Try this! : 50 fun experiments for the mad scientist in you

Format:

Book

Title:

Try this! : 50 fun experiments for the mad scientist in you

Other title(s):

Fun experiments for the mad scientist in you

Author:

Young, Karen Romano author

ISBN:

9781426317125

9781426317118

9780545773362

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2014]

Physical Description:

160 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Series title(s):

National Geographic kids.

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Plants -- Bugs and microbes -- People and other animals -- Things water does -- Reactions -- Weird physics -- Machines.

Summary:

Provides background information and instructions for fifty science projects involving plants, insects, microbes, human behavior, animals, water, physics, machinery, and other topics, and suggests further ideas to pursue.

Subject(s):

Science projects -- Juvenile literature.

Science -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature.

Science projects.

Science -- Experiments.

Genre:

Added Author:

Added Corporate Author:

National Geographic Society (U.S.)

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Independence Public Library	J 507.8 YOUNG 2014	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Lyons Public Library	507.8 YOU JR	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Discover what makes science fun in this engaging book, filled with weird, wacky science facts, basic principles, and 50 creative science projects that take interactivity to a whole new level. Dynamic photos and art highlight projects step by step so kids can conduct experiments with confidence and accuracy. Most projects involve kid-friendly subjects like electrical charges, chemical explosions, and food chemistry and are based on materials easily found at home. Bonus projects throughout encourage curious kids to dig deeper and experiment on their own.

Author Notes

KAREN ROMANO YOUNG is a science expert and speaks to schools all over the country. She has written numerous books for children, including the National Geographic Kids Science Fair Winner Series. Before beginning to write her own science books she worked at Scholastic News, the classroom magazine. Young has also written about science for magazines and books such as Cricket, National Geographic World, and the Guinness Book of World Records. While researching an ocean book in 2004, she became involved in the extreme research journey the University of Delaware takes to the hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. She spent one month at sea on the R/V Atlantis dove to the bottom of the ocean in a little submarine called Alvin. The author lives in Connecticut with her family.

Reviews (1)

Horn Book Review

Common do-at-home science experiments (arranged into arbitrary categories such as "people and other animals," "machines," and "reactions") are presented overeagerly, but they successfully demonstrate basic scientific principles. Energetic layouts of the step-by-step directions; color photographs of the setups and kids engaging in the activities; and helpful information such as estimates of time and troubleshooting crowd the pages. Ind. (c) Copyright 2015. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.