Feet and meters, pounds and grams Hours and months and days. How did we come to measure things In so many different ways? It all goes back to long ago, In many ancient lands, When people began to...
What are your chances?
When you spin a spinner, Which number is best? Will one come up More than all the rest? When you toss a coin, Which side do you call? Is "heads" or "tails" Most likely to fall? Is it all just...
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A lot of surprising things I You can turn them into pieces and squares, And into irregular rings. You can split them into piles, You can give them funny names, You can make them into puzzles, You...
Fingers, pebbles, and wiggly marks
What would we do without numbers? Why, we couldn't even count! We couldn't keep track of birthdays, Or of any other amount. But have there always been numbers? Were they always just "lying around"?...
Take a number
Do you know the color of number five? Do you know the shape of a four? Do you know which number is lucky? We can tell you all that and more! For there's a lore and a magic in numbers, Or so...
Puzzle fun!
Do you like puzzles and "thinking games"? Well, here are some for you. So on with your thinking cap and see Just how well you are able to do! These pages of games and puzzles Will give you some...
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If you enjoy learning what makes things work, you will find more books to read. A few of them are listed here. Your school or public library will have many more. Science Magic: Scientific...
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