How to be a scientist

Provides an overview of science tools and safety. Covers tools for observing and measuring and addresses safety tips for at home and at school. Includes a review of the scientific method and presents hands-on experiments.

Introduces the scientific method; presents step-by-step instructions for classroom experiments that demonstrate the method; and discusses controls, blind tests, models, and the use of animals in experiments by scientists.

Introduces the scientific method, discussing the history of science, other methods, and modern science; describing how it is used to solve problems; and providing a time line of discoveries, a glossary, and a list of related books.