How long, how fast, how hot, how heavy?

Measuring temperature

For thousands of years, people judged the temperature by how they felt. To check the heat of an oven, cooks put a hand into the oven. If the weather felt cold, people put on more clothes. Long, long…

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How Things Work

A lever is clever

How many times can you lift your best friend higher than your head? How many times can your best friend lift you? It doesn’t sound easy, but it is—and it’s fun, too. When you and your friend are…

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About Animals

Changing skins

A young grasshopper climbs upon a twig. For a long time the grasshopper holds on to the twig without moving. Then, a strange thing happens. The skin splits all along the grasshopper’s back….

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