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Comienza la Ciencia/Science Starts
Bubbles Float, Bubbles Pop
What makes a bubble float? Are the bubbles in your soda the same as the bubbles in your tub? What makes a bubble pop? Discover the wonder and science of bubbles in Bubbles Float, Bubbles Pop.
32 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 2011
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About the author
Mark Weakland
130 books17 followersWhile earning a degree in the sciences, author/educator/musician Mark Weakland played drums and percussion with scores of Pittsburgh-based bands. He then went on to earn multiple teacher certifications and a master’s degree in education.
Mark expresses his creative side through music and writing. He is the author of eighteen non-fiction children’s books. Upcoming books, written as collaborations between Warner Brothers, Sports Illustrated Kids, and Capstone Press, include a set of Scooby-Doo (and mathematics) books, a set of Wile E. Coyote (and physics) books, and a set of hockey (shapes and patterns) books.
Other kid projects include an award-winning audio book, a poetry collection, and Jack Attack, his first YA novel. Mark’s books have received outstanding reviews from Booklist and Library Media Connection and won multiple awards, such as the 2012 Green Award for Sustainable Children’s Literature and the 2011 Eureka Nonfiction Children’s Book Award.
His academic book for teachers and administrators, Super Core! Supercharging Your Basal Reading Program with More Reading, Writing, and Word Work, will be published by the International Reading Association in January of 2014.
As a musician and songwriter, Mark has written and recorded music for both kids and grown-ups. His songs have won Parents' Choice and Children's Web awards and finished as finalists in The John Lennon Songwriting and USA Songwriting contests. Performing on drums, guitar, and vocals, Mark still records and plays with various artists and bands in Western Pennsylvania.
Mark expresses his creative side through music and writing. He is the author of eighteen non-fiction children’s books. Upcoming books, written as collaborations between Warner Brothers, Sports Illustrated Kids, and Capstone Press, include a set of Scooby-Doo (and mathematics) books, a set of Wile E. Coyote (and physics) books, and a set of hockey (shapes and patterns) books.
Other kid projects include an award-winning audio book, a poetry collection, and Jack Attack, his first YA novel. Mark’s books have received outstanding reviews from Booklist and Library Media Connection and won multiple awards, such as the 2012 Green Award for Sustainable Children’s Literature and the 2011 Eureka Nonfiction Children’s Book Award.
His academic book for teachers and administrators, Super Core! Supercharging Your Basal Reading Program with More Reading, Writing, and Word Work, will be published by the International Reading Association in January of 2014.
As a musician and songwriter, Mark has written and recorded music for both kids and grown-ups. His songs have won Parents' Choice and Children's Web awards and finished as finalists in The John Lennon Songwriting and USA Songwriting contests. Performing on drums, guitar, and vocals, Mark still records and plays with various artists and bands in Western Pennsylvania.
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June 22, 2012
Audience-K-3rd, boys and girls, students interested in bubbles or matter
Appeal-Great photographs for students to look at with the text. Text is in a narrative format, so it is an easier read. Although there is a glossary and index, there are no other "traditional" non-fiction text features (ie-captions, headings, subheadings, etc.) so this would not be a good choice to try to use for highlighting non-fiction text features.
California Reading Association's Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award-Silver Honor Book 2010
Appeal-Great photographs for students to look at with the text. Text is in a narrative format, so it is an easier read. Although there is a glossary and index, there are no other "traditional" non-fiction text features (ie-captions, headings, subheadings, etc.) so this would not be a good choice to try to use for highlighting non-fiction text features.
California Reading Association's Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award-Silver Honor Book 2010
May 7, 2018
This was a great choice for my Library STEAM program for ages 5-8! It has fantastic full-page photographs, some fun facts, and a bit of scientific information without getting too technical.
June 18, 2025
Great nonfiction book all about bubbles. Answers questions like: How are bubbles made? Where can we find bubbles? Do bubbles come in lots of shapes? Why do bubbles pop?
November 15, 2012
Gorgeous photographs.
July 12, 2014
Beautiful book with lovely language, but not as scientifically strong as I would have liked.
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews