Cool Chemistry Concoctions: 50 Formulas that Fizz, Foam, Splatter and Ooze.JOE RHATIGAN AND VERONIKA GUNTER Gun·ter , Edmund 1581-1626. English astronomer and mathematician who invented a surveying chain, quadrant, and scale and introduced the trigonometric terms cosine and cotangent. Take a few simple household items, add this book, and you can make a mess ... er, learn a lot of science. Projects to make fossils, giant gems, homemade home·made adj. 1. Made or prepared in the home: homemade pie. 2. Made by oneself. 3. Crudely or simply made. Adj. 1. slime, and, of course, tabletop volcanoes are just a few of the 50 experiments aimed at kids ages 9 to 12. Included are not just the projects but also explanations of the science that links various experiments' results. The book also contains a glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. of scientific terms that kids will run across while conducting these experiments and a list of lab rules that, if followed, will keep youngsters safe and kitchens intact. The authors have written several other books featuring projects for children, and this volume is the first in a new series featuring hands-on hands-on adj. Involving active participation; applied, as opposed to theoretical: "We're involved in hands-on operations, pulling levers, pushing buttons" Arthur R. Taylor. science experiments. Lark, 2005, 80 p., color illus., hardcover, $14.95. |
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