McKinney Library Kid's Catalog

Look up! What do you see? The sun, moon, stars, other planets? You're checking out the solar system! The Solar System: Out of This World with Science Activities for Kids invites middle school kids on a journey of a lifetime to explore the comets, meteors, asteroids, sun, planets, and moons that make up the solar system. Kids learn about the history of space exploration and discovery, along with the tools of astronomy that have made it possible to...

Presents a series of experiments exploring the properties of different kinds of matter.

Presents simple hands-on experiments that demonstrate why some objects float and others sink.

Do a series of experiments to discover water, how it flows, and how it sticks.

Why are cows given magnets to swallow? How does a compass work? Where can you see the aurora borealis? The 'Do It Yourself' series offers an exciting new approach to understanding and investigation. Each book helps you to conduct your own experiments and activities, and to learn more about the world around us.

A young child tries a series of wacky experiments, such as seeing if a piece of bologna will fly like a frisbee and determining whether seedlings will grow if watered with expensive perfume, and then must suffer the consequences of experiments gone awry.

Learn what water is, how we use it, and why our world may be running dry.

"A book of 25 science experiments kids can do at home from chemistry professor and science entertainer, Kate the Chemist"--