Explains the STEAM principles behind different crafts and experiments, including making a sun clock, making an ice lantern, and growing wheat grains on wet damp paper towels.

Makerspaces are places designed to inspire creativity and collaboration. In Light It! Creations that Glow, Shine, and Blink, kids will make a wearable mask that glows, a working lamp, and more! Colorful step-by-step photos bring each project to life. Techniques and tips help troubleshoot and use the materials within the makerspace. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

"These exciting science projects have readers making their own plastic, snow, and even a lava lamp. Clear, step-by-step instructions and photos guide readers through the projects, and Science Takeaway sidebars explain the chemistry behind these cool creations."--

Jada is trying to work on her science project, but she keeps getting interrupted.

Learn how to conduct a science project.

Presents over two dozen simple science activities using food, common household items, water, and the outdoors.

Presents over two dozen outdoor science activities demonstrating such scientific properties as soil erosion, the water cycle, air pressure, and astronomy.

Provides instructions for science experiments that teach about life science with tips to prepare for the activities and present them at a science fair.

Provides instructions for science experiments that teach about water and includes tips on preparing them for and presenting them at a science fair.

Collects twenty bug related science experiments, including figuring out what color a butterfly favors and trying to make an ant get lost.