Popular TV host and scientist Bill Nye takes students on a wacky tour of science discoveries and experiments in his book "Big Blast of Science." Billed as a “cool” handbook for laws of nature from molecules to the Milky Way, the book covers Light, Matter, Heat, Electricity, Magnetism, Outer Space and more. Activities are simple to conduct with on-hand materials. Both presentation and topics are current and fun. Grades 5 and up. 172 pp., softcover.