science

When Heidi is paired with Stanley, her worst enemy's best friend, for the Brewster Science Fair and she suddenly starts getting notes from a secret admirer, she tries to use magic to discover the note-writer's identity.

"Things aren't going well for Kira. At home, she cares for her mother and fends off debt collectors. At school, she's awkward and shy. Plus, she may flunk out of she doesn't stop obsessing about science, her passion and one thing she's good at ... very good at. Desperate to bring in money, she enters a prestigious science contest with a big cash prize. At the awards, Kira draws the attention of celebrated professor Dr. Gregory Munn (as well as his handsome assistant), eventually leading to a part-time job in a top secret laboratory. The job is mostly cleaning floors and equipment, but one night, while running her own experiment she revives a lab rat that had died in her care"--Jacket flap.

Many years ago, the color purple was available only to a privileged few because the process was very complicated and expensive. Then in 1856, a boy named William Henry Perkin was testing a hypothesis about a cure for malaria and found that his experiment resulted in something else--something vivid and rare for the times: synthetic purple. Perkin, a pioneer of the modern scientific method, made numerous advances possible, including canned food and chemotherapy. But it was his creation of purple that started it all. This book is a joyous celebration of Perkin's impactful purple"--OCLC.

"Kate and her friends play in a science-themed escape room that Kate's science teacher puts together to teach Kate and her friends about teamwork"--Provided by publisher. Includes directions for making "magnetic slime" and information about how it works.

"Are you curious about numbers, size, and how something small stacks up against something big? Accompanied by . . . facts and figures, the life-size photographs in this book answer 'What if?' and 'How many?' for all kinds of creatures and objects. If you unravel all the thread from a T-shirt, how many times will that thread wrap around a city block? How many flowers does a hive of bees have to visit to collect enough pollen to make a pound of honey? The answers might surprise you!"--OCLC.

"In this book, readers will learn how energy affects the movement of objects through the air, the warmth we feel on our skin when the sun shines, and many concepts in between. Readers will also conduct energy experiments and find out how humans have learned to harness energy in different ways"--Provided by publisher.

"Jessie wants her science fair project to make a difference. So when she gets the chance to test a local creek for pollution, she can't wait to get started. But when things start going wrong with her experiment, Jessie and her siblings don't just have an experiment to investigate, they have a mystery to solve!"--OCLC.

Step-by-step instructions and illustrations guide readers through science experiments that illustrate the principles of force and magnetism.

"An in-depth look at the science behind the creative methods Shakespeare used to kill off his characters"--Provided by publisher.