Examines five different types of jobs performed by scientists, including a programmer of robot dogs that play soccer and one who tracks dangerous waves in the ocean.
A collection of twenty-two activities that describes the solar system and how it has been explored by using telescopes, satellites, landers, and human missions.
Uses a question-and-answer format to teach children about the planets, explaining what makes a planet, how they rotate around the sun, why they are round, and more, and describing the characteristics of each planet in the solar system.
An exploration of weather that includes fold-out and flip-up photographs of weather, and discusses climate versus weather, weather scientists in action, and why weather happens.
An exploration of tornadoes that includes fold-out and flip-up photographs of twisters, information on where and how they form, stories from survivors and storm chasers, and an examination of how they may be affected by climate change.