Includes index. "First published in Great Britain in 2019 by Wayland. Copyright Hodder and Stoughton, 2019" -- title page verso
Contents:
Materials and matter -- Atomic building blocks -- Boiling and condensing -- Melting and freezing -- Softest and hardest -- Getting heavy -- Lighter than a feather -- Rare and common -- Elastic and plastic -- Conducting and insulating -- Strongest -- Natural wonders -- Combining materials.
Summary:
Matter is what everything is made of! From diamonds to dirt, matter is what everything is made of! Within matter, there are so many different materials. Kids might think of fabric as material, but in this book, they'll learn about some of the rarest materials on Earth. Atoms, states of matter, and even conductivity are covered, among other key physical science topics. The main content focuses on the extreme nature of matter and materials and how it changed over to time to become that way.
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