Author: Nancy Sutton
Publisher: David C Cook
ISBN: 1434708276
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Here are 26 creative activities that engage students through powerful and memorable science experiments! Correlated with Bible-in-Life and Echoes curricula for Units 1-12, this book is loaded with innovative ideas, as well as Scripture references and teacher tips. It provides great alternatives for Bible-in-Life Step Three activities. This handy resource fits well with any curriculum or can be used for stand-alone activities. What happens when science and the Bible combine? An explosion of fun, spiritual growth! Your 7- to 9-year-olds will revel in experiments with everyday ingredients, like soda pop and vinegar, as they discover more about God’s amazing creation. Each lesson is a hands-on exploration that answers children’s what, why and how questions as they uncover biblical truths. These fun and freaky Bible lessons give youngsters plenty to remember—long after the experiment is completed. Designed as a David C Cook disciple-shaping resource, these exciting new Bible FunStuff books include 26 fully reproducible activities guaranteed to keep classrooms buzzing with creative fun.
Fun & Freaky Science
Author: Nancy Sutton
Publisher: David C Cook
ISBN: 1434708276
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Here are 26 creative activities that engage students through powerful and memorable science experiments! Correlated with Bible-in-Life and Echoes curricula for Units 1-12, this book is loaded with innovative ideas, as well as Scripture references and teacher tips. It provides great alternatives for Bible-in-Life Step Three activities. This handy resource fits well with any curriculum or can be used for stand-alone activities. What happens when science and the Bible combine? An explosion of fun, spiritual growth! Your 7- to 9-year-olds will revel in experiments with everyday ingredients, like soda pop and vinegar, as they discover more about God’s amazing creation. Each lesson is a hands-on exploration that answers children’s what, why and how questions as they uncover biblical truths. These fun and freaky Bible lessons give youngsters plenty to remember—long after the experiment is completed. Designed as a David C Cook disciple-shaping resource, these exciting new Bible FunStuff books include 26 fully reproducible activities guaranteed to keep classrooms buzzing with creative fun.
Publisher: David C Cook
ISBN: 1434708276
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Here are 26 creative activities that engage students through powerful and memorable science experiments! Correlated with Bible-in-Life and Echoes curricula for Units 1-12, this book is loaded with innovative ideas, as well as Scripture references and teacher tips. It provides great alternatives for Bible-in-Life Step Three activities. This handy resource fits well with any curriculum or can be used for stand-alone activities. What happens when science and the Bible combine? An explosion of fun, spiritual growth! Your 7- to 9-year-olds will revel in experiments with everyday ingredients, like soda pop and vinegar, as they discover more about God’s amazing creation. Each lesson is a hands-on exploration that answers children’s what, why and how questions as they uncover biblical truths. These fun and freaky Bible lessons give youngsters plenty to remember—long after the experiment is completed. Designed as a David C Cook disciple-shaping resource, these exciting new Bible FunStuff books include 26 fully reproducible activities guaranteed to keep classrooms buzzing with creative fun.
Strange Science
Author: Editors of Portable Press
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1684120101
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This entertaining compendium of bite-sized articles reveals the stranger-than-sci-fi world of strange science. From the oddest theories to the most astounding discoveries to the biggest blunders, Strange Science has all the facts your professors didn't teach you in science class. It's packed with earth-shattering eurekas, outlandish inventions, silly “scientific” studies, and the stories behind the weirdos who made it all happen. Put on your lab coat and get ready to discover . . . One dentist's quest to clone John Lennon How to hypnotize a chicken Real-life time travelers (or so they claim) The seven-year-long study that found earthquakes are not caused by catfish waving their tails . . . and other breakthrough findings Plus you’ll discover unbelievable inventions; the freakiest franken-foods scientists have created; some of Hollywood’s worst on-screen science blunders; and more! This amazing volume from the Bathroom Readers’ Institute contains the strangest short science articles from dozens of Bathroom Readers, along with fifty all-new pages.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1684120101
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This entertaining compendium of bite-sized articles reveals the stranger-than-sci-fi world of strange science. From the oddest theories to the most astounding discoveries to the biggest blunders, Strange Science has all the facts your professors didn't teach you in science class. It's packed with earth-shattering eurekas, outlandish inventions, silly “scientific” studies, and the stories behind the weirdos who made it all happen. Put on your lab coat and get ready to discover . . . One dentist's quest to clone John Lennon How to hypnotize a chicken Real-life time travelers (or so they claim) The seven-year-long study that found earthquakes are not caused by catfish waving their tails . . . and other breakthrough findings Plus you’ll discover unbelievable inventions; the freakiest franken-foods scientists have created; some of Hollywood’s worst on-screen science blunders; and more! This amazing volume from the Bathroom Readers’ Institute contains the strangest short science articles from dozens of Bathroom Readers, along with fifty all-new pages.
