The Spark Files
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The Spark Files is one of the many spin-offs of Horrible Histories
. It focuses on scientific experiments being portrayed through a humorous story, or a fictional tale.
The list of the series is:
There are also some Spark Files flip quiz books. They are:
Horrible Histories
Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic. They are designed to engage children in history by concentrating on the unusual, gory, or unpleasant. The series has proved exceptionally successful in commercial terms...
. It focuses on scientific experiments being portrayed through a humorous story, or a fictional tale.
The list of the series is:
- Space Race - (1998) (EarthEarthEarth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
, MoonMoonThe Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
& StarStarA star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...
s) - Chop and Change - (1998) (Physical changePhysical changePhysical changes are changes affecting the form of a chemical substance, but do not change the chemical composition of that substance. Physical changes are used to separate mixtures into their component compounds, but can not usually be used to separate compounds into chemical elements or simpler...
& Chemical changeChemical changeChemical changes occur when a substance combines with another to form a new substance or, alternatively, decomposes into two or more different substances. These processes are called chemical reactions and , in general, are not reversible except by further chemical reactions...
) - Shock Tactics - (1998) (ElectricityElectricityElectricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
) - Bat and Ball - (1998) (ConservationMomentumIn classical mechanics, linear momentum or translational momentum is the product of the mass and velocity of an object...
) - Dog Run - (1999) (Classification)
- Dark Forces - (1999) (ForceForceIn physics, a force is any influence that causes an object to undergo a change in speed, a change in direction, or a change in shape. In other words, a force is that which can cause an object with mass to change its velocity , i.e., to accelerate, or which can cause a flexible object to deform...
s and MotionMotion (physics)In physics, motion is a change in position of an object with respect to time. Change in action is the result of an unbalanced force. Motion is typically described in terms of velocity, acceleration, displacement and time . An object's velocity cannot change unless it is acted upon by a force, as...
) - Light and Wrong - (1999) (LightLightLight or visible light is electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye, and is responsible for the sense of sight. Visible light has wavelength in a range from about 380 nanometres to about 740 nm, with a frequency range of about 405 THz to 790 THz...
) - Magical Magnets - (1999) (MagnetismMagnetismMagnetism is a property of materials that respond at an atomic or subatomic level to an applied magnetic field. Ferromagnetism is the strongest and most familiar type of magnetism. It is responsible for the behavior of permanent magnets, which produce their own persistent magnetic fields, as well...
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There are also some Spark Files flip quiz books. They are:
- The Secrets of Science (2000)
- How Things Work (2000)
- Mysteries of the Human Body (2000)
- The Wonders of Maths (2000)