47 Easy-To-Do Classic Science Experiments

by Asterie Baker Provenzo and Eugene F. Provenzo Jr.

Book Overview

Here is a highly motivating book for grade-school students that will introduce them to many of the world's most popular (and historically significant) scientific experiments. They'll learn about gravity simply by following the acrobatic antics of an ordinary coin. By trying to blow an egg out of a cup, they'll discover the principles of air pressure. Dancing soap bubbles will help them understand the effects of static electricity, and by dropping...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486258564
• ISBN13: 9780486258560
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 9

Customer Reviews

Simply outstanding. Will get you to say "Ahh..." on almost every page.

This is one of my favorite books on science experiments. Easy to do with minimal requirements, but the concepts seem magical. I have been doing some with my daughter, and it's a delight to see the expression on her face when we do the experiments and the results seem counter-intuitive. For example, we did the funnel rolling upwards, and it totally surprised her. (One caution: you may need to substitute other items. In the Funnel experiments, we started off buying the two funnels from Home Depot for 97c. But, the funnels didn't work. So, instead my daughter struck upon the idea of sticking together two stryofoam cups. And, the experiment worked wondrously.)