Tomecek, Steve

Brief text explores how soil is formed, its layers, and its importance as a natural resource that living things need to survive.

Provides an introduction to plate tectonics, traces the development of the theory of plate tectonics, and looks at the lives and achievements of the scientists who discovered and promoted the idea.

Examines the technological evolution of electromagnetism from its beginnings to how it effects the powers of the modern world.

Presents hands-on experiments and stories of great scientific discoveries, explaining the effects of mirrors and lenses on rays of light.

Presents a children's book about what the moon is really like, why it seems to change shape, what it is made of, and facts about craters, moon dust, and rocks.