| Edition |
First edition |
| Description |
xiii, 189 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Audience |
9+ |
| Contents |
1. Forces and motion : Mesmerizing CD top ; Grocery list tug-of-war ; Jar spin ; Floating coin ; Crash test dummy ; Rolling uphill ; Cork accelerometer ; Spinning force machine ; Paper drop ; Weightless cup ; See-saw candles -- 2. Energy : Balloon shooter ; Clothespin catapult ; Door-to-door launcher ; Ball blaster ; Quick freeze ice ; Swing your partner ; Wobble ball -- 3. Sound and waves : Straw oboe ; Straw trombone ; Wave machine ; Swinging wave machine ; Rubber maraca ; Rubber band man ; Air horn -- 4. Light : Pinhole camera ; Up periscope ; Wacky waterfall ; Star gazer ; What color is it? ; Crazy shadows ; Flash of color ; Capture the cross ; Pringles planetarium ; Kaleidofoilscope ; The never ending flame ; To infinity and beyond -- 5. Electricity and magnetism : Roll with it can ; Spinning straws ; Super speed motor ; Pencil lead lightbulb ; Burning steel ; No-touch race car ; Crazy chaos pendulum ; Electric magnet -- 6. Fluids and pressure : Snow globe ; Super squirt bottle ; Plumber strength ; Unspillable water ; Tornado in a bottle ; Pop bottle ; Ketchup diver ; Double trouble. |
| Summary |
A children's instructional book on how to use readily available materials to turn the house into a science lab Physics teacher Bobby Mercer provides readers with more than 50 great hands-on experiments that can be performed for just pennies, or less. Turn a plastic cup into a pinhole camera using waxed paper, a rubber band, and a thumbtack. Build a swinging wave machine using a series of washers suspended on strings from a yardstick. |
| Subject |
Physics -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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| ISBN |
9781613749203 (trade paper) |
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1613749201 (trade paper) |
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