Adventures with Energy is a collection of 11 absorbing stories that explore the properties and uses of energy. Where do we find energy, what do we use it for and how does it help to sustain life? Follow three families on their encounters with different forms of energy as they travel around the world, across Singapore and in their homes and school. Be intrigued by amazing fun facts about energy and how it works for us!
The World of Science comics series engages, educates and entertains children, imparting scientific facts, while nurturing the love of Science through dynamic, full-colour comics. All topics covered are in line with the Singapore primary Science syllabus and the Cambridge primary Science curriculum, and also offer beyond-the-syllabus insights designed to stretch inquiring young minds.
This book aligns with the following syllabi:
- Singapore Science syllabus topics: Light and shadows, Heat and its effects, Electricity, and Photosynthesis.
- Cambridge Primary Science syllabus topics: Forces, Sound, Electricity, Electricity and magnetism, Plants, and Light.
- IB Primary Years Programme Science syllabus topics: Light and sound, Electricity and magnetism, Heat and temperature, States of matter, Energy and waves, Energy and its transformations, Chemical reactions and changes, Electricity and circuits, Light and optics, and Sound and vibration.
Contents:
- Moving Along:
- An Energetic Airshow
- A Potential for Fun
- Powers in Nature:
- A Day with Professor Plutonium
- Mountains of Energy
- Everyday Life:
- A Blackout!
- Stretching Energy
- You Light Up My Life!
- Powering a Country:
- Hot! Hot! Hot!
- Sparking Innovation
- Moving with Energy
- Rounding It Up:
- Quest for Energy
- Concept Map
