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The element in the room : investigating the atomic ingredients that make up your home / Mike Barfield ; illustrated by Lauren Humphrey.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Laurence King Publishing, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 63 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781786271785
  • 1786271788
  • 9781786271778
  • 178627177X
Other title:
  • Investigating the atomic ingredients that make up your home [Portion of title]
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Awards:
  • Shortlisted for Blue Peter Book Awards 2019
Summary: Did you know that without the "lead" in your pencil, there would be no life on Earth? Or that the deadly ingredient used to make the most dangerous weapon in history can also be found in your bottle water? Just about everything in the universe is made up of only 92 elements. And from aluminum to zinc, many of these atomic ingredients can be found in your very own home. Join the great scientific sleuth Sherlock Ohms as he investigates the elements in this funny and fascinating guide! Bursting with brilliant facts about the ingredients that make up everything around us. Atomic comics show you the savvy scientists who discovered the element. Explosive (and easy) scientific experiments!
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 546 B249 Available 33111009348521
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 546 B249 Available 33111009141835
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Did you know that without the "lead" in your pencil, there would be no life on Earth? Just about everything in the universe is made from only 92 elements - and from aluminum to zinc, many of them are hiding in your very own home!

This funny and fascinating guide is bursting with brilliant facts about the atomic ingredients that make up everything around us. Join scientific sleuth Sherlock Ohms as he investigates the elements, and help his enquiries with explosive experiments.

Includes index.

Did you know that without the "lead" in your pencil, there would be no life on Earth? Or that the deadly ingredient used to make the most dangerous weapon in history can also be found in your bottle water? Just about everything in the universe is made up of only 92 elements. And from aluminum to zinc, many of these atomic ingredients can be found in your very own home. Join the great scientific sleuth Sherlock Ohms as he investigates the elements in this funny and fascinating guide! Bursting with brilliant facts about the ingredients that make up everything around us. Atomic comics show you the savvy scientists who discovered the element. Explosive (and easy) scientific experiments!

Shortlisted for Blue Peter Book Awards 2019

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