Physical Science
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Solid, Liquid, Gas Sorting Jars - Young Scientist Activity Set
A great addition to your Forms of Matter curriculum, this key hands-on physics activity helps children recognize the characteristics of three forms of matter, then use their observations to identify forms of matter of everyday objects. Learn More -
Solid Size, Color, Shape Sort: Three Complete Activities for Exploring Solids - Young Scientist Activity Set
A great addition to your science curriculum, this hands-on physics activity set includes 3 activities, so that related activities can be rotated. Reinforces the observation that solids come in different sizes, colors, and shapes. Learn More -
Solid Rough & Smooth Sort - Young Scientist Activity Set
A great addition to your science curriculum, this hands-on physics activity set gives children a chance to exercise familiar sensorial vocabulary (rough, smooth) as they sort fascinating items of varying textures under the appropriate label. Learn More -
Solid: Rigid, Plastic, Elastic Sort - Young Scientist Activity Set
A great addition to your science curriculum, this hands-on physics activity set offers a brilliant way for children to notice how solids respond differently to stress, an important physics (and engineering) distinction. Learn More -
Liquid: Three Complete Activities for Exploring Water - Young Scientist Activity Set
A great addition to your hands-on science curriculum, this physics activity set combines all the prerequisites for learning fun—children, water, and a new way to apply familiar skills. Learn More -
Gas: Four Complete Activities for Investigating Air - Young Scientist Activity Set
A great addition to your science curriculum, this hands-on physics activity set showcases astounding “tricks” with the most common gas (air) — sure to inspire children to look for answers that explain what they see. Learn More -
Switch On, Switch Off - Lets-Read-And-Find-Out Science® Stage 2
“Just before you jump into bed, you flip down the switch. The light goes off.“ Appealing illustrations, clear diagrams, and engaging text make complex ideas accessible to early elementary-age children. Paperback, 32 pages. Learn More -
The Mystery of Magnets
Great photos of children working with magnets, combined with simple text for early readers, make this photo-based fact book a good introduction to magnets and their properties. Paperback, 16 pages Learn More -
What Makes a Magnet? - Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science - Stage 2
“Let’s go fishing with a magnet. Put different things in a box: a penny, a nickel…“ This appealing book invites children to experience first-hand the intriguing properties of magnets. Paperback, 32 pages. Learn More -
Alnico Bar Magnets - Hands-on physical science
This magnet creates especially strong fields, with dramatic repulsion and attraction properties. Great For polarity experiments. (3" x ½" x ¼"); poles are marked. Learn More -
Alnico Horseshoe Magnet - 2" horseshoe magnet from Dowling Magnets
This horseshoe magnet is perfect for a magnetic/non-magnetic “fishing” game. It creates especially strong fields, with dramatic repulsion and attraction properties. (1¼" x 2" x ¼"). Aluminum-nickel-cobalt alloy. ¼" x 2" x ¼". Learn More -
Air Is All Around You - Let's Read-And-Find-Out Science Stage 1
A detailed look at air with a connection to your physical science activities. Simple facts and plenty of invitations to observe help children understand air in the atmosphere and water, how lungs and gills work, and much more. Paperback, 36 pages. Learn More -
Solids, Liquids, and Gases - Rookie Read-About Science
Appealing photos show concrete examples of solids, liquids, and gases that children can touch, see, taste, or smell in their environment. With simple text for early readers, this is a good introduction to forms of matter. Picture glossary, index. Paperback, 32 pages. Learn More -
Float & Sink Activity - Exciting hands-on physical science kit
Complete with items that sink, items that float, and items that might do either. This activity is so fascinating it will be in constant use. Everything needed for exciting hands-on science ready for your shelf. Learn More -
Neo Leo - The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci
This biography pairs Leonardo da Vinci’s detailed drawings of technology with the workable versions that were invented long after his death, as well as some that were built and used in his time. Hardcover, 36 pages. Learn More -
Pop! A Book About Bubbles - Let’s-Read-And-Find-Out Science Stage 1
Why are floating bubbles always round? Why don't milk bubbles float? Why do all bubbles pop? Just enough solid science (and a bubble recipe!) is sure to inspire children to give the experiments a try. Paperback, 36 pages. Learn More
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