With this collection of irresistible bets, you can team up with science and be a winner every time. Stump your family, friends, or favorite enemy with these deceptively simple dares. They're all impossible to perform thanks to principles of gravity, mechanics, fluids, logic, energy and perception. For every trick -- whether it be blowing up a balloon in a bottle or kissing your elbow -- the authors reveal the natural cause at work that guarantees human defeat.
Here's an entertaining and enticing introduction to basic scientific principles that proves yet another: science can be fun!
WINNER OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCE'S CHILDREN'S SCIENCE BOOK AWARD

Bet You Can't!

Science & Math

DARLING, Kathy

Cobb, Vicki

Technology

Harpercollins

Photographs and text describe some of the young animals that are found at the seashore, including the sea lion, green turtle, and pelican.

Seashore Babies

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Rain Forest Babies

Photographs and text describe some of the many unique young animals that live in the world's rain forests, including frogs, iguanas, macaws, orangutans, and tigers

Children's Books

Science, Nature & How It Works

Demco Media

Photographs and text describe some of the young animals that are found at the seashore, including the sea lion, green turtle, and pelican.

Animals

Arctic Babies

Photographs and text describe some of the young animals that are found in the frigid Arctic regions, including moose, foxes, walrus, porcupines, reindeer, and whales

Turtleback Books

"The plight of the gentle giant manatee is clearly presented in a photo-essay...In a straightforward narrative the author speaks directly to the reader as she describes the mammals and her two-year experience `on location' with the manatees who live in the Crystal River of Florida....A good, solid piece of interesting and informative nonfiction that will be welcomed for its quality as well as for its subjet."--Horn Book.

Manatee (On Location)

"This book explains everything you always wanted to know about the Tasmanian devil...life cycle, behavior patterns, eating habits, and range, and the outlook for it's long-term survival. Superb full-color photographs on nearly every page portray these creatures engaging in a variety of activities....This addressed topics children want to know about. An excellent book."--Booklist.

Tasmanian Devil: On Location

A well-organized presentation of the habits, characteristics, and habitat of the various species of kangaroos. A readable and very informative text accompanied by superb photography.

Kangaroos on Location

Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard

An informative text and full-color photographs offer a fascinating view of the approximately sixty different species of kangaroos living in Australia, from the two-hundred-pound grey kangaroo, to tiny rock wallabies, to rainforest tree kangaroos.

Darling, Tara

Describes more than sixty tricks based on scientific experiments featured in the text

Bet You Can!: Science Possibilities to Fool You

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Books by DARLING, Kathy

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Bet You Can't!

Seashore Babies

Rain Forest Babies

Seashore Babies

Arctic Babies

Manatee (On Location)

Tasmanian Devil: On Location

Kangaroos on Location

Kangaroos on Location

Bet You Can!: Science Possibilities to Fool You