New Releases by Vicki Cobb

Text and simple experiments introduce electrical, magnetic, and gravitational force fields.

Explains how the sense of sight works and offers simple experiments to investigate.

Describes how the sense of touch works and includes simple experiments to demonstrate different sensations.

Discusses the sense of hearing, and how the ear works to interpret sound, includes simple experiments to investigate hearing.

Text and simple experiments introduce the principles of circular motion.

Explains the physics of water pressure, showing how it makes everyday products such as faucets, spray bottles, and water pistols work. Includes experiments.

Text and simple experiments introduce sound, how it is carried through the air and through objects, and how we hear it.

A collection of science experiments and activities, arranged in such categories as "Physical Attractions, " "Curious Chemistry, " and "Freaky Fluids."

Fans of Vicki Cobb''s unique blend of humor, science, and hands-onactivities will have tons of fun with How to Really Fool Yourself.Kids won''t be able to believe their eyes--not to mention theirears, noses, hands, and tongues! Packed with all-new illustrationsand a delightful new design, this book features over 70 activitiesto fool all five senses. Each illusion is followed by a fascinating"Why You''re Fooled" section that explains the science and historybehind the "magic." * Illusions of touch, taste, hearing, smell, and sight include: theIncredible Shrinking Sugar Cube, Flavorless Coffee, Movie-StyleSound Effects, Making Circles from Straight Lines, and manymore * The hardcover edition of How to Really Fool Yourself has sold90,000 copies * A Main Selection of the Primary Teachers'' Book Club

Surveys living conditions in East Africa, explaining why this area is home to the largest and tallest land animals in the world.

Shows what blood, skin, bone, muscle, and nerves look like under an electron microscope

Discusses the answers to such questions as: Why are plants green? What makes a living thing a living thing? Why can''t we live forever?

Surveys the living conditions in Arizona''s Sonora Desert for the people and unusual animals that live there. Also describes the engineering accomplishment of Hoover Dam.

Explains and demonstrates scientific principles by using them to create magic tricks.

Surveys the living conditions in the Andes Mountains of Bolivia for the people and unusual animals that live there.

Simple descriptions of paper, pencils, pens, and crayons explain how they work and how they were invented.

Inspector Bodyguard''s responses to a splinter in the foot, attack by cold germs, and overeating introduce the human body''s defense system and other natural mechanisms by which it functions.

With this collection of irresistible bets, you can team up with science and be a winner every time. Stump your family, friends, or favorite enemy with these deceptively simple dares. They''re all impossible to perform thanks to principles of gravity, mechanics, fluids, logic, energy and perception. For every trick -- whether it be blowing up a balloon in a bottle or kissing your elbow -- the authors reveal the natural cause at work that guarantees human defeat. Here''s an entertaining and enticing introduction to basic scientific principles that proves yet another: science can be fun! WINNER OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCE''S CHILDREN''S SCIENCE BOOK AWARD

Decay is explored in a series of interesting experiments.

An introduction to directions--up, down, left, right, north, south, etc.--and how maps indicate direction, distance, and location.

Discusses how scientists throughout history discovered the existence and characteristics of various gases.