Let's race!: sprinting into the science of light speed with special relativity
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Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks eXplore, 2020.
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Book
Physical Desc:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Lexile measure:
610L
Rating:
Ages 4-8
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Description

"Time flies when you're having fun! So why does it go so slowly when you're not? Red Kangaroo wants to know and Dr. Chris has the answers-it's all a matter of special relativity! Dr. Chris teaches Red Kangaroo all about how we can play with time-and how time plays with us-in this installment of the Everyday Science Academy series. In this new series, Chris Ferrie answers all the questions Red Kangaroo has about what things are made of and how things work using real-world and practical examples. Young readers will have a firm grasp of scientific and mathematical concepts to help answer many of their "why" questions.Time flies when you're having fun! So why does it go so slowly when you're not? Red Kangaroo wants to know and Dr. Chris has the answers-it's all a matter of special relativity! Dr. Chris teaches Red Kangaroo all about how we can play with time-and how time plays with us-in this installment of the Everyday Science Academy series. In this new series, Chris Ferrie answers all the questions Red Kangaroo has about what things are made of and how things work using real-world and practical examples. Young readers will have a firm grasp of scientific and mathematical concepts to help answer many of their "why" questions"--

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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781492680611, 1492680613
Lexile measure:
610

Notes

General Note
"First published as Red Kangaroo's thousands physics whys: All the time in the world: special relativity in 2018 in China by China Children's Press and Publication Group"--Title page verso.
Description
"Time flies when you're having fun! So why does it go so slowly when you're not? Red Kangaroo wants to know and Dr. Chris has the answers-it's all a matter of special relativity! Dr. Chris teaches Red Kangaroo all about how we can play with time-and how time plays with us-in this installment of the Everyday Science Academy series. In this new series, Chris Ferrie answers all the questions Red Kangaroo has about what things are made of and how things work using real-world and practical examples. Young readers will have a firm grasp of scientific and mathematical concepts to help answer many of their "why" questions.Time flies when you're having fun! So why does it go so slowly when you're not? Red Kangaroo wants to know and Dr. Chris has the answers-it's all a matter of special relativity! Dr. Chris teaches Red Kangaroo all about how we can play with time-and how time plays with us-in this installment of the Everyday Science Academy series. In this new series, Chris Ferrie answers all the questions Red Kangaroo has about what things are made of and how things work using real-world and practical examples. Young readers will have a firm grasp of scientific and mathematical concepts to help answer many of their "why" questions"--,Provided by publisher.
Target Audience
Ages 4-8,Sourcebooks eXplore
Target Audience
Grades 2-3,Sourcebooks eXplore
Target Audience
610L,Lexile
Target Audience
Decoding demand: 67 (high),Semantic demand: 89 (very high),Syntactic demand: 89 (very high),Structure demand: 80 (high),Lexile
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APA Citation (style guide)

Ferrie, C. (2020). Let's race!: sprinting into the science of light speed with special relativity. Naperville, Illinois, Sourcebooks eXplore.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Ferrie, Chris. 2020. Let's Race!: Sprinting Into the Science of Light Speed With Special Relativity. Naperville, Illinois, Sourcebooks eXplore.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Ferrie, Chris, Let's Race!: Sprinting Into the Science of Light Speed With Special Relativity. Naperville, Illinois, Sourcebooks eXplore, 2020.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Ferrie, Chris. Let's Race!: Sprinting Into the Science of Light Speed With Special Relativity. Naperville, Illinois, Sourcebooks eXplore, 2020.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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