Richards, Jon

Uses simple experiments to describe the different forms water takes and demonstrate its various properties.

Uses simple experiments to describe the properties of sound and demonstrate how sounds are formed and how they travel, why animals can hear sounds that humans cannot, listening in stereo, and more.

Uses simple experiments to describe the properties of light and to demonstrate how rainbows are made, the importance of sunlight to life on Earth, how to create moving pictures, and more.

Uses simple experiments to describe the properties of air and their effects especially on weather and flight.

Uses simple experiments to explore wheels, pulleys, levers, friction, and lift in terms of inventions and discoveries underlying the modern mechanical world.

Examines some important discoveries about building and the science behind them.

Instructions for performing a variety of experiments about measuring using ordinary household objects.

Describes experiments that demonstrate such chemical reactions as freezing, dissolving, and filtering and explains why they happen.

Describes the cars used in Formula One, stock car, and drag racing and briefly discusses the development of racing cars.

Examines different types of machines used in space exploration, including probes, satellites, space shuttles, and rockets, and describes the work that they do.