This title is suitable for ages 9 to 12 years. What do elements have to do with your everyday life? They make your world - and beyond - move and groove, fizz, bubble and flash! Discover what you have in common with party balloons, footballs, computer chips, pizza dough, table salt and TV screens; 'Break' a water molecule, produce fluorescent light (without using a switch!), enjoy a half-life snack, compare antiperspirants, and separate the iron from your breakfast cereal!; find out why broccoli smells, why soda makes a coin shine, the secret of static cling, and what makes a smoke detector work.
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Grade 4-8-This book begins with an introduction to the elements and an explanation of the periodic table. The following chapters describe the different columns, or families, of the periodic table from the alkali metals to the actinides, presenting information about certain elements. Boxed areas provide each element's symbol, number, mass, and brief details about its discovery. Related experiments appear throughout. While they are illustrative and simple, many of the projects, such as making slime and using iodine to identify starchy foods, will be familiar to students and educators. Ideas for making the activities appropriate for science fairs are also included. Sidebars highlight interesting facts, and useful pronunciation guides help with difficult words. Humorous black-and-white cartoons and photographs add to the busy layout. While the visual presentation will appeal to primary graders, the reading level and content is more suited to middle school students. Still, this would be a solid addition for teachers with a chemistry curriculum, as well as for youngsters seeking information on the subject.
Maren Ostergard, Bellevue Regional Library, WA
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Maren Ostergard, Bellevue Regional Library, WA
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Gr. 4-7. From the publisher's Kids Can! Book series, this introduces chemistry to children in an unintimidating, sometimes entertaining text, illustrated with black-and-white, cartoon-style drawings. Brandolini explains the periodic table and presents hands-on activities such as making "slime," testing foods for starch content, and observing the release of carbon dioxide in a yeast-sugar solution. She also includes stories of discoveries, applications of chemistry, and ideas for science-fair projects. Readers will find a great deal of accessible information here, but the material, presentation, and vocabulary are more difficult than they might initially expect. For example, the term ion is introduced and used early in the book, but it is not clearly defined until later. Still, this is one of the few books that attempt to present the fundamentals of chemistry to children. Carolyn Phelan
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Recommended homeschoolers' resource,
This review is from: Fizz, Bubble & Flash!: Element Explorations & Atom Adventures for Hands-On Science Fun! (Williamson Kids Can! Series) (Paperback)
Calling all home educators! Here is a way to teach the periodic table to your children using witty text, amusing illustrations, and fascinating do-at-home experiments. Dr. Brandolini really helps young and old alike to understand the science found in our everyday lives through this intriguing book. This is one of those books that your kids will WANT to pull down from the home library shelves to enjoy.
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Absolutely Wonderful Chemistry,
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This review is from: Fizz, Bubble & Flash!: Element Explorations & Atom Adventures for Hands-On Science Fun! (Williamson Kids Can! Series) (Paperback)
If you teach the elements and/or the periodic table to elementary students and want to make them come alive, this book is a definite must have. It is chock full of easy to prepare investigations as well as "element essentials" thumbnail sketches of various elements. Most materials are ones you have on hand either at home or school. Without a doubt, it is the best elementary chemistry book I have ever seen.
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This review is from: Fizz, Bubble & Flash!: Element Explorations & Atom Adventures for Hands-On Science Fun! (Williamson Kids Can! Series) (Paperback)
When my son's third-grade teacher said the students could get extra credit for doing science experiments in front of the class, I began a search for a great book that would not only give simple, interesting experiments, but that would provide information about the concepts behind the projects. This book fit the bill perfectly! We've done two or three of these in front of the class already -- the kids were interested, and my son was able to convey some interesting scientific principles. Great for teachers, home schoolers, or parents intent on getting their kids extra credit. :)
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