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Smithsonian 10-minute science experiments
Title:
Smithsonian 10-minute science experiments
Author:
Spangler, Steve, author.
ISBN:
9781948174114
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
171 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
General Note:
"Experiments ... originally featured on Steve Spangler's Sick science YouTube channel"--Colophon.
Contents:
Science safety -- The scientific method -- Play with food: Gobstopper candy science ; Color-changing milk ; Candy chromatography ; Floating letters ; Pop rocks expander ; Taco sauce penny cleanser ; Red cabbage chemistry ; Walking on eggshells ; Strawberry DNA -- Amaze your friends: Ice pop stick chain reaction ; Homemade geyser tube ; Fiver divers ; Soap soufflé ; Mysterious water suspension ; CO2 extinguisher ; Twist in time ; Centripetal force penny ; Homemade projector ; Magic spheres ; Static flyer ; Stuck like glue ; Fire-resistant water balloon ; Floating rice bottle ; Homemade hand boiler ; Egg drop ; Do not open bottle ; Chemistry rocket -- The FUNdamentals: Bubbling lava lamp ; Musical straw ; Simple slime ; Inseparable books ; Sugar rainbow ; Electric cornstarch ; Drops on a penny ; Bubble cube ; Balancing hex nuts ; Floating ping-pong ball ; Bubble snakes ; Disappearing color wheel ; Magic tube ; Balancing nails ; Huff and puff challenge ; Disappearing money ; A bubble inside a bubble -- Weekend wonders: Homemade rock candy ; Homemade ice cream ; Instant-freeze water ; Iron for breakfast ; Magic crystal tree ; Moss graffiti -- Glossary.
Abstract:
A collection of 50 simple children's science experiments, most of which use common household materials and can be completed in ten minutes or less.