Projects and experiments use soap to explain such topics as surface tension and air currents, as well as why soap gets things clean.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 44) and index.
Contents
How clean can you get? -- What does soap do? -- Experiment 1: breaking the tension -- Experiment 2: washing away the dirt -- Experiment 3: making suds -- What else can soap do? -- Experiment 4: changing colors -- Experiment 5: seeing colors -- What can you learn from soap bubbles? -- Experiment 6: measuring the air -- Experiment 7: following the breeze -- Fun with soap -- Experiment 8: making different shapes.