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It's #nationalscienceweek this week.
That's science for girls and boys and anyone else.
Following are some recommendations of cool #sciencebooks you might want to try.
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George's Marvellous Experiments
£7.99
Inspired by Roald Dahl's classic tale, a collection of science experiments for children to try at home. With explanations and easy-to-follow instructions: includes home-made slime and erupting volcanoes. 5 & up
Just shout #sendmybook Cover of George's Marvellous experiments.<br /> Background is squared maths paper, with splodges. Foreground is white old woman's head, looking grumpy; white boy stirring a pot of boiling liquid, holding jars and surrounded by potions. There's a scared-looking flying scrawny brown hen.<br /> Author and title are in big capitals in the middle of the page. They're all line drawings by Quentin Blake
Pop-up Moon
£19.95
A pop-up book of interesting facts about the moon with stylish artwork from Annabelle Buxton, featuring four intricately crafted pop-ups along the way designed by paper engineer Olivier Charbonnel.
Just shout #sendmybook Cover of pop-up moon.<br /> all drawn/painted imagery<br /> Dark blue background with dark grey clouds scattered about. In the middle is a big cream moon with a rocket flying across the middle of it (diagonally upwards from left to right). The ricket is mainly white with green horizontal stripes, and there's a cutaway of 3 astronauts in the top end near the nose cone (I'm hoping a real-life rocket wouldn't have a cutaway!)
Women in Science: 50 pioneers who changed the word
£12.99
A beautifully illustrated collection of the pioneering women, both past and present, who have contributed to engineering, science, technology and mathematics - perfect to inspire the next generation!
#sendmybook Grey cover with various women scientists dotted around the title, which is shown in large swirly white writing in the middle.<br /> There are also some line drawings of fossils, butterflies, chemistry jars, atoms, jellyfish inbetween the scientists. Colours used are purple, yellow, blue, teal, pink, orange - muted against the background.
See Inside Your Body flap Book
£9.99
Discover the inner workings of the human body in a humorous, yet wholly accurate way. Colour illustrations and diagrams, text and over fifty flaps, which children can lift to reveal extra detail.
#sendmybook
#nationalscienceweek Bright Blue cover. In the middle is a human, laid out like a skelton with an outline, with flaps revealing the lungs, and lower leg.<br /> Around the body are blobs of red, holding little tiny scientists. Cartoon drawings<br /> The title is at the top in yellow fun writing.
I-Spy in the Night Sky
£2.99
(Pls note: £1 p&p if total order is under £5)
Search in the night sky with this i-SPY guide. This fun activity book encourages kids to look above them, from stars and constellations to the moon and eclipses, in search of i-SPY points.
#sendmybook Pocket book. black cover with a big photo of the moon in the middle. The title is in white at the top. It says
Basher's A-z of Science
£9.99
A visual dictionary covering core National Curriculum biology, chemistry and physics.
I love the #basher books - the funny pictures and descriptions make it easy to remember the facts!
#sendmybook
#nationalscienceweek Cover of book. Pale blue background with title at the top.<br /> Under title are 6 squares of the pictures in the book, amplitude, ion, heart, acid, virus, semiconductor. All all illustrated in a cartoony way.
Excellent Engineering
£11.99
Engineering principles are demonstrated to children in this book of projects using everyday objects to construct a bottle submarine, a smartphone boombox, a weather vane and more.
#sendmybook
#nationalscienceweek A very busy cover. black background with the title in capitals across the left middle.<br /> Drawings of <deep breath> horseshoe magnet, nuts, planets, rocket, screws, soundwave, batteries, scissors, wrench, protractor, ball of string, pencil, knife, crocodile clips, light, tape!
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#BritishScienceWeek
How Does My Home Work?
£6.99
I love this one - aimed at ks1, it simply shows how electric circuits power equipment, what gas does, where water comes from. Lovely illustrations that don't miss anything!
#britishscienceweek #sendmybook Cover of How Does my Home Work?<br /> A really colourful cover with the title in white writing on a blue background in the middle, surrounded by images from the book (in squares). Including a black girl looking in a fridge, a pylon, a house, a white man in high-viz clothing drinking water, a white boy and white girl playing a computer game, an iron, a lamp, a toaster, a kettle...
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