The Science Fair is Freaky!: A Branches Book (Eerie Elementary #4)
Author: Jack Chabert
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545873703
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
In book 4 of this hit series, a giant volcano grows up out of the floor of Eerie Elementary! Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Eerie Elementary is having a science fair. Sam, Antonio, and Lucy are hard at work on their projects when they find a strange, old book. Suddenly, the school comes alive! The ground shakes, science projects explode, and the school gym turns into a giant volcano! How will Sam and his friends fight hot lava? And what is hidden in that strange, old book?
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545873703
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
In book 4 of this hit series, a giant volcano grows up out of the floor of Eerie Elementary! Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Eerie Elementary is having a science fair. Sam, Antonio, and Lucy are hard at work on their projects when they find a strange, old book. Suddenly, the school comes alive! The ground shakes, science projects explode, and the school gym turns into a giant volcano! How will Sam and his friends fight hot lava? And what is hidden in that strange, old book?
Strange History
Author: Editors of Portable Press
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1626866155
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Bizarre historical tidbits about quirky queens, hippopotamus soup, shrunken heads, and much more! This exciting title from the folks at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute contains the strangest short history articles from over thirty Bathroom Readers, along with fifty all-new pages. From the twentieth century to the Old West, from the Age of Enlightenment to the Dark Ages, from ancient cultures all the way back to the dawn of time, Strange History is overflowing with mysterious artifacts, macabre legends, kooky inventions, reality-challenged rulers, boneheaded blunders, and mind-blowing facts. Whether it’s B.C. or A.D., you’ll be wondering WTF! Read about . . . The curse of Macbeth Stupid history: Hollywood style The secret LSD experiments of the 1960s In search of the lost “Cloud People” of Peru The Swedish queen who declared war on fleas Unearthing the past with the Outhouse Detectives The Apollo astronaut who swears he saw a UFO How to brew a batch of 5,000-year-old beer The brutal bloodbaths at Rome’s Coliseum Ghostly soup from ancient China The bathroom of the 1970s And much, much more!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1626866155
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Bizarre historical tidbits about quirky queens, hippopotamus soup, shrunken heads, and much more! This exciting title from the folks at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute contains the strangest short history articles from over thirty Bathroom Readers, along with fifty all-new pages. From the twentieth century to the Old West, from the Age of Enlightenment to the Dark Ages, from ancient cultures all the way back to the dawn of time, Strange History is overflowing with mysterious artifacts, macabre legends, kooky inventions, reality-challenged rulers, boneheaded blunders, and mind-blowing facts. Whether it’s B.C. or A.D., you’ll be wondering WTF! Read about . . . The curse of Macbeth Stupid history: Hollywood style The secret LSD experiments of the 1960s In search of the lost “Cloud People” of Peru The Swedish queen who declared war on fleas Unearthing the past with the Outhouse Detectives The Apollo astronaut who swears he saw a UFO How to brew a batch of 5,000-year-old beer The brutal bloodbaths at Rome’s Coliseum Ghostly soup from ancient China The bathroom of the 1970s And much, much more!
Freaky Food Experiments
Author: Nick Arnold
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407114507
Category : Food
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
So you're not allowed to play with your food? Well why not experiment on it instead? CrEAte awesome alien eggs! Sample spiders in jelly! Get stuck into gruesome goo! Warning: over 20 eye-popping experiments to make your stomach squirm.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407114507
Category : Food
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
So you're not allowed to play with your food? Well why not experiment on it instead? CrEAte awesome alien eggs! Sample spiders in jelly! Get stuck into gruesome goo! Warning: over 20 eye-popping experiments to make your stomach squirm.
Rabid
Author: Bill Wasik
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143123572
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The most fatal virus known to science, rabies-a disease that spreads avidly from animals to humans-kills nearly one hundred percent of its victims once the infection takes root in the brain. In this critically acclaimed exploration, journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy chart four thousand years of the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies. From Greek myths to zombie flicks, from the laboratory heroics of Louis Pasteur to the contemporary search for a lifesaving treatment, Rabid is a fresh and often wildly entertaining look at one of humankind's oldest and most fearsome foes. "A searing narrative." -The New York Times "In this keen and exceptionally well-written book, rife with surprises, narrative suspense and a steady flow of expansive insights, 'the world's most diabolical virus' conquers the unsuspecting reader's imaginative nervous system. . . . A smart, unsettling, and strangely stirring piece of work." -San Francisco Chronicle "Fascinating. . . . Wasik and Murphy chronicle more than two millennia of myths and discoveries about rabies and the animals that transmit it, including dogs, bats and raccoons." -The Wall Street Journal
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143123572
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The most fatal virus known to science, rabies-a disease that spreads avidly from animals to humans-kills nearly one hundred percent of its victims once the infection takes root in the brain. In this critically acclaimed exploration, journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy chart four thousand years of the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies. From Greek myths to zombie flicks, from the laboratory heroics of Louis Pasteur to the contemporary search for a lifesaving treatment, Rabid is a fresh and often wildly entertaining look at one of humankind's oldest and most fearsome foes. "A searing narrative." -The New York Times "In this keen and exceptionally well-written book, rife with surprises, narrative suspense and a steady flow of expansive insights, 'the world's most diabolical virus' conquers the unsuspecting reader's imaginative nervous system. . . . A smart, unsettling, and strangely stirring piece of work." -San Francisco Chronicle "Fascinating. . . . Wasik and Murphy chronicle more than two millennia of myths and discoveries about rabies and the animals that transmit it, including dogs, bats and raccoons." -The Wall Street Journal
Bartholomew and the Oobleck
Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0394800753
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Join Bartholomew Cubbins in Dr. Seuss’s Caldecott Honor–winning picture book about a king’s magical mishap! Bored with rain, sunshine, fog, and snow, King Derwin of Didd summons his royal magicians to create something new and exciting to fall from the sky. What he gets is a storm of sticky green goo called Oobleck—which soon wreaks havock all over his kingdom! But with the assistance of the wise page boy Bartholomew, the king (along with young readers) learns that the simplest words can sometimes solve the stickiest problems.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0394800753
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Join Bartholomew Cubbins in Dr. Seuss’s Caldecott Honor–winning picture book about a king’s magical mishap! Bored with rain, sunshine, fog, and snow, King Derwin of Didd summons his royal magicians to create something new and exciting to fall from the sky. What he gets is a storm of sticky green goo called Oobleck—which soon wreaks havock all over his kingdom! But with the assistance of the wise page boy Bartholomew, the king (along with young readers) learns that the simplest words can sometimes solve the stickiest problems.
Weird Science and Bizarre Beliefs
Author: Gregory L. Reece
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"The obsession that so many now have with the uncanny and the unnatural is in itself a mystery. It prompts serious questions which could have remarkable answers. Gregory L. Reece undertakes a quest for solutions. Braving the darkest recesses of cult belief, he stalks the twilight borderlands of contemporary culture, where, at the outer edges of mainstream thought, things become downright freaky and outlandish." "The author explores a subterranean cavern reputed to be the home of elusive blue-skinned troglodytes; goes hiking in the backwoods for a glimpse of Bigfoot; investigates the truth of alternative archaeology in search of Atlantis; and tests for himself the time-travel and anti-gravity theories of famed inventor Nikola Tesla."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"The obsession that so many now have with the uncanny and the unnatural is in itself a mystery. It prompts serious questions which could have remarkable answers. Gregory L. Reece undertakes a quest for solutions. Braving the darkest recesses of cult belief, he stalks the twilight borderlands of contemporary culture, where, at the outer edges of mainstream thought, things become downright freaky and outlandish." "The author explores a subterranean cavern reputed to be the home of elusive blue-skinned troglodytes; goes hiking in the backwoods for a glimpse of Bigfoot; investigates the truth of alternative archaeology in search of Atlantis; and tests for himself the time-travel and anti-gravity theories of famed inventor Nikola Tesla."--BOOK JACKET.
Weird Science Jokes to Tickle Your Funny Bone
Author: Felicia Lowenstein Niven
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1464503206
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
"Includes jokes, limericks, knock-knock jokes, tongue twisters, and fun facts about animals, plants, weather, outer space, recycling, and more, and describes how to create your own funny board game"--Provided by publisher
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1464503206
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
"Includes jokes, limericks, knock-knock jokes, tongue twisters, and fun facts about animals, plants, weather, outer space, recycling, and more, and describes how to create your own funny board game"--Provided by publisher
Strange Universe
Author: Bob Berman
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1627799435
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
"Touches on a dizzying array of subjects, including UV rays, inert gases, fossils, meteorites, microwaves, rainbows . . . Like many a good teacher, Berman uses humor to entertain his audience and liven things up." —Los Angeles Times Bob Berman is motivated by a straightforward philosophy: everyone can understand science—and it's fun, too. In Strange Universe, he pokes into the bizarre and astonishingly true scientific facts that determine the world around us. Geared to the nonscientist, Berman's original essays are filled with the trademark wit and cleverness that has earned him acclaim over many years for his columns in Astronomy and Discover magazines. He emphasizes curiosities of the natural world to which everyone can relate, and dishes on the little-known secrets about space and some of science's biggest blunders (including a very embarrassing moment from Buzz Aldrin's trip to the moon). Fascinating to anyone interested in the wonders of our world and the cosmos beyond, Strange Universe will make you smile and think.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1627799435
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
"Touches on a dizzying array of subjects, including UV rays, inert gases, fossils, meteorites, microwaves, rainbows . . . Like many a good teacher, Berman uses humor to entertain his audience and liven things up." —Los Angeles Times Bob Berman is motivated by a straightforward philosophy: everyone can understand science—and it's fun, too. In Strange Universe, he pokes into the bizarre and astonishingly true scientific facts that determine the world around us. Geared to the nonscientist, Berman's original essays are filled with the trademark wit and cleverness that has earned him acclaim over many years for his columns in Astronomy and Discover magazines. He emphasizes curiosities of the natural world to which everyone can relate, and dishes on the little-known secrets about space and some of science's biggest blunders (including a very embarrassing moment from Buzz Aldrin's trip to the moon). Fascinating to anyone interested in the wonders of our world and the cosmos beyond, Strange Universe will make you smile and think.