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Science fair projects that not only enhance learning about science, but also provide models for entries in science fairs.
From constructing a levitating magnet to figuring out how music affects your workout, these fun science fair projects will encourage you to learn more about a variety of interesting topics. One of them could even win you a blue ribbon! Draw the judges' attention to your experiment by proving that cola is more or less likely to cause tooth decay that other drinks. Learn if the so-called green flash seen immediately after a bright red sunset actually exists. Your winning project is inside! Book jacket.
From the creators of Shrek and Wallace & Gromit comes a madcap animated comedy set on and beneath the streets of London. The story of a pampered, uptown rat named Roddy who is flushed down the toilet in his penthouse apartment and ends up in the London sewers. In the city of Ratropolis, he meets the lovely Rita, who might-or might not-help him to return home. But first, he must confront the villainous Toad and his henchfrogs who plan to take over Ratropolis. Roddy must learn a different way of life if he's to survive and save the world.
A handbook for skipping with a rope as a sport to keep fit. How-to illus for one or more people.
This appealingly packaged kitin the same style as the enormously popular String Games (80,000 sold) and Tangram Puzzles (45,000 sold)is absolutely guaranteed to attract kids attention.
Presents a variety of games meant to be played outside--in such settings as yards, fields, playgrounds, and beaches--giving suitable ages, number of players, and space requirements for each game.
Sensual cyborgs Omoo and Amaa live in an alien-like world where biological reproduction is forbidden and immortality is offered in a virtual afterlife known as the Dream Box. In this futuristic and dystopian society of sinister technologies, robots, and computers approaching singularity, the couple defies the law by having a child. Their journey to safety across a landscape of glaciers, toxic water, and savage monsters brings them into contact with primitive beings on the verge of an evolutionary breakthrough. A fast moving science fiction thriller with a horrific surprise ending!
From earliest times, the concept of "play" has been part of the human experience. And while some pastimes have gone in and out of favor over the years, some never change or lack for enthusiasts. Using poetry and prose, Judy Young relives many of the familiar games of childhood and invites young readers to join along as she plays Kick the Can, Monkey in the Middle, and Double Dutch jump rope. "The rope starts to turn and I jump with my feet As I sing out a song with the same rhythmic beat, Turn around, touch the ground, first jump slowly, then fast; How many more jumps do you think I will last?" Colorful artwork reinforces the underlying message of the importance of physical play in today's t...
Relying on the remarkable forces of science and nature, this material offers great ideas for performing illusions, magic tricks, and experiments.
Behind the Murder Curtain is the true story of Bruce Sackman, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General. Sackman’s main responsibilities had been investigating white-collar crimes such as embezzlement when he is drawn into the macabre world of doctors and nurses who murder their patients. Sackman evolves from an investigator of routine cases to the world’s leading expert on Medical Serial Killers—MSKs—doctors and nurses who ply their evil trade hidden behind the privacy curtain at a patient’s bedside. Behind the Murder Curtain tells how this dedicated investigator brought down four MSKs in Veterans Hospitals while developing the RED FLAGS PROTOCOL, which is now taught to investigators and forensic nurses throughout the world as a tool for stopping an MSK.