Janice Vancleave''s Energy for Every Kid - Easy Activities That Make Learning Science Fun

Informationen zum Autor Janice VanCleave is a former science teacher who now spends her time writing and giving science workshops. She is the author of more than forty children's science books that have sold over two million copies and a resident science fair authority on discovery.com. Klappentext This collection of fun and easy-to-do experiments and activities will help kids understand the different types of energy! including heat! sound! electricity! and light! using everyday materials readily found at home. Zusammenfassung This collection of fun and easy-to-do experiments and activities will help kids understand the different types of energy - including heat! sound! electricity! and light - using everyday materials you can find at home. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. 1. Moving Stuff Energy and Work. 2. Constant The Law of Conservation of Mass and Energy. 3. Basic Kinetic and Potential Energy. 4. Stored Potential Energy. 5. On the Move Kinetic Energy. 6. Sum It Up The Law of Conservation of Mechanical Energy. 7. Disturbances Mechanical Waves. 8. Up and Down Energy Movement in Transverse Waves. 9. Back and Forth Sound Energy. 10. Energy Bundles Photons. 11. Through Space Radiant Energy. 12. Hot to Cold Heat Transfer. 13. Currents Transfer by Convection. 14. Warm Up! Infrared Radiation. 15. Changes How Thermal Energy Is Measured. 16. Opposite Electric Charges. 17. Stop and Go Electricity. 18. Pushers Batteries. 19. Stick to It! Magnetic Potential Energy. 20. Changers Chemical Energy. 21. Equal Nuclear Energy. 22. Used Up Nonrenewable Energy Resources. 23. Recycle Renewable Energy Resources. 24. Collectors Direct Heating by Solar Energy. 25. Pass It On Energy Transfers within a Community. Glossary. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Janice VanCleave, Janice (Riesel Vancleave, Janice Pratt VanCleave, VanCleave Janice
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.11.2005
• EAN: 9780471330998
• ISBN: 978-0-471-33099-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Janice VanCleave's Science for; Janice VanCleave's Science for; Science for Every Kid Series
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Physics, Educational: Physics