Provides information about temperature, explaining how it is measured, where heat comes from, how things get hot or cold, and how to stay warm. Includes an activity and glossary.
Introduces children to the concepts of motion and how the body's muscles use force to push, pull, or run, as well as the force and energy that moves machines.
Introduces wonders of earth's atmosphere, including auroras, mirages, trade winds, dust storms, acid rain, meteor showers, sundogs and a host of other meteorological phenomena.
Brief introductions to thirty animals with unusual and bizarre habits--such as the hognose snake who plays dead as a defense mechanism and the sand skink who can see through windows in his eyelids.
Describes some of the biological and geological wonders found in the ocean depths, including electric creatures, poisonous fish, swimming reptiles, the longest mountain chain, and a river in the ocean.
