Hands Up for Science - FUNdamental Hands-On Science

We might not notice them every day, but all around us plants are growing, cooking up their own food, fighting for territory, repelling hungry animals, and reproducing. But how do we know this? Science! In this book, students will get hands-on to investigate if all the things we know about plants are true. • What happens if a plant can't access sunshine? • Do the roots of plants actively ""search"" for water? • Can a plant grow if the soil around it contains no nutrients? • What happens to seedlings if they are forced into a battle for survival against others of their kind? As they carry out their investigations, students will get the chance to grow and observe their own plants. From photosynthesis to transpiration and from pollination to seed dispersal, each innovative and engaging experiment will get young students asking questions, making observations, gathering evidence, testing theories, and making and recording their conclusions. They will also get the chance to use scientific equipment and build and practice their science vocabulary.

Earth is a very rocky place, and in this book, kids will get the opportunity to get up close to different types of rocks and investigate them just like real-life geologists. As they work step-by-step through the fun and innovative activities and experiments they will discover... how rocks form and why they all look different how to tell rocks apart―just like a geologist how to make their own sand and soil from rocks how to create and then excavate a fossil from rock and much more! The experiments have been created to use rocks from a backyard, park, or beach and everyday equipment and materials that will be accessible to all readers. They will ask questions, make observations, gather evidence, test theories, and record their conclusions. Instead of just reading about this fascinating topic, readers will work like scientists to discover for themselves all about sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks, how fossils formed, and how Earth's rocks are forever changing and recycling as part of the rock cycle.

Iguana is planning a fiesta, but her lazy trio of friends loses out in this clever update of the story of the Little Red Hen, with a Mexican twist. A glossary of Spanish words is included.

Plants, animals, humans—all living things need water to survive. But what is this essential substance made of and why is it able to change from a liquid to a solid to a gas and back again? In this book, young students will carry out a series of fun and innovative experiments to learn all about water. • What are water molecules and how do they behave? • Why does water seem to disappear when it is warmed by sunshine? • Why does water suddenly appear from nowhere on the sides of a cold soda can? • How do rain and snow get up into the sky? • And how does water travel through the parts of a plant and even through the cells in your body? Budding young scientists will love messing with water as they learn all about liquids, solids, and gases, evaporation and condensation, and the water cycle. They will ask questions, make observations, gather evidence, test theories, and record their conclusions. Students will also use scientific equipment and build and practice their science vocabulary.