Robert Gardner ; [illustration credits, Tom LaBaff].
Berkeley Heights, NJ :
Enslow Publishers,
c2003.
48 p. :
col. ill. ;
24 cm.
Sensational science experiments
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-47) and index.
Speedometer readings -- An odometer and a clock -- Walking speeds -- Running speeds -- Animals : fast and slow -- Wind speeds by observation -- Wind speeds by meter -- Wind direction and velocity -- The speed of falling leaves -- Speed and parachutes -- Growth speed -- How fast do your fingernails grow? -- How fast do you read? -- Speed of melting -- Speed of dissolving -- Speed while falling -- Speed of a chemical reaction.