pressure

Through visually pleasing and informative infographics, readers are presented with scientific concepts that are manageable and that make sense in the context of their everyday lives.

Readers will learn how intense heat and pressure changes rock so completely it becomes metamorphic rock.

Bill Nye uses humor and hands-on activities, as well as a visit to the Hoover Dam, to teach about different types of pressure, exploring fire boats, hydraulic lifts for cars, and a water Jet Ski shop that pushes water at three times the speed of sound.

Text and experiments introduce scientific principles that can be demonstrated with balloons and other inflatable toys.