How can you get to the top? -- What is energy?: Experiment 1- Doing some work -- Experiment 2 - Rolling down -- Experiment 3 - Coasting along -- How many types of energy are there?: Experiment 4 - Burning food -- Experiment 5 - Getting warm -- Experiment 6 - Capturing sunlight -- What are fossil fuels?: Experiment 7 - Catching the wind -- Experiment 8 - Falling water -- Fun with energy: Experiment 9 - Splitting water -- To find out more -- Important words -- Index -- Meet the author.
Summary
Explores the science behind energy through simple experiments that use everyday objects to demonstrate, for example, how food produces energy and how a roller coaster works.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 44) and index.
