Books by Janice (Riesel VanCleave

This collection of fun and easy-to-do experiments and activities will help kids understand the different types of energy - including heat, sound, electricity, and light - using everyday materials you can find at home.

There's plenty for you to choose from in this collection of forty terrific science project ideas from real kids, chosen by well-known children's science writer Janice VanCleave. Developing your own science project requires planning, research, and lots of hard work.

Hands-On Bible Explorations is a terrific collection of 52 activities and crafts for kids-one for each week of the year. The book includes favorite stories and parables from the Old and New Testaments, chapters on important Christian Values, and fun projects that make the lessons of the Bible entertaining and easy to understand.

Caught in the Last-Minute Science Project Scramble? Looking for Fun, Interesting Project Ideas? You're in luck! With Janice VanCleave's Help! My Science Project Is Due Tomorrow! you can choose from a wide variety of ideas drawing from all the scientific disciplines.

This text brings together a collection of thirty experiments in astronomy for young adults. It includes information on measurements and optical instruments, which can be used to investigate the size and surface features of a number of astronomical bodies including the sun, stars and moon.

This is VanCleave's fourth book in her collection of experiments dealing with the whole spectrum of science, and they keep getting more entertaining and exciting! Everyone's favorite science teacher is back with more spectacular ways for children to discover the fun in science seen in their everyday lives.

Fun facts and experiments about Earth's amazing and unique climatic regions! Janice VanCleave's Science Around the World presents interesting facts and fun experiments that relate to the different geographical regions of the world-also known as biomes.

A collection of science challenges, open-ended questions for science inquiry, on subjects in astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics, which can be used as the basis for a science fair or other science project or as a classroom project.

A large portion of any science fair deals with engineering topics, yet there are currently no project books for kids ages 8 to 12 specifically on engineering.