Everyday Science: Fun and Easy Projects for Making Practical Things - Softcover

Levine, Shar; Johnstone, Leslie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471110140 ISBN 13: 9780471110149

Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, 1995

Synopsis

Everyday Science is fun, easy, and useful! Each and every experiment in Everyday Science is guaranteed to make you think about the way things work. At the same time, you will learn how to make stuff you can use every day. Want a telephone in your room? You'll enjoy making one for yourself, using one of the projects in this book. Or maybe you'd like to take pictures with a camera you've made from an oatmeal box or make a hand-warmer in a plastic sandwich bag. Every one of the 25 projects in this book can be completed with materials you find around the house. The simple, clear instructions and illustrations help you get each experiment right the first time you try it.

About this title

About the Author

SHAR LEVINE is the former owner of Einstein's The Science Centre, a science book and toy store in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the coauthor of Projects for a Healthy Planet and Einstein's Science Parties, both published by Wiley. LESLIE JOHNSTONE is an elementary school teacher in Vancouver and an editor of Catalyst, a journal for science teachers.

Reviews

Grade 4-6?The first book offers 25 simple projects designed to help children explore the science behind the way ordinary things work, and is divided into 5 sections: light and optics, heat, earth science, chemistry, and electricity and magnetism. Directions are given for making useful objects, such as a kaleidoscope, refracting telescope, silver polish, bath salts, and a burglar alarm, out of common household materials. Silly Science illustrates scientific principles through 28 "...seemingly useless experiments." Each has a clever, interest-catching title and introductory statement. For example, "Foiled Again!" uses aluminum foil and a penny to demonstrate the chemical process of corrosion, and "Make It Snappy" explores the effects of heat on the stretching properties of rubber bands. In both titles, each project has a list of materials needed, step-by-step instructions, a one-paragraph "What Happened" statement, and a "Did You Know?" section of factoids and related information. Safety warnings are incorporated into the directions. Some of the black-and-white illustrations relate to procedural set-ups, but most are simply decorative cartoons. Children will find the activities fun and easy to do, but it may take adult guidance to get them to focus on the "What Happened" sections and to expand on the brief information provided for an understanding of the principles involved.?Carolyn Angus, The Claremont Graduate School, CA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471110140
• ISBN 13: 9780471110149
• Binding: Paperback