VanCleave, Janice Pratt

Presents a collection of experiments and activities to help children understand various types of engineering such as structural, solar, electrical, and chemical; and describes how each is applied to everyday situations.

Includes twenty simple experiments with additional suggestions for science fair projects.

Text and pictures explain weather concepts and give step-by-step instructions for conducting experiments such as making a barometer, measuring wind speed, and recreating the greenhouse effect.

A collection of science projects and experiments using magnets.

Twenty experiments involving electricity are included. Each contains a list of materials, procedures, results, and suggestions for doing related experiments, preparing science fair displays, and finding background information.

Presents simple experiments answering such questions about the human body as "Why does my skin pucker up when I take a long bath?" "Why are my bones hard?" and "How much breath do I have?".

Instructions for experiments, each introducing a different chemistry concept and demonstrating that chemistry is a part of our everyday life.