Baxter, Roberta

This book relays the factual details of the dropping of the atomic bombs that took place during World War II. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a Manhattan Project scientist, a witness in Hiroshima, and an aide to the US secretary of war. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives in the text while gathering and analyzing information about a historical event.

This book relays the factual details of the Battle of Gettysburg that took place during the U.S. Civil War. Readers learn about the key historical event from the perspectives of a Confederate soldier, a Union soldier, and a woman merchant near the battle.

"Large photographs and simple text describe eight early cars"--.

An examination of the life and scientific achievements of New Zealand-born British chemist and physicist Ernest Rutherford.

Provides chemistry teachers with a wide variety of classroom tools and resources, including activities, bibliographies, demonstrations, homework helpers, and more.

Provides a biography of Michael Faraday, a British chemist and physicist who contributed significantly to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.

A biography of chemist Antoine Lavoisier who identified oxygen and hydrogen, studied the conservation of mass, wrote the first major list of elements, and helped develop the metric system. Describes how old rivals raised suspicion about him during the French Revolution that led to his beheading.

Explains the history of the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution.

Explores the science concept of states of matter, how different states exist in everyday situations, and how this concept is used in technology.

Examines the life of Thomas A. Edison, and describes his childhood and education, his laboratories in New Jersey and New York City, his early inventions--which includes the phonograph and the light bulb--and other related topics.