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It's astounding to think about how our lives would work without electricity. Luckily, we only realize the impact of electricity when the power's out! But this well-researched, at-level volume provides young scientists with an up-close look at electricity, exploring essential scientific topics such as batteries, circuits, conductors and insulators, electricity generation, and safety issues. After each topic's explanation, readers are invited to complete a related activity, through step-by-step instructions, including making a lemon battery, building an electroscope, constructing a wind turbine, and much more. A final quiz allows reader to assess their understanding of electricity facts.

Kids love crafts of all kinds, and animal crafts are the perfect way to engage them in learning crucial animal concepts such as classification, adaptation, and reproduction. This engrossing book introduces animal topics, clearly explaining the information learners need to know and the facts that will make them say, "Wow!" Then, step-by-step instructions encourage them to review key points while making a related craft or doing a relevant activity, such as creating a wormery, performing an animal survey, and much more. A final quiz allows reader to assess their understanding of curricular concepts.

Life in the desert is tough. Not all animals can survive there. But, the ones that do have some awesome adaptations. In this book, readers learn about the reptiles, mammals, and insects found in the sand. From a mother scorpion eating her babies to a gazelle that doesn't need to pee, the facts throughout the book are gross, fun, and, above all, super interesting. Written with age-appropriate detail and language, the science content engages curious readers looking to know more about desert animals.

Readers may think they know all there is to know about animals on land. After all, people are one kind! But, koalas barely drink anything, termites fart, and frogs can grow as big as human babies, and there are so many other interesting facts to know! In this book, the main content highlights animals from around the world that live on land. From giraffes to dung beetles, animals featured in this book are shown close up in full-color photographs alongside age-appropriate, accessible science content.

What in the world is a woobbegong? Readers of this fun book find out all about this fish, sometimes called the carpet shark, and it's shaggy-looking beard. Full of many other underwater creatures, including seahorses and starfish, this book engages animal lovers from start to finish with bizarre, gross, and supremely interesting facts about each. Full-color photographs bring the world under the sea to readers, complementing accessible content and language. Finding out that jellyfish both eat and poop using the same opening in their body will be enough to keep young zoologists come back for more.