Physical Science
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Caring for Nature - A Help the Environment book
Concrete ways for children to care for the natural world. Simple text and engaging photos of children and their families taking small conservation actions make big conservation ideas accessible to beginning readers. Learn More -
Cleaning Up Litter - A Help the Environment book
Concrete ideas children can use to “clean up” the world. Simple text and engaging photos of children taking small conservation actions make big conservation ideas accessible to beginning readers. Learn More -
Reusing and Recycling - A Help the Environment book
Great hands-on ways for children to re-use and recycle! Simple text and engaging photos of children and families taking small conservation actions make big conservation ideas accessible to beginning readers. Learn More -
Saving Energy - A Help the Environment book
Great book for understanding energy and how to save it! Simple text and engaging photos of children and families taking small conservation actions make big conservation ideas accessible to beginning readers. Learn More -
Saving Water - A Help the Environment book
Concrete ways for children to save water and reasons for conserving. Simple text and engaging photos of children taking small conservation actions make big conservation ideas accessible to beginning readers. Learn More -
Energy Makes Things Happen - A Lets-Read-and-Find-Out Science book
Pique your children’s interest in energy and how it works! Key concepts: energy comes from the sun, how it is transferred, how energy and fuel are related, the difference between stored and moving energy. Learn More -
Wired
Children will practically feel the energy crackling as they follow the electrons from power plant to light bulb. Elementary-age children will be enthralled by detailed explanations of the electrical transmission system. Learn More -
Basic Rock Collection
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks are represented here with six samples each. Attached to cardboard, this set makes a perfect control card or handy reference. Includes information on rocks, minerals, and their three types. Learn More -
Special Properties Rock & Mineral Specimens - From Fossilicious.com
Like early humans, your children will discover that rocks can be useful! This set includes: pumice (the rock that floats), optical calcite (look through it to see a double image), and magnetite (naturally magnetic). Learn More -
Rock & Mineral - Field Test Kit
A hands-on rock and mineral classification activity. Children will explore the properties that geologists use to help them identify rocks and minerals (hardness, effervescence, streak color, magnetism, and appearance). Learn More -
The Klutz Book of Paper Airplanes
Making 40 craft (10 different designs) offers plenty of opportunity for children to absorb aerodynamic principles: wind speed, thrust, and gravity. Good illustrations, clear language, and troubleshooting tips. Learn More -
Physical & Chemical Changes - From In-Print For Children
Whether living or non-living, everything experiences change. Learning to distinguish between physical and chemical changes is an important step for further exploration of chemistry. Learn More -
Elements Around Us - Cards & Replicards from In-Print For Children
When children understand that everything around us is composed of chemical elements, they will wonder what elements are found in familiar objects. This set of coordinated materials features 20 subjects from the child’s environment. Learn More -
What's Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew?
The perfect companion for a new microscope! A clever introduction with curiosity-tickling prose and accurate science. Children compare the very small with something ever smaller, right down to electrons. Learn More -
What is the World Made of? - All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science Stage 2A fun and engaging follow-up to hands-on experience, this book about states of matter has a humorous touch that older children will enjoy. Engaging experiments and hands-on activities throughout. Paperback, 32 pages. Learn More -
Primary Volcanic Eruptions Nomenclature Cards - From Laughing Star Montessori
Ignite the flame of imagination with information about one of the most transforming events on Earth! Learn More
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