Mind-Blowing Science Experiments

Reading about heat and cold is just the tip of the iceberg – this book lets readers create their own icebergs! Hands-on activities make learning about heat and cold both tangible and fun. Simple explanations help readers grasp complex concepts while step-by-step instructions and accompanying photographs ensure they will master each experiment. Helpful tips keep readers safe and offer suggestions for improvements! Aspiring young scientists will enjoy trying the recommended additions and twists to activities. They'll also learn real-life applications for the same scientific principles they're working with at home, such as how air pockets in igloos work as insulation!

Yeast can burp? Plants can solve mazes? Readers won't believe the amazing results of these fantastic experiments! This book introduces readers to the science behind plants and other living things through fun hands-on activities. Simple language explains complex concepts, and step-by-step instructions with accompanying photographs make experiments accessible. Nifty tips help readers safely reach the best results. They'll love trying recommended tweaks and additions to experiments for even cooler outcomes. Real-life examples of the same scientific principles at play in each activity will get readers excited about the science at work in their everyday world.

Disappearing coins, balloon megaphones, CD rainbows – the science of light and sound sometimes seems like magic! Readers will learn the amazing facts behind these phenomena that are more fascinating than fiction. Simple language explains the properties of light and sound, while hands-on activities give readers tangible examples to help them retain crucial science information. Helpful tips make experiments easy and safe, and step-by-step instructions with photographs ensure accessibility. Readers will love focusing light to pop balloons, talking to friends over plastic cup telephones, and other whacky adventures in scientific principles. They'll learn incredible real-life examples of the same concepts they're exploring at home, such as how laser beams focus light to produce heat!

Ever wonder how astronauts are able to breathe a continuous supply of oxygen in space? This hands-on approach to electricity and magnetism lets readers conduct experiments to answer this and other fascinating questions! Readers will love learning that the scientific principles they're applying at home have real-world applications. For example, they'll rock out on their own "electric drums" while learning about technological advances in professional instruments. Simple step-by-step instructions accompanied by detailed photographs make each activity accessible, while handy tips ensure readers' safety and fun. Budding scientists will enjoy exploring the recommended twists and additions to experiments.

Plastic milk? Carbon dragons? Readers will explore these and other whacky experiments in this awesome book on the science of materials! Accessible language breaks down complex concepts, and hands-on activities allow readers to experience science firsthand. Using supplies from around the house, they'll stack liquids, slice ice, and build a tower on a base of eggshells! Readers will love learning about the real-life applications of scientific principles. They'll launch vinegar rockets using the same science behind car engines! Step-by-step instructions with accompanying photographs and helpful tips make activities safe and easy to follow.

Even reluctant readers will be pulled into these engaging experiments about force! Cool activities, like constructing different types of ping-pong catapults, make science concepts both tangible and fun. Enthusiastic readers will love trying recommended additional twists to activities. They'll learn amazing real-life examples of the same forces they are studying at home, such as how tightrope walkers use poles to keep their mass over their center of gravity. Easy-to-understand language explains the forces at play and answers curious readers' questions, while step-by-step instructions and photographs make activities accessible. Helpful tips ensure they safely conduct experiments with ease.