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The Periodic Table: Elements with Style
by Adrian Dingle
Web-style "homepages" introduce to budding chemists each of the chemical elements from the periodic table, complete with witty and informative profiles written by the elements themselves. J 540 DIN
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Make it Change!
by Anna Claybourne
Features different science projects, including turning a penny green, making salt disappear and reappear, and making butter. J 540.7 CLA
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Experimenting with Chemistry
by John Farndon
Explores and explains chemistry concepts and provides experiments to aid in understanding chemistry. J 540.48 FAR
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Chemical Reactions
by Carol Baldwin
Describes the different types of chemical reactions and how temperature, concentration, particle size, and catalysts affect the reaction rate. J 541 BAL
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Kaboom!: Explosions of All Kinds
by Gillian Richardson
Examines various types of explosions, including such natural events as supernovas, volcanoes, as well as explosions of biological origin and man-made explosions. J 541 RIC
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Acids & Bases
by Carol Baldwin
Describes the differences between acids and bases, provides common household examples of each substance, and explores the uses of specific acids, including phosphoric, nitric, and hydrochloric. J 546 BAL
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The Disappearing Spoon: And other True Tales of Rivalry, Adventure, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
by Sam Kean
Presents a young readers adaptation of the book that collects tales about elements of the periodic table, sharing their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, evil, love, the arts, and the lives of the scientists who discovered them. J 546 KEA
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The Carbon Cycle
by Suzanne Slade
Introduces the carbon cycle and how it works, discussing what carbon is, why living things need it, its two paths, fossil fuels, and the effect that humans have on the cycle. J 546 SLA
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Metals
by Carol Baldwin
Describes the uses and physical characteristics of metals, and discusses how they relate to other elements in the periodic table. J 546.3 BAL
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