Janice VanCleave 
Janice VanCleave’s Energy for Every Kid 
Easy Activities That Make Learning Science Fun

How do plants make their own food?

Why do the different strings on a guitar have differentsounds?

What does the color of a star tell you about how hot the staris?

What’s the difference between gamma rays, X-rays, andmicrowaves?

Now you can discover the answers to these and many otherfascinating questions about energy for yourself with thisfun-filled science resource. Packed with illustrations, Janice Van Cleave’s Energy for Every Kid presents entertaining, challengingexperiments and activities to help you understand the differenttypes of energy–including heat, sound, electricity, and light–andhow they bring about change in the world around you. You’ll developyour problem-solving skills as you create a ‘leaping frog’ thatturns potential energy into kinetic energy, model sound waves witha Slinky?, use a balloon to demonstrate static electricity, make’sun’ tea with solar energy, and much more!

Each of the activities is broken down into its purpose, a list ofmaterials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and aneasy-to-understand explanation. Plus, all projects have beenpretested so you can perform them safely and inexpensively in theclassroom, at a science fair, or at home!

Also available in the Science for Every Kid series:

ASTRONOMY

BIOLOGY

CHEMISTRY

CONSTELLATIONS

DINOSAURS

EARTH SCIENCE

ECOLOGY

GEOGRAPHY

GEOMETRY

THE HUMAN BODY

MATH

OCEANS

PHYSICS

Tabla de materias

Introduction.

1. Moving Stuff

Energy and Work.

2. Constant

The Law of Conservation of Mass and Energy.

3. Basic

Kinetic and Potential Energy.

4. Stored

Potential Energy.

5. On the Move

Kinetic Energy.

6. Sum It Up

The Law of Conservation of Mechanical Energy.

7. Disturbances

Mechanical Waves.

8. Up and Down

Energy Movement in Transverse Waves.

9. Back and Forth

Sound Energy.

10. Energy Bundles

Photons.

11. Through Space

Radiant Energy.

12. Hot to Cold

Heat Transfer.

13. Currents

Transfer by Convection.

14. Warm Up!

Infrared Radiation.

15. Changes

How Thermal Energy Is Measured.

16. Opposite

Electric Charges.

17. Stop and Go

Electricity.

18. Pushers

Batteries.

19. Stick to It!

Magnetic Potential Energy.

20. Changers

Chemical Energy.

21. Equal

Nuclear Energy.

22. Used Up

Nonrenewable Energy Resources.

23. Recycle

Renewable Energy Resources.

24. Collectors

Direct Heating by Solar Energy.

25. Pass It On

Energy Transfers within a Community.

Glossary.

Index.

Sobre el autor

Janice Van Cleave is a former science teacher who now spends her time writing and giving science workshops. She is the author of more than forty children’s science books that have sold over two million copies and a resident science fair authority on discovery.com.