Article: What is glass made of?(Science Letters? What makes popcorn pop?)(Brief article)

Article: Does sound travel in space?(Science Letters)(Brief ...
Highlights for Children;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... voice get loud enough and high enough that a glass can break? Patterson, Nicole Age 9 Ohio The ... create sound waves that make the sides of the glass bend back and forth so far that the glass cracks. When you tap the side of an empty drinking ...

Article: Science Letters.(Brief Article)
Highlights for Children;  December 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Mirabelle, Age 10 Maryland Glass is made by melting sand together ... variety of colors is in stained-glass windows, in which different-colored glasses have been set together to make ... or picture. Common window glass is slightly green because it ...

Article: Science Letters.(making butter, how light bulbs ...
Highlights for Children;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... gives off light. If you can find a light bulb made of clear glass, you will see the tungsten wire inside. When that wire carries ... burn up in air. So the tungsten wire must be protected by a glass bulb that keeps out oxygen. Backward Birds Why do hummingbirds ...

Article: Science Letters.(science news briefs)
Highlights for Children;  December 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Squeezing the Air What is dew point? Sarah Ohlemacher, Age 10 San Angelo, Texas Sometimes a glass of cold water gets beads of water on the outside of the glass. That "dew" comes from water vapor in the air that condenses to liquid when cooled ...

Article: Educating science.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Chemistry and Industry;  May 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... the box labelled solid should be labelled 'crystalline solid', The box representing a liquid could equally well represent a glass. Most solids are disordered and teaching students that a solid is defined as a regular array of atoms is misleading and sows ...

Article: Science Letters.(Brief Article)(Letter to the ...
Highlights for Children;  February 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... shouldn't it look blue like the ocean? Patrick Wood, Age 7, New York Water and ice are blue, but just a tiny bit blue. A glass of water sitting on a table looks clear and colorless. To see that water has any color, you have to look through a lot of ...

Article: Shampoo mystery.(Science Letters)
Highlights for Children;  July 1, 2003 ;     517 words ... ... gives a soapy solution that is great for making bubbles. You can see this for yourself by pouring just a little shampoo into a glass of water and then blowing air into it through a straw. Each bubble is made out of a very, very thin film of detergent and ...