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Gizmos & Gadgets: Creating Science Contraptions That Work (& Knowing Why) (Williamson Kids Can! Series)

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gizmos and gadgets contains easy, readable information on scientific principles along with appropriate, fun, hands-on experiements. Makes for great reading for scout leaders, teachers or those who like to mess around at home with their kids. Good addition to any library.

My nine year old son loves this book! It has some great projects to do (using easy-to-find materials) while also introducing famous scientists and scientific principles like the laws of motion. We were following the The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, Revised and Updated Edition and found this book to be much better than the books it recommended for Physics.

We homeschool our children, and use this book as our 1st and 3rd grade physics book. The experiments are simple, well explained, and can be done with supplies most people would have on hand.

We have tried several of the projects in this book and they have all worked on the first try. I run a summer camp and homeschool my kids and have looked at 100's of project books. This one is exceptional. The directions are clear, they appear to be "kid tested", and the science information is VERY well organized with several projects to illustrate each principal.

Well received by my wife's nephew...even got him away from the X-Box for a few minutes when it was opened to check it out!