Oxygen

Explores the history of the chemical element oxygen and explains its chemistry, how it works in the body, and its importance in our lives.

Everything in the universe is made of elements. This series looks at the most important chemical elements and explains where they can be found, how they were discovered, their special characteristics and reactions, and their importance in the body and in everyday life. Understanding how the elements behave is the key to understanding chemistry. The Elements provides a fascinating and fact-filled introduction to this important subject.

Children's Literature

Oxygen makes up one-fifth of the air around us. This is a greater percentage of oxygen than found on any other planet in the solar system. We cannot see it, feel it, taste it, or smell it, but we need to breathe it to stay alive. A French scientist, Antoine Lavoisier, who had experimented with the gas, named it oxygen. The Greek origin of the word means, "acid forming." This book is part of "The Elements" series which also includes Carbon, Nitrogen and Iron. Each book describes how the element behaves, its individual characteristics and how it is important to our lives. An index and glossary are part of each volume, and a colorful periodic chart is also included. An excellent series for the upper elementary or middle school science classroom.