"Mixtures are easy and fun to make, because they don't need a chemical reaction like compounds do. If you have a bowl filled with red candies and pink candies, you have a mixture. Even your favorite pizza is a mixture! Mixtures are made whenever two or more different things come together-but can also be easily separated. Mixtures can be solids, liquids, or gases. In this book we'll explore each and every kind of mixture, with diagrams and vocabulary...

Discusses phosphorus and its properties and uses.

There's no need for expensive, high-tech lab equipment to conduct chemistry experiments -- you probably have all you need in your home junk drawer. Turn three pennies and two galvanized washers into a simple battery. Crush a soda can using atmospheric pressure. Convert an LED flashlight into a simple electrolyte tester. Split liquid water into two unique gasses, or use cornstarch to create a gooey, mysterious, non-Newtonian fluid. And model radioactive...

Discusses sulfur and its properties and uses.

"Why does a baking soda and vinegar volcano erupt? That's what happens when you mix and an acid and a base. But just what are acids and bases? What makes them so different? Learn the answers to these questions and more. It's key chemistry curriculum made approachable for all!"--

Discusses carbon and its properties and uses.

"Students see chemistry in action in this thorough but accessible informational text is aligned to science core curriculum, includes crosscutting concepts, and covers carbon bonding, chains, and rings, alcohol and acids, other organic compounds such as esters, aldehydes, ketones, ethers, amines, and halides, and polymers. Fact boxes about key terms, events, people, discoveries, and technologies, along with sidebars that give everyday examples of chemical...

Discusses hydrogen and its properties and uses.

What do a rusting bike, a growling stomach, and a crackling campfire have in common? They are all the result of chemical reactions! Chemicals are constantly reacting in our bodies and all around us. Chemical reactions can be natural, like respiration and photosynthesis, or human-made, like the reactions in fertilizer and fireworks. This book simplifies chemical reactions with clear explanations and explosive examples.

"Science is all around us in our daily lives. Specifically, chemistry! When your bread toasts, when your shampoo foams, when the playground slide rusts--those are all chemical reactions. In this book, a mother and daughter experience all these things and more as they go about their day, from when they wake up, to when they go to bed."--Dust jacket.