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DK Science: Cinema

PHENAKISTOSCOPEMOVIE STORYBOARDSOUND STUDIOIMAX CINEMAMOVIE CAMERAAUGUSTE AND LOUIS LUMIEREDIGITAL EFFECTSFIND OUT MOREIn a cinema movie, many still photographs are projected onto a screen in…

DK Science: Circuits

ELECTRICITY IN THE HOMEPROTECTING CIRCUITSBATTERIESRESISTANCEFIND OUT MOREAn electrical circuit provides pathways along which current can flow to do work. Current is driven by a power source,…

DK Science: Climate

EQUATORIAL FORESTCLIMATE ZONESHEAT FROM THE SUNMOUNTAIN CLIMATESCOASTAL CLIMATESSEASONSFIND OUT MOREEvery part of Earth has its own climate – the typical pattern of weather over a long period…

DK Science: Clouds

HOW CLOUDS FORMHUMIDITYTHUNDERSTORMSFIND OUT MOREAir always contains some water vapour from oceans, lakes, and the ground. Clouds form when the air cools below a certain temperature, so…

DK Science: Cnidarians

PHYLUM: CNIDARIACnidarians are water animals that have a simple, usually symmetrical, body with a mouth opening. Stinging cells on tentacles around the mouth catch prey. Cnidarians are…

DK Science: Coasts

COASTAL EROSIONSEA-LEVEL CHANGEFIND OUT MORECoasts, which form the boundary between land and ocean, receive a constant battering from the wind and waves. In calm weather, the water merely…

DK Science: Colour

RAINBOWSPLITTING LIGHTSUNSETCOLOUR SPECTRUMSEEING COLOURFIND OUT MOREOn a sunny day, the world seems light and colourful because our eyes are able to see differences in the wavelengths of light…

DK Science: Comets

COMET HALE-BOPPCOMET ORBITSBIOGRAPHY: EDMOND HALLEY English, 1656-1742METEORSFIND OUT MORESometimes icy lumps left over from the birth of the Solar System visit our skies. We see them as comets…

DK Science: Communication

HOWLING WOLVESFEARSUBMISSIONEXCITEMENTBIG FIN REEF SQUIDBOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINSSCENTED MESSAGEBIOGRAPHY: JANE GOODALL British, 1934-LANGUAGEFIND OUT MORESounds, signals, and gestures make up an…

DK Science: Communities

ONE-WAY BENEFITTWO-WAY BENEFITMARINE COMMUNITYFIND OUT MOREA community consists of a number of different populations that interact with one another. Because environments vary considerably in…