Middle schooler Natalie's year-long assignment to answer a question using the scientific process leads to truths about her mother's depression and her own cultural identity.

"Charlotte, a serious scientist and a bunny, uses the scientific method to solve her problem: being squished by her many brothers and sisters"--

Make science simple! This book features easy and fun Science Experiments with Sight & Sound using household items. Young readers can assemble experiments at home from a Recycled Plastic Panpipe to a Super Spinning Color Wheel. No laboratory needed! Each activity includes easy instructions with how-to photos, and short science explanations. Use fun to introduce math and science to kids. Super simple says it all. Aligned to Common Core Standards and...

"Eight-year-old Ada, who has a knack for science, math, and solving mysteries, teams up with her best friend Nina to find a missing dog"--

Alchemy is an idea based on superstition and philosophical global traditions spanning hundreds of years. Alchemists made medicines and pharmaceuticals from the earth's materials and purified objects through philosophy, magic, and spirituality. Chemistry is based on the material principles of mixed bodies, and spans all natural or physical sciences in its practices. This book on alchemy and chemistry shows the scientific method at work and proves and...

""Ada, Iggy, and Rosie are ready for the most super sleepover ever: They've got their sleeping bags, pajamas, a moon nightlight, and a dino-snore machine (well, that last one may not be perfect for the sleeping part of the sleepover!). This will be Iggy's first sleepover at his house, so his dad helps brainstorm ideas for what to do at the sleepover. They can play games like ping pong, eat yummy popcorn, and even tell spooky stories! They want to...

Learn more about the playground by doing experiments.

A melting snowman leads her-of course!-to explore climate change and how to reduce her carbon footprint. The helium balloons at her eleventh birthday party beg questions-naturally!-of molecular structure, weights of gases,and neutral buoyancy. An afternoon making paper airplanes brings discoveries in aerodynamics. Tracks in the snow raise questions of how animals survive the winter. And an afternoon of sledding slides right into an investigation of...

Discovering a smelly creature in her garbage can that she names after herself, Olga befriends and studies the eccentric Olgamus using the scientific method, the practices of Jane Goodall, and other scientific concepts.