Spectacular science : exciting experiments to try at home
Book |
New Holland,
London :
2010.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithville | 507.8 SMI | Nonfiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
Can you turn an ordinary bag of potato chips into a fireworks display? Make a toaster power a hot air balloon? Turn rice into quicksand? In this book, you'll find these, and more than 40 more, experiments to try at home.
Details
- ISBN: 9781847737038
- Physical Description: 143 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.print
- Publisher: London : New Holland, 2010.
- General Note: At head of title: The naked scientists.
- Formatted Contents Note: Make your own submarine -- Create a cloud in a bottle -- Levitating ping pong balls -- Rice quicksand -- Homemade litmus test -- Iron out your cereal -- Hurricane in a bottle -- Is that egg hard-boiled? -- Measure the speed of light with margarine -- Freeze a soda, instantly -- Chip bag fireworks -- Homemade fiber optics -- Soda volcano -- Toaster-powered hot-air balloon -- Use your loaf : how to make bread taste sweet -- Why is the sky blue? -- Extract DNA from a kiwifruit -- How to fool your senses -- Electric slime -- The chemistry of coppers -- Make your own water strider -- Make your own magnifying glass -- Homemade lava lamp -- Strange glows from sugar -- The mysterious sound of an oven shelf -- Just chill out...your glow-stick -- Tangtastic : make your own fizzy candy -- Plant hydraulics, and why slugs and salt don't mix -- Hang an ice cube from a thread -- Liquid behaving badly -- Invisibility cloak -- Turn milk into cheese -- Is that really orange? -- Homemade mini fire extinguisher -- How to make a force field -- Invisible ink -- Seeing the invisible -- The world's cheapest camera -- Images from a magnifying glass -- Confuse your balance -- DIY butter -- Boiling yogurt containers -- Flying tubes -- Make your own Gulf Stream -- Music from a wine glass -- The science of super waves -- The science of pool -- The science of bells and coffee cups -- Jelly jars and flywheels -- Waterproof hanky.