It's Not Magic, It's Science!: 50 Science Tricks That Mystify, Dazzle & Astound!. This item is unavailable.
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Language: English
Published by Union Square & Co., 2005
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- Title
- It's Not Magic, It's Science!: 50 Science Tricks That Mystify, Dazzle & Astound!
- Author
- Buttitta, Hope
- Publisher
- Union Square & Co.
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1579906222
- ISBN 13
- 9781579906221
- Illustrator
- LaBaff, Tom; Lundgren, Orrin
Every child who performs these 50 fabulous feats will feel like a magician--but the magic here is really science at play. Every trick in the book has a sound, easy-to-understand scientific explanation that will stimulate kids' understanding of basic concepts. Even as they're having fun, children will wow the crowd by poking a skewer through a balloon without making it pop, or balancing a penny on a coat hanger. Nothing's cooler than watching a real egg get sucked into a glass bottle, picking up ice without even touching it, or whipping up fizzy and colorful solutions that any mad scientist would prize. Wild optical illusions will boggle the mind and astound the eye. Every exciting experiment is sure to appeal.
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Grade 4-6–Using magic as her theme, Buttitta introduces students to scientific concepts such as air pressure, optical illusions, balance, Bernoulli effect, capillary action, density, temperature, and laws of motions. Each trick is one or two pages in length and includes a materials list of basic household items, numbered steps of easy-to-follow instructions, and an explanation of the scientific principles that make the magic work. Whimsical color illustrations add humor and elucidate some of the steps. Explanations of scientific principles and the history surrounding some of the discoveries that are used as a basis for these experiments are included. This book provides an effective way to entice students to learn about science. Peter Eldin's Science Magic (Millbrook, 2002) offers fewer experiments, but has the same science-as-magic premise.–Ann Joslin, formerly at Erie County Public Library, PA
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