Smash It! Crash It! Launch It!: 50 Mind-Blowing, Eye-Popping Science Experiments

by Rain Newcomb and Bobby Mercer

Book Overview

Crash, boom, bang: destroy! There's nothing children love more than the satisfying smashing and bashing of things being demolished. They always do it for sheer amusement; now they can do it in the name of science. And they'll enjoy it so much? that they won't even think they're learning physics as they're wrecking stuff. Just imagine the expression on kids' faces as they watch a microwaved marshmallow grow bigger?and bigger: up to four times its size...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579907954
• ISBN13: 9781579907952
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Lark Books (NC)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.2" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Middle School Science Teacher

As a science teacher in middle school, it is a great book for chemical recipes and experiments. Best yet, it explains the "why" things work in an understandable student language. Truly a good book for teachers who like to use the inquiry approach to learning - lots of hands on stuff to spark your students' curiosites.

Science is Fun!

This is a great and entertaining science experiment book. I bought my second copy of this book after watching how kids gravitated to it while seeking a science experiment to perform in class. The well-worn original is now in my living room still enticing and educating any visitors. Everyone loves smashing and crashing things as well as launching them. Destructology at its best! The drawings are key and definitely the "science hook" for younger kids. Each experiment has three sections: What You Need, What You Do, and the Ahha! part, What's Going On? Bobby Mercer is no doubt an excellent teacher who carefully explains the concepts behind each experiment. You, your child or students can have fun and learn a lot of physics from this book. Explode marshmallows, smash eggs and cups, launch all manner of things. Next time your painting a room, I dare you to try the Water Bucket Flip. Buy it and have some fun. This book should be on a shelf of every library!

Get ready for science!!!

This book has everything you need to make science fun!!! Most of the items you need are laying around your house just waiting to be applied. The best part is that it explains the science. You know why the marshmellow explodes in the microwave. This book is the best if you really want to explain science the FUN way. (the way it should be)