Dispezio, Michael A

Presents flying facts and accompanying instructions for making eighteen different types of paper airplanes--arranged in a sequence of lessons that teach flight physics.

Provides help in creating and carrying out a science project by presenting an actual sample project, along with specific project ideas and strategies.

A collection of mind-bending puzzles designed to test critical thinking skills. Includes answers.

Presents more than sixty puzzles that develop mental skills using patterns, grids, and pictures, with explained answers.

Activities designed to aid in the understanding of the brain.

Uses a question and answer format to provide information about the disease of AIDS including its outbreak, basic biology, viruses, transmission, and methods for therapy.

Presents various visual tricks using household materials.

Provides information for children about how the brain works, and includes a variety of illustrative activities.

Presents over seventy experiments designed to demonstrate the properties of light and sound and explain the science behind them, covering such topics as wavelengths, color spectrums, vibration, and air particles.

Contains information about different types of optical illusions, and features color illustrations of afterimages, impossible figures, flip-flopping faces, bent lines, imaginary patterns, and other illusions.