materials

Simple text, photographs and fun experiments help young readers understand how different materials work.

Eww, that feels gross! Young learners love learning about texture up close. This accessible book enables readers to imagine how objects would feel that might not be available in the classroom, such as an alligator! Smooth, bumpy, dry, sticky, hard, and soft are just some of the adjectives introduced in this valuable volume.

Simple text and photographs provide an introduction to materials, comparing wood and metal, glass and rocks, plastic and rubber, and water and soil; and discussing how different materials are used.

Simple text and color photographs introduce different items, and the materials that they are made from.

Simple text and illustrations introduce natural resources, and explores what items come from man-made materials and what come from natural resources.

Describes the basic properties of materials, contrasting things that are smooth and things that are rough, and includes photographs, a picture glossary, and a quiz.

Describes the basic properties of materials, contrasting things that are hot and things that are cold, and includes photographs, a picture glossary, and a quiz.

Describes the basic properties of materials, contrasting things that are shiny and things that are dull, and includes photographs, a picture glossary, and a quiz.

Science educator Bill Nye details the history of various materials, including concrete, glass, steel, rubber, Kevlar, and carbon fiber, and discusses how they are made and used. Includes an introduction to a student inventor.

"The many natural resources we use in daily life, such as fossil fuels, are not unlimited, which readers will discover from this . . . book. They will also learn about the lasting effects of using up Earth's nonrenewable resources, and what this means for both the planet and all of us, [and that] . . . there are alternatives to nonrenewable resources, such as solar power, which the world is trending toward"--Provided by publisher.