STEM & STEAM

Simple machines, such as the wheel and axle, are important to daily life. This title will help readers understand what a wheel and axle is, its parts, and how it makes work easier. This title is complete with colorful and informative images, and simple...

Simple machines, such as the wedge, are important to daily life. This title will help readers understand what a wedge is, its parts, and how it makes work easier. This title is complete with colorful and informative images, and simple text. Aligned to...

Simple machines, such as the screw, are important to daily life. This title will help readers understand what a screw is, its parts, and how it makes work easier. This title is complete with colorful and informative images, and simple text. Aligned to...

Simple machines, such as the pulley, are important to daily life. This title will help readers understand what a pulley is, its parts, and how it makes work easier. This title is complete with colorful and informative images, and simple text. Aligned to...

Simple machines, such as the lever, are important to daily life. This title will help readers understand what a lever is, its parts, and how it makes work easier. This title is complete with colorful and informative images, and simple text. Aligned to...

A single error in a line of code can cause a computer program to go haywire or stop working entirely. Luckily coding has a process for dealing with errors: debugging. Debugging consists of finding and fixing errors in code. You don't have to work as a...

Computers have become enmeshed in almost every aspect of modern life. While this development has made our lives easier and more convenient, it also opens us up to all sorts of security risks. The dozen activities in this volume emphasize the importance...

The dozen activities in this book don't require a computer, but will help readers become masters at computational thinking. This volume stars out with activities highlighting the necessity of giving clear, direct instructions. It continues to include...

Chemicals are all around us. We can see, smell, taste hear and touch them all the time. Chemicals are not just things that a scientist uses in a laboratory. There are chemicals in the food you eat at lunch, the soap you use to wash your hands and the...

A laptop or tablet is useless without the right software. While we can hold and touch hardware, understanding exactly what software is often confuses us. With clear explanations, this book will turn kids into people who not only use software, but also...

What are all the parts of a computer called, and what do they all do? Find out the answers to these questions, and many more inside this book. An easy-to-understand guide that will have you sounding like an expert in no time! Computers are everywhere,...

How do diapers work? What's the best way to grow crystals? Chemistry can provide some pretty fantastic answers to these questions, and more, in this book of 10 experiments, presented by Scientific America. In each, a science concept is introduced,...

Goo, volcanoes, candy, fake blood--what more could young scientists want in a book of experiments? Presented by Scientific American, this volume celebrates the fun of biology, chemistry, and physics for some of the most fun experiments yet! Each engaging...

Could a raft be powered only by soap? Is an empty bottle truly empty? What exactly is a paper squawker--and can you build one with household items? Physics is a science of action; it's the study of how energy and matter are affected by new conditions...

Can you make your own black hole? What about a sea breeze in your kitchen? These questions and more Earth and space science queries are answered through doing the experiments in this book! From exploring meteorites to how sundials work, the experiments...

Grab a coat to take a trip to the vast, treeless, mostly frozen tundra biome in this nonfiction picture book! In Tour the Tundra: Biome Explorers, science adventurers ages 5 to 8 visit the Arctic, the Antarctic, and the alpine tundras. In these...

Embark on a journey of the planet's grassland biomes with this brightly illustrated nonfiction picture book!Hello biome explorers! Let's take a trip to the grasslands! These are wide open spaces of grasses, grazing animals, and swooping birds. In...

Gear up to tour the world's forest biomes with trees large and small, creatures short and tall in this nonfiction picture book!In Footsteps in the Forests: Biome Explorers, kids 5 to 8 take a walk on a rain forest canopy walkway, sit quietly to observe...

Slather on the sunscreen and get ready to journey to the desert biomes of the world in this nonfiction picture book!In Destination Desert: Biome Explorers, kid scientists make the trek to four different types of deserts around the world--a hot and dry...

Knowledge of measurement can be taken for granted. However, it is critical for many aspects of everyday life, from telling time to knowing if a substance's temperature is dangerously hot or cold. This title offers accessible explanatory text that breaks...

Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as an electrician. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, potential hazards, and daily job tasks related to this career. Sidebars include thought-provoking trivia...

On January 28, 1986, NASA launched the space shuttle Challenger. The shuttle had flown several times before. But this time, just over a minute into the flight, the shuttle exploded, killing its crew of seven.The Space Shuttle Challengerexamines the scope...

Learn about makerspaces with Make It Yourself! Bots & Circuits! Young makers will discover what makerspaces are and how to hold maker events. Kids will create LED constellations, build robots, make flashlights, and more. Each project has color photos and...

From the ferocious sea monster Ichthyosaurus and the lumbering plated Stegosaurus to Velociratpor, the stealthy two-legged hunter and Quetzalcoatlus, the God of the skies, Dinopedia is a guide to prehistoric beasts. Discover how experts figured out...

Although airplanes were used to some degree in conflicts prior to 1939, World War II was when military aviation truly became a vital component of war plans. Many sophisticated warplanes were developed, increasing the power and accuracy of aerial bombing...

Science is one field in which diversity and its benefits are embraced, because scientists often collaborate in teams to figure out the best ideas and build off the ideas of other colleagues. Readers will learn about the challenges and successes of sundry...

With magnificent dioramic illustrations, Gilbert Ford captures the joy, creativity, and determination behind the invention of an iconic, one-of-a-kind toy: the Slinky! One day, a spring fell from the desk of Richard James, an engineer and a dreamer. Its...

There are so many ways humans think of time every day! There's lunchtime, snack time, bedtime, and we talk about saving time, killing time, keeping time, buying time and racing against time. Our early ancestors measured time by observing the sun and...

Is constant access to technology safe for children? Should driverless vehicles replace human-controlled cars? Every day, we hear arguments about technology issues in the media. This book gives readers the tools to make sense of and evaluate some of these...

Make a simple refrigerator like pottery-maker Mohammed Bah Abba did that does not use electricity, or create little models of people out of ice like sculptor Néle Azevedo. This title gives readers both an understanding of the different states of matter...

Over the past century, enormous strides have been made in the field of medicine. Diseases and conditions that were once considered life-threatening have been made manageable through modern prevention methods and treatments. The development of vaccines,...

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Over the past 50 years, scientists have made incredible progress in the application of genetic research to human health care and disease treatment. Innovative tools and techniques, including gene therapy and CRISPR-Cas9 editing, can treat inherited...

The topic of time travel provides tantalizing conundrums to consider for STEM experts and sci-fi creators alike. Most scientists and mathematicians agree that time travel by humans is probably impossible, yet they have not been able to offer conclusive...

People have long dreamed of creating machines that can carry out the same tasks as people. These dreams have led to the creation of many sci-fi books, movies, and shows that attempt to depict how people would live with robots, cyborgs, and androids. This...

Who wouldn't be thrilled to see a real, live dinosaur, like those in Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park? Readers find out if it is possible to bring extinct animals back to life. This book delves into the science behind attempts to revive extinct species...

Microbes are everywhere! They live on and under the ground. They live in all kinds of water on Earth, even around the hottest deep-sea vents. They even live on and inside your body! Since the advent of powerful microscopes, scientists have been studying...

The human genome is like a cookbook. The genes within it are recipes for the proteins that build the body and keep it running. This fascinating journey into the microscopic mechanisms of the human body enlightens readers about the fundamentals of...

Genetics can be a difficult subject for some. The terminology itself can be confusing, especially when it's presented with little background information on the subject. This volume, however, endeavors to simplify the complex yet fascinating world of...