New Releases by Neil Ardley

Simple experiments demonstrate basic principles of sound and music.

Explores and explains different properties of temperature through simple experiments.

Simple experiments demonstrate the different forces that cause different kinds of weather.

Defines heat and discusses its properties, origins, and uses.

This book is part of a series that attempts to make science discovery fun. Including puzzles, tricks, games and things to do and make, using items found around the home or in the classroom, each activity explains something about the importance of a particular aspect of science in the world. This particular book looks at weather and is written by the co-winner of the Science Book Prize in 1989 and the TES Senior Information Book Award.

Explains electricity, how it works, and its many uses.

This practical activity book introduces the basic principles of the science of numbers. It contains projects and simple experiments that can be carried out at home or school using everyday objects and equipment. All the experiments are explained through step-by-step instructions.

Explains the principles of color and gives instructions for a variety of simple experiments.

Simple experiments demonstrate basic principles of electricity.

Simple experiments explain plant growth.

Part of a series of photographic activity books, this book includes projects on electricity that aim to teach children the basic scientific concepts, encouraging them to take on new ideas and find out information for themselves. Each book introduces a basic topic, in this case the power of electricity, through projects that can be carried out at home using everyday items. Tricks and puzzles, and toys and models to make are also included. Neil Ardley is the co-winner of The Science Book Prize and The Times Educational Supplement Information Book Award for The Way Things Work.

Simple experiments demonstrate basic principles of light.

Describes the construction and operation of an oil rig and the search for and discovery of petroleum.

Describes various types of bridges and how they are built and maintained.

Discusses sound, both as a natural phenomenon and as an application in music, and provides related projects.