For ages 8+. What do elements have to do with your everyday life? They make your world -- and beyond -- move and groove, fizz, bubble and flash! Discover what you have in common with party balloons, footballs, computer chips, pizza dough, table salt and TV screens; "Break" a water molecule, produce fluorescent light (without using a switch!), enjoy a half-life snack, compare antiperspirants, and separate the iron from your breakfast cereal!; Find out why broccoli smells, why soda makes a coin shine, the secret of static cling, and what makes a smoke detector work.
Chemical Building Blocks: Teacher's ed
The Chemistry of Non-metals
This expanded new edition gives face, voice and personality to the chemical elements and reflects the latest discoveries. Now each of the 115 elements has not just a picture, but an information-packed page all to itself!
A mixture of science and art creates a periodic table never seen before.
A look at the periodic table and the 92 ingredients that cars, stars, rockets, burgers and other items have in common.
Do you confuse boron with barium or chlorine with fluorine?
Eyewitness Periodic Table begins with a concise history of chemistry, scientific pioneers, and the creation of the first periodic table, then launches into a visual tour of each individual element.
Explores the periodic table, by showing how the elements can be combined to create an entire universe.
Every element in this engaging little book is a specially created character with its own unique personality.
Discusses the origin, discovery, special characteristics, and use of nitrogen in such products as explosives and fertilizers.