New Releases by Mary Kay Carson

From the everyday phenomena of wind and clouds to the awesome, destructive power of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes, children can explore weather in detail with this fascinating science activity book. Throughout the text instructions for building weather-measuring tools—barometers, psychrometers, anemometers, wind vanes, rain gauges, and thermometers—allow the reader to assemble them into a working weather station. More than 40 weather projects are included, such as building a model of the water cycle, creating a tornado in a bottle, calculating dew point, and reading a weather map. Most of the experiments also include ideas for expanding them into full-fledged science fair projects. Weather-related environmental issues are also addressed, such as global climate change, ozone depletion, and acid rain, as well as profiles of scientists working in the field of meteorology.

Reproducible Journal Pages With Instant No-Mess Mini Experiments That Invite Kids to Learn and Write About Weather, Human Body, Space, and Other Science Topics You Teach Write About Science! These ready-to-go, reproducible journals combine simple hands-on experiments with thought-provoking prompts that encourage kids to learn and write about science. Students dissect seeds, build a model of an eclipse, and read a weather map.

Describes what make a temperate forest different from other places and how it changes throughout the year and over time.

Contains twenty reproducible web-based activities designed to help students in grades six through eight learn about the weather.

Pictures of frightening-looking animals, including insects, bats, fish, eels and other creatures, with explanations for their appearance.

Teaches nonfiction guided reading using books that support the social studies and science curricula.

The latest information plus easy hands-on activities and reproducibles that teach about all kinds of weather -- from mild to wild!

This book discusses the different types of epilepsy and the seizures that result. It details the workings of the nervous system and the effect that epilepsy may have on people''s lives. The history, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and future areas of research for the disease are covered. Real life stories are mixed in throughout the book.