Why Do Ice Cubes Float?

This book was a really great introductory book for students that may have a lot of questions about scientific concepts, students that are particularly interested in science, or students that may be searching for a topic to complete a project on. The book is a collection of a wide variety of scientific questions, ranging from "How can you get words into candy?" and "Why do some balloons float but others don't?" Each section of the book deals with a different topic and features four to five questions and short answers. 

In my opinion, this is a great "starter" book for students. Because it doesn't have a lot of content and jumps from subject to subject, it isn't necessarily a informational text that I would recommend to someone that needs something informational to read. Instead, I think that it is a great book for a "science sampling." Students can look through the book to get ideas for research or come up with question that they may want answered. They can't however, use this book for research as the answers are relatively short and are not extensive. 

I do see myself using this in my classroom, however. While it may not be an informational text that is full of information, there are many non-fiction text features that are incorporated throughout the book. I think that this is a simple enough text that would work really well for modeling if we are working on non-fiction writing and including text features to increase reader feasibility. 

Why Do Ice Cubes Float? 

By: Thomas Canavan 

Published in 2014