What Makes a Magnet?
Author: Franklyn Mansfield
Illustrator: Branley True Kelley
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date: July 1996
ISBN: 0064451488
Description: Will a magnet pick up a paper clip or a feather? The answer is, just the paper clip. Magnets only pick up things that contain bits of iron. In this new addition to the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, veteran author Franklyn Branley explains the properties and behavior of magnets. True Kelley's charming illustrations will entertain readers as they discover for themselves what makes a magnet. Hands-on activities include making a magnet and compass.
Electricity and Magnetism Fundamentals
Author: Robert W. Wood, Bill Wright
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date: January 1998
ISBN: 0791048411
Description: Simple principles of electricity and magnetism come alive with these hands-on activities. Children can easily do these simple yet fascinating activities in static electricity, magnetic induction and polarity, conductors and insulators and more...with just a little help from parents or teachers using readily-available household materials. While rooted in solid scientific theory, these entertaining activities are geared towards children's interests, and can each be completed in less than one hour. No expertise in physics is required; everything is outlined in step-by-step instructions, a materials list, background material, and expected outcome of each experiment.
The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Bruce Degen
Publisher: Scholastic
Pub. Date: December, 1998
ISBN: 0439314321
Description: Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a field trip through the town's electrical wires so they can learn how electricity is generated and how it is used.