Patricia Armentrout

Describes hockey rinks and how they are set up for the game and discusses other equipment used to play hockey, including skates, sticks, and protective gear.

"Read about the tools that make space exploration possible--from the first telescope used by Galileo to SpaceX rockets, and the International Space Station"--Back cover.

A simple introduction to the life and work of Florence Nightingale, the nineteenth-century English woman considered to be the founder of modern nursing.

Defines pulleys, explains their functions, and suggests simple experiments to demonstrate how they work.

Provides simple definitions for fifty words related to animals along with sample sentences using each word.

Lists and defines a variety of terms related to weather, from "arid" to "wind."

Follows the life and career of the French scientist who proved the existence of germs and their connection with diseases.