| Description |
xiv, 159 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
More than thirty science projects for kids, designed to use recycled or nearly free materials. |
| Contents |
Electricity and magnetism: Holiday light circuit -- Crane -- Electric car -- Electrostatics -- Magnetic spinner -- Solenoid and speaker. Sound, light, and perception: Chirping bird and cuica -- Musica: Saxophone, harmonica, guitar, bull roarer, oboe, and sucker -- Xylophone and marimba -- Kaleidoscope -- Thaumatrope. Mechanics: Balancing acts -- Catapult -- Dangling spinner -- Mini-bot -- Rubber band racer -- Voladores de Papantla ("Birdmen of Papantla"). Fluids and aerodynamics: Airplanes -- Flying fish -- Helicopters -- Hydraulic butterfly -- Stomp rockets -- Toilet -- Tornado. Biology: Eye model -- Fingers of the hand -- Heart pump -- Lung model -- Chemistry: Cartesian divers -- Oil on water -- Gak and Oobleck. |
| Subject |
Science -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature.
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Scientific recreations -- Juvenile literature.
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Experiments -- Juvenile literature.
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| ISBN |
9781556527371 |
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1556527373 |
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