Six-Minute Nature Experiments [Paperback]

Faith Hickman Brynie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 28, 2002 | Age Level: 8 and up

“Simple science experiments that explore the natural world...weight, water tempurature, sound, motion, the sun...complete listing of required materials...step-by-step instructions, and clear illustrations...easy experiments and colorful packaging...sure to be popular.”—School Library Journal. “Quick, imaginative science experiments...vividly demonstrate concepts such as gravity, evaporation, friction, density and absorption. Simple household materials are used.”—NEA Today.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6-Simple science experiments that explore the natural world. Brynie encourages kids to "find ideas and answers that were there all the time, just waiting" to be discovered. The 39 activities, each described on one or two pages, explore weight, water, temperature, sound, motion, the sun, and more. A complete listing of required materials (mostly everyday items), easy step-by-step instructions, and clear illustrations will make this book popular with parents. Children will like the animal characters that introduce each experiment and the fact that most of the results are immediate. Questions for readers to consider before beginning are included with each experiment and are then referenced to a concluding "Why-Oh-Why?" section that explains briefly the science behind the activity. With its easy experiments and colorful packaging, this book is sure to be popular.
Michele Snyder, Chappaqua Public Library, NY
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (March 28, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806977191
• ISBN-13: 978-0806977195
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 6.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,491,169 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Faith Brynie started getting lots of letters from enthusiastic readers when her 2009 book Brain Sense (Amacom) was released. "It only took me 18 years and 24 books to become an overnight sensation!" she says.

Brynie, who's been working steadily as a science and health writer since 1991, has written numerous books for children, teens, and adults. Her 101 Questions... series (Twenty-First Century Books) is a staple on the shelves of high school and public libraries. Her Six-Minute Science Experiments and Six-Minute Nature Experiments (Sterling) have been sending children to their kitchens and their backyards for hands-on science activities for more than a decade. Her Painless Science Projects (Barron's) and her Parent's Crash Course: Elementary Science Fair Projects (Wiley) are classics on the science fair circuit. And she even has a new series of animal books for early readers coming out from Enslow in 2010. Several of her books have won "Best of the Year" honors from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and she's received accolades from the International Reading Association and the National Science Teachers Association. But Brain Sense is the first book to "make it big" in the bookstores.

Brynie, a former science teacher who holds a PhD from the University of Colorado, is diverse in her interests and the writing she puts out. She writes and edits for textbook companies, science and health newsletters and magazines, film companies and television, and private clients who employ her for everything from travel writing to novel critiques. "I write. That's what I do," Brynie says, so the flurry of positive responses that Brain Sense has generated has come as a happy surprise. "I tell some wonderful stories about some wonderful