Barnabus Pike is no gunfighter and not much of a street fighter. Eddie Holt is a black boxer in a white man's world. They've both taken their share of hard knocks. Now they're looking to survive a brutal winter in a remote Montana line shack, collect their pay, and settle down for good. Then they cross paths with a hardworking Irish immigrant and his beautiful, spirited sister, who've been burned off their land. It's a fight Pike and Holt don't want,...

"Presents information on simple machines with a focus on inclined planes. Explains what an inclined plane is, and includes examples of past and present uses. Intended for third to fifth grade students"--Provided by publisher.

With all the new social rules on political correctness, the only fun place left at Port Charles University is The Pit, an outlawed underground fraternity house. Here, no behavior is too offensive and no lifestyle too bizarre. These fraternity brothers and sisters are lazy, lawless and loud and determined to turn PCU back into the party school it was meant to be!

Dorothy Ann loves her physics book; Ralphie loves baseball. Ms. Frizzle ingeniously combines the two in a page-hopping adventure through Dorothy Ann's book to a "Frictionless baseball game." The whole class learns about pushes and pulls in a remarkable day at a thouroughly unique ball game.

A simple introduction to the concepts of speed, resistance, and friction, the different measurements of speed and distance, and machines that can increase speed, such as jet engines and roller skates.

The kids from Ms. Frizzle's class learn lessons about friction and forces when they drive the Magic School Bus inside a book about physics.

Teaches about acids and the phonetic pronunciation of the letter A through the story of funny Friction Fred.

Presents simple hands-on experiments that demonstrate the properties that make sliding easier or more difficult.

"In Sticky, Laurie Winkless explores some of the ways that friction shapes both the manufactured and natural worlds, and describes how our understanding of surface science has given us an ability to manipulate stickiness, down to the level of a single atom"--

This book explains the mechanics of wheels and axles, describing a wheel and axle system, wheels and axles for lifting, and wheels moving over rough and smooth surfaces.