orclassroom." -- American Bookseller on Janice VanCleave's 200 Gooey,Slippery, Slimy, Weird, and Fun Experiments

"VanCleave writes books designed to show students that science isfun, and this latest collection does just that." -- School LibraryJournal on Janice VanCleave's 201 Awesome, Magical, Bizarre, andIncredible Experiments

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Alabama

Janice VanCleave's 202 Oozing, Bubbling, Dripping, and Bouncing Experiments

Includes information on techniques and technologies of oceanography, the topology of the ocean floor, movement of the sea, properties of sea water, and life in the sea.

Janice VanCleave's Oceans for Every Kid

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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.

Janice VanCleave's Science Around the Year

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Janice VanCleave's 203 Icy, Freezing, Frosty, Cool , and Wild Experiments Custom Edition

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Why do planets spin? How hot is the Sun? What keeps the Moon in orbit around the Earth? What are Saturn's rings made of? What's a black hole in space? Now you can discover the answers to these and other fascinating questions about basic astronomy. In Astronomy for Every Kid you'll learn about the constellations using a shoe box planetarium. You'll chart the movement of the stars with nothing but a string, a marker, and a nail. And you'll use a toy magnet to simulate the Earth's protective force field. Each of the 101 experiments is broken down into its purpose, a list of materials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and an easy to understand explanation. Every activity has been pretested and can be performed safely and inexpensively in the classroom or at home. Also available in this series from Janice VanCleave:
Biology for Every Kid
Chemistry for Every Kid
Dinosaurs for Every Kid
Earth Science for Every Kid
Geography for Every Kid
Geometry for Every Kid
The Human Body for Every Kid
Math for Every Kid
Physics for Every Kid

Janice VanCleave's Astronomy for Every Kid

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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

Janice VanCleave's Constellations for Every Kid

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Activities on Biomes from Pole to Pole

Fun facts and experiments about Earth's amazing and unique climaticregions! Janice VanCleave's Science Around the World presents interestingfacts and fun experiments that relate to the different geographicalregions of the world-also known as biomes. Each differentbiome-forest, grassland, desert, and tundra-has its own uniqueplant life, animal life, and climate. The experiments, activities,and facts in this book help explain how the different biomes workand show the importance biomes play in keeping life on Earth sofascinatingly diverse. You'll learn how the tilt of Earth affects the weather in differentparts of the world; how and why some animals migrate; why leaveschange color; and how cacti survive so long without rainfall. Fromthe South American rainforests to the African savannas to theChinese Takla Makan Desert, you'll find out how climate andgeography determine the way plants and animals look and behave-withsafe, inexpensive experiments for the home and classroom!

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