Vicki Cobb
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Get Wet. HarperCollins, 2002. |
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Biography:
Vicki Cobb is the well-known author of more than eighty highly
entertaining nonfiction books for children. Ever since 1972, when
HarperCollins first published Science Experiments You Can Eat,
Cobb's lighthearted approach to hands-on science has become her
trademark for getting kids involved in experiences that create
real learning. Currently, she is becoming increasingly popular
as a speaker to children and adults as educators search out sources
for materials and activities that promote learning. Today's popular
buzz words in education--"whole language," "hands-on-science,"
"experimental learning," "out-come based,"
"multi-disciplinary" and critical thinking" are
embodied in Vicki Cobb's work.
Vicki Cobb credits her outlook on education to her mother's forward-looking
thinking. From kindergarten to sixth grade she attended The Little
Red School House in Greenwich Village. Her early education was
a joyful experience of hands-on activities, field trips, reading
children's literature (not textbooks), creative projects, and
a kind of portfolio evaluation that today's educators realize
are the most powerful tools for producing individuals who have
a lifetime love of learning. According to Cobb her books "allow
me to recreate the joy of learning I experienced in elementary
school for myself, forever."
Vicki Cobb graduated from Barnard College with a major in zoology
and went on to get a Master's degree in Secondary Science Education.
After early careers as a laboratory researcher and science teacher,
she became a full-time writer of science books for children.
www.vickicobb.com
Selected Bibliography:
I
Fall Down (HarperCollins, 2004)
See for Yourself: More Than 100 Experiments for Science Fairs
and Projects (Scholastic, 2003)
Feeling Your Way (Sagebrush, 2003)
Open Your Eyes (Sagebrush, 2003)
Follow Your Nose (Sagebrush, 2003)
Your Tongue Can Tell (Sagebrush, 2003)
Perk Up Your Ears (Sagebrush, 2003)
I Face the Wind (HarperCollins, 2003)
Sources Of Fources: Sci Fun (Millbrook, 2002)
I Get Wet (HarperCollins, 2002)
I See Myself (HarperCollins, 2002)
Whirlers And Twirlers (Millbrook Press, 2001)
Squirts And Spurts (Millbrook, 2000)
Bangs and Twangs (Millbrook, 2000)
Imagine Living Here Series (Sagebrush, 1999)
You Gotta Try This! Absolutely Irresistible Science (HarperCollins,
1999)
Blood and Gore, Like You've Never Seen (1998)
Don't Try This at Home!: Science Fun for Kids on the Go (HarperCollins,
1998)
Why Can't I Live Forever?: And Other Not Such Dumb Questions About
Life (1997)
Wanna Bet? Science Challenges to Fool You (HarperCollins, 1993)
Light Action! Amazing Experiments with Optics (HarperCollins,
1993)
Brush, Comb, Scrub: Inventions to Keep You Clean (1993)
Natural Wonders: Stories Science Photos Tell (1990)
Bet You Can!: Science Possibilities to Fool You (1990)
Writing it down (1989)
Why Doesn't the Earth Fall Up?: And Other Not Such Dumb Questions
About Motion (Dutton, 1988)
Science Safari Series (1988)
Chemically active!: Experiments you can do at home (1985)
How the World Works Series (Little, Brown, 1985)
The Secret Life of Cosmetics: A Science Experiment Book (1985)
The Secret Life of Hardware: A Science Experiment Book (1982)
Secret Life of School Supplies (1981)
Bet You Can'T!: Science Impossibilities to Fool You (Morrow, 1980)
More Science Experiments You Can Eat (1979)
Truth on Trial: The Story of Galileo Galilei (1979)
The Long and Short of Measurements (1974)
How the Doctor Knows You're Fine (1973)
Science Experiments You Can Eat (HarperCollins, 1972)
