Captain Kidd's Crew Experiments with Sinking and Floating

i've only recently found Mark's writing ... i really enjoy his thoughts, his picked illustrator. well done. i read "The Lonely Existence of Asteroids and Comets", "DO-4U the Robot Experiences Forces and Motion", "How Heavy?", and "Captain Kidd's Crew Experiments with Sinking and Floating". all these......more

An easy read science story identifying some key terminology for children. Gravity, buoyancy, density, volume and displacement. This could be useful to accompany science lessons involving this terminology and children could do similar tests in class to see whether objects float or sink.......more

Interesting book with good knowledge Interesting book with some useful knowledge explained easily. Suitable for 5+ but probably easier to understand for slightly older children.......more

Disguised as a pirate story, this is actually a book explaining how objects float and sink. Buoyancy, density and volume are concepts taught in this book. The illustrations are also very cute. This would be a good story for an elementary school teacher to read to their class to go with a science les......more

Captain Kidd’s Crew Experiments with Sinking and Floating is a fun tale of pirates and their quest for knowledge in buoyancy, density, and volume. The colorful and cute illustrations perfectly compliment the informative text and would make for a fantastic read aloud in any elementary classroom prece......more