Publisher Description

Age range 7 to 12Did you ever wonder why some insects can walk on water? Or how the Ancient Egyptians made mummies? Are you curious about why a guitar sounds different from a flute? Gather some everyday materials from around your home and find out the answers with these 50 kid-approved science activities from CSIRO. The activities cover electricity and magnetism, sound and light, heat and motion, water and gases, living things, shapes and our planet Earth. Each activity has a simple list of materials required, and uses simple step-by-step instructions and drawings to enable you to create exciting and interesting reactions, experiments and inventions. Fast facts and quiz questions will help you test your knowledge, and you'll also find an explanation of the science behind each activity, along with examples of how each principle works in the real world. Discover more about the world of science by making:

• Dancing slime 
  
• Rubbery bones 
  
• A ping pong ball shooter 
  
• Ghastly ghostly photos 
  
• Fizzy dinosaur eggs 
  
• A lemon battery

Table of Contents

Introduction Backyard Biology: Explore the World of Living Things DIY pit trap Mini mummy Leaky leaves Rubbery bones Compost in a bottle Jelly cells Shoot, Spin, Blow and Wobble: The Science of Motion Ping pong ball shooter Spinning eggs Blowing in the wind Balancing act Wobbly balloon Fire away! Light and Dark: Rainbows, Shadows and Reflections Prism break Hiding light Ghastly ghostly photos Shadow puppets Kaleidoscope Boom, Boom, Boom: What's that Sound? DIY speakers Slinky laser sound Dancing slime Splish Splash Splosh: Fun with Water and Liquids Clear cola Pushy particles Will it be a water fall? Waving slowly Sweet solution Salts, soda, solid Too Hot, Too Cold, or Just Right: The Power of Heat Transfer Shrinking chip packet Make a thermometer Flame-proof balloon Fatty fingers Butter candle Miniature cold front Our Place in Space: Planet Earth Make a fossil Melting moments Mountains of lard Castles of sand Deep impact Egg geodes Feel the Force: Welcome to the Weird World of Electricity and Magnetism Magnetic slowdown Gone fishin' Electric shock Lemon battery Bubbles of Fun: the Science of Gases and Air Pour out the candle Bubble bottle Fizzy dinosaur eggs Mentos fountain Circle, Square, or Dodecahedron: Solving the Puzzle of Shapes Catching a wave Burning metal Team cup lift

Review

The activities cover electricity and magnetism, sound and light, heat and motion, water and gases, living things, shapes and our planet Earth; this is ideal to support KS2 science as many of the main topics are covered [...] The range of experiments is really good and many of them produce exciting and often unexpected reactions." —Parents in Touch

Long Description

Age range 7 to 12 Did you ever wonder why some insects can walk on water? Or how the Ancient Egyptians made mummies? Are you curious about why a guitar sounds different from a flute? Gather some everyday materials from around your home and find out the answers with these 50 kid-approved science activities from CSIRO. The activities cover electricity and magnetism, sound and light, heat and motion, water and gases, living things, shapes and our planet Earth. Each activity has a simple list of materials required, and uses simple step-by-step instructions and drawings to enable you to create exciting and interesting reactions, experiments and inventions. Fast facts and quiz questions will help you test your knowledge, and you'll also find an explanation of the science behind each activity, along with examples of how each principle works in the real world. Discover more about the world of science by making: Dancing slime Rubbery bones A ping pong ball shooter Ghastly ghostly photos Fizzy dinosaur eggs A lemon battery

Review Quote

"The activities have been carefully thought through, and require little more than ordinary household materials. There's information on what happened in the experiment and also how this new knowledge is applied in the real world. I was particularly hooked on the section about biology... I really enjoyed reading this book and performing the experiments, and would suggest it to primary and high-school students interested in science."

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