Simple Chemistry Experiments With Everyday Materials [Paperback]

Louis V. Loeschnig (Author), Frances W. Zweifel (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1995

An introduction to chemistry for children, this book shows how to perform simple experiments using everyday materials like jars, frozen food trays, plastic cups and spoons, salt, water, sugar, vinegar and baking soda. The principles of fermentation and osmosis are demonstrated by making a batch of mouth-puckering pickles, and making a fizzy-drink bottle flip its top. Learning about positive and negative-charged molecules by making marbled gift wrap, and making a silver cleaner that is really an alectrolyte solution, are some of the practical projects illustrated in this book.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6?A collection of around 100 simple chemistry demonstrations using household materials. Most take only a few minutes to perform; procedures are straightforward and include appropriate safety precautions. In one form or another, these experiments have appeared in other books and cover familiar chemical topics such as states of matter, acids and bases, and solubility. Explanations are brief and, because the author is occasionally careless with terminology, are not always technically correct or clear. Illustrations consist primarily of decorative black-ink drawings. Not a necessary purchase.?Alan Newman, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc (August 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806906898
• ISBN-13: 978-0806906898
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,067,404 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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