Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! If the groundhog sees its shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. Moss grows only on the north side of a tree. No two snowflakes are alike. You may have heard these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven using science? Let's investigate seventeen statements about Earth, weather, and the environment...

"Describes several scientists who went outside the box to discover scientific answers"--

Science projects in the areas of chemistry, earth science, physical science, the human body, and technology. You'll find some experiments that are quick and easy and others that are very challenging. The materials you'll need come from the supermarket, the toy store, the hardware store, the stationery story, and the drugstore.

Step-by-step instructions and photographs tell how to make slime and explain the science behind the project.

How old is the earth? Where is the ice three miles thick? Why are volcanoes so dangerous? Where are the wettest and driest spots on the planet? Find the answers to these questions-and many more-in Earth by the Numbers.

Step-by-step instructions and photographs tell how to build a tornado in a bottle and explain the science behind the project.

Provides answers to questions on motion, energy, matter, and their part in making life possible, including both scientific explanations and ideas about their further implications.

Step-by-step instructions and photographs tell how to build a fizzy rocket and explain the science behind the project.

Everyone makes mistakes, but they're not often on display for the whole world to see. These blunders in science and invention have gone down in history and will never be forgotten.

Head into the forest with Grover and the rest of the friends from Sesame Street. Young readers will learn more about the different types of forests and the animals that live in them--