Presents several of the most dangerous, dirty, and otherwise unpleasant jobs done during the Industrial Revolution, including coal miners, factory workers, glassmakers, matchstick girls, metal workers
Discusses the history and evolution of touch screens and describes how they work, where they are used today, and possible future developments in the field.
Explores the history and development of the Global Positioning System, and discusses how it is used today to help catch criminals, predict natural disasters, and measure the impact of human activities
Introduces the concepts of forces and motion, covering such topics as the different types of forces, how force and motion have been studied throughout history, the laws that govern them, and simple ma
Introduces light, covering such topics as the nature of light, how it is produced artificially, the different types of light, light waves, how light travels, colors, how it is perceived, how vision is
Introduces the concept of electricity, covering such topics as its ubiquity in the world, how it has been studied throughout history, its use in batteries, and its relation to magnetism.
Discusses some of the Earth's harshest environments and the adaptations that animals and plants have made to live in them, describing such places as deep water, deserts, the polar regions, underground
There are thousands of different plants on Earth. Readers get an up-close and colorful look at the diversity of plant life on our planet. Fun facts about a variety of plants are presented in an inform
