Science smart junior : discovering the secrets of science
(Book)

At head of title: The Princeton Review.

"For grades 6-8"--Cover.

Explains core concepts in the fields of biology, earth science, chemistry, and physics through the comical misadventures of four fictitious characters. Also includes numerous household-friendly experiments. Completely revised and updated, this Science Smart Junior title arrives on the scene just in time for the back-to-school crowd. Instructive and entertaining, this handbook helps grade school students learn the basics that every successful student must master. A Parents' Choice Award-Winning Series. Every child is a scientist at heart, but most science books are dry and boring. They lecture rather than guide, reciting facts instead of giving students the tools to solve the problem. But not Science Smart Junior! By embedding science in the story of the hilarious misadventures of Angie, Barnaby, Bridget, and Babette, Science Smart Junior helps students understand the science behind such concepts as: states of matter; motions and forces; energy; living systems; reproduction and heredity; ecosystems; adaptation; evolution and diversity; the geosphere; the hydrosphere and atmosphere; the earth and the solar system. Aligned to national science standards and filled with page after page of safe, household-friendly experiments, Science Smart Junior teaches core curriculum as it sparks the imagination. Part of The Princeton Review's award-winning Smart Junior series, this is the perfect book for the curious scientist in every student.