Offers students an overview of plate tectonics, discussing how the Earth's plates move on a bed of molten magma under the Earth's surface and how that movement creates landforms such as mountains and trenches and cause volcanoes and tsunamis.
Presents biographical information about Thomas Edison, and other inventors such as Nikola Tesla, Benjamin Franklin, and Michael Faraday, who developed inventions related to electromagnetism and its use.
A discussion of ecosystems, explaining what biomes are, describing different types of biomes, and looking at what people can do to protect the world's ecosystems.
A biography on the life of Gregor Mendel, whose experiments with garden peas helped him explain how genetic traits in living things such as hair color and eye color in humans are passed from generation to generation.
Highlights the work and findings of several well-known and influential scientists who have expanded our knowledge and understanding of light and sound.
Introduces readers to various rocks and minerals and the role they play in revealing what life was like long ago. Includes a science activity, important people in geology, a glossary, and a geological timeline.
