Janice VanCleave's Machines: Mind-boggling Experiments You Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects - Softcover

VanCleave, Janice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471571083 ISBN 13: 9780471571087

Publisher: Wiley, 1993

Synopsis

How is your forearm like a lever?
* What makes it easy to pull a flag up a flagpole?
* How can a windmill help to do work?


Janice VanCleave's Machines includes 20 simple and fun experiments that allow you to discover the answers to these and many other questions, plus dozens of additional suggestions on how to develop your own science fair project.

Learn how an elevator works using a box, string, a paper cup, and some coins; build a bubble machine with cardboard boxes, Styrofoam, and wire; and much more. All experiments use inexpensive materials and involve a minimum of preparation and clean up.

Children ages 8-12

Also available in the Spectacular Science Projects Series:
* Janice VanCleave's Animals
* Janice VanCleave's Earthquakes
* Janice VanCleave's Electricity
* Janice VanCleave's Gravity
* Janice VanCleave's Magnets
* Janice VanCleave's Molecules
* Janice VanCleave's Microscopes and Magnifying Lenses
* Janice VanCleave's Volcanoes
* Janice VanCleave's Weather

About this title

About the Author

JANICE VANCLEAVE, the author of the popular Science for Every Kid series, is a former science teacher and a captivating presenter at museums, schools, and bookstores nationwide.

From the Back Cover

How is your forearm like a lever?

• What makes it easy to pull a flag up a flagpole?
• How can a windmill help to do work?

Janice VanCleave's Machines includes 20 simple and fun experiments that allow you to discover the answers to these and many other questions, plus dozens of additional suggestions on how to develop your own science fair project.

Learn how an elevator works using a box, string, a paper cup, and some coins; build a bubble machine with cardboard boxes, Styrofoam, and wire; and much more. All experiments use inexpensive materials and involve a minimum of preparation and clean up.

Children ages 8-12

Also available in the Spectacular Science Projects Series:

• Janice VanCleave's Animals
• Janice VanCleave's Earthquakes
• Janice VanCleave's Electricity
• Janice VanCleave's Gravity
• Janice VanCleave's Magnets
• Janice VanCleave's Molecules
• Janice VanCleave's Microscopes and Magnifying Lenses
• Janice VanCleave's Volcanoes
• Janice VanCleave's Weather

Reviews

Grade 3-6-- These series entries focus on easily accomplished experiments that display scientific properties of earthquakes, machines, and magnets. Following an established format, each volume presents a "cookbook" style recipe for an activity, with simple steps and guaranteed results. The explanations in the "Why?" section are appropriate for the intended audience, and the very clear glossaries neither oversimplify nor talk down to readers. Enticing teasers follow most projects in "Check It Out" sections, e.g., how did Archimedes pull the ship along the beach singlehandedly? While there is certainly no lack of science-project books aimed at various grade levels, such as Helen Challand's Experiments with Magnets (Childrens, 1986) or Adkin's Moving Heavy Things (Houghton, 1980), these three are noteworthy additions to most collections. After all, with their easy directions, inexpensive materials, and further challenges for inquiring minds, what more could readers want? --Anita Palladino, Finkelstein Memorial Library, Spring Valley, NY
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471571083
• ISBN 13: 9780471571087
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96