Weird Science: 40 Strange-Acting, Bizarre-Sounding and Barely Believable Activities for Kids.JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape WIESE Experiments in this book trigger children's enthusiasm about science by appealing to their inherent attraction to things that are gross or bizarre. By example, one experiment asks kids to gather the sweat from between their toes, grow microbes from it in a jar, and learn why their feet sometimes stink. There are also directions for making a geyser geyser (gī`zər) [Icel.], hot spring from which water and steam are ejected periodically to heights ranging from a few to several hundred feet. , growing slime molds slime mold or slime fungus, a heterotrophic organism once regarded as a fungus but later classified with the Protista. In a recent system of classification based on analysis of nucleic acid (genetic material) sequences, slime molds have been , and producing eerie ee·rie or ee·ry adj. ee·ri·er, ee·ri·est 1. a. Inspiring inexplicable fear, dread, or uneasiness; strange and frightening. b. Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious. See Synonyms at weird. sounds. The science behind each activity is clearly defined, as is its context in day-to-day life. Topics include plants, animals, weather, Earth, sights, sounds, microbes, and physics. Common household items are all that's required, outside of some logic and curiosity. Recommended for ages 8-12. Wiley, 2004, 122 p., b&w illus., paperback, $12.95. |
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