Ellen Lawrence

When you stroke a kitten, you feel its soft fur. When you put a forkful of scorching-hot food into your mouth, you feel a burning pain. All day, every day, your sense of touch is hard at work. Explore how your skin, nerve cells, and brain work as a team to help you feel the world around you.

When someone strums a guitar, you hear music. When you chat with your friends, you hear their voices and your own. All day, every day, your sense of hearing is hard at work. Explore how your ears, nerve cells, and brain work as a team to help you hear the thousands of different sounds in the world around you.

When you open a book, you see words and pictures. When you play sports, you see the ball whizzing toward you at high speed. All day, every day, your sense of sight is hard at work. Explore how your eyes, nerve cells, and brain work as a team to help you see the world around you.

"Young readers will learn all about space."--

Why does a colorful parrotfish spend the night in a bubble of slime? And how does the fish produce its slimy sleeping bag? Learn the answers to these questions and more -- and prepare to get slimed!

We see and use it every day, but what exactly is water, and what are its properties? In this title, students will get the opportunity to conduct experiments that show how water can be a liquid, a gas, or a solid. Kids will also get the chance to investigate questions such as "What floats in water?" and "What dissolves in water?" Using everyday items that kids can easily find around the house, students will turn into scientists as they carry out step-by-step...

"Young readers will learn all about space."--

How does a slug use its slime to travel from place to place and keep safe from hungry predators? And where exactly does slug slime come from? Learn the answers to these questions and more -- and prepare to get slimed!

How does a poison dart frog stay safe from predators? And which underwater slimer shoots sticky, poisonous threads from its backside? Learn the answers to these questions and more -- and prepare to get slimed!

Learn how people make air dirty, why it is dangerous, and what can be done to make the air cleaner.