WHAT MAKES A Candle BURN? Discover the secrets of fire and candles.
Condensed from 6000 words to about 650 words for modern elementary education students, Burn: Michael Faraday\'s Candl. - Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan, Authors of Picture-Perfect Science Lessons Burn: Michael Faraday\'s Candle is an exciting adaptation of Michael Faraday\'s (1791-1867) original special Christmas lecture, The Chemical History of a Candle.
This book is a wonderful way to introduce children to this extraordinary scientist and to teach them about changes in matter with a familiar, yet remarkable, object - a candle.
Peter Willis\' colorful artwork illustrates Faraday\'s own explanations in a scientific, yet kid-friendly style.
Overall, thumbs up Deb Thrall, President, New Mexico Science Teacher\'s Association With this delightful book, Darcy Pattison brings one of Michael Faraday\'s famous scientific lectures for children to a whole new generation of young learners.
I loved the illustrations, the science, and the British tone.
Great enrichment possibilities for teachers.
Good, simple explanation of a complex chemical process.
Read this eloquent update of Faraday\'s Candle lecture, perfect for today\'s student.
Pattison has adapted the first 6000-word lecture to about 650 words for modern elementary students.
Faraday originally gave seven lectures on how a Candle burns.
Oddly, till now, it\'s never been published as a children\'s picture book.
Since Faraday\'s lecture, The Chemical History of a Candle, was published in 1861, it\'s never been out of print.
Read this eloquent update of Faraday\'s Candle lecture, perfect for today\'s student.
Pattison has adapted the first 6000-word lecture to about 650 words for modern elementary students.
Faraday originally gave seven lectures on how a Candle burns.
Oddly, till now, it\'s never been published as a children\'s picture book.
Known as one of the best science experimenters ever, Faraday\'s passion was always to answer the basic questions of science: What is the cause? Why does it occur? Since Faraday\'s lecture, The Chemical History of a Candle, was published in 1861, it\'s never been out of print.
British scientist Michael Faraday (1791-1867) encouraged kids to carefully observe a Candle and to try to figure out how it burned.
But how? Travel back in time to December 28, 1848 in London, England to one of the most famous juvenile science Christmas lectures at the Royal Institution.
Solid wax is somehow changed into light and heat.
WHAT MAKES A Candle BURN? Discover the secrets of fire and candles
