Force and Motion

What is a force, and what is motion? Follow the funny characters “Force” and “Motion” as they punt a football, ride a bicycle, and blast off in a rocket plane to find out! Through bright and colorful comic-book-style pages, kids will explore such concepts as friction, acceleration, and speed. They will have fun learning about pulleys, levers, and other simple machines. World Book’s Building Blocks of Physical Science series makes complex STEM lessons exciting for young learners with a primary reading level grades 3 through 5. Each nonfiction book pairs humor and action with scientifically accurate information to make even the most difficult topics amusing and easy to understand. Kids will eagerly learn the fundamentals of physics through such volumes as Energy, Magnetism, and Matter and How It Changes. Helpful glossaries and indexes in each volume direct readers to the most important terms and topics. Materials for further exploration are suggested in lists of additional resources. Give budding scientists a head start with World Book’s fun Building Blocks series!