Cobb, Vicki

Examines how science plays a major role in the design of sneakers in order to improve athletic performance and limit injuries to the wearer.

Readers will get a close look at this body battle with comic illustrations and ground-breaking photomicrographs.

Explains the science behind one's sense of hearing, discussing sound waves and the anatomy of the human ear, and includes experiments related to sound and humorous illustrations.

Contains simple experiments to show how the human sense of sight can be fooled.

Using scanning electron microscopy, studies household dirt, dust, and germs, and the substances that are used to get rid of them.

Presents Australia as a possible place to live, mentioning that though you may go to school by radio, it has other good features.

Explains and demonstrates scientific principles by using them to create magic tricks.

Introduces the characteristics and actions of the wind through simple hands-on activities.

Focuses on the land, animals, plants, and climate of Alaska, presenting it as an example of a place where it is so cold your hair can freeze and break off.

Surveys the living conditions in Arizona's Sonora Desert for the people and unusual animals that live there. Also describes the engineering accomplishment of Hoover Dam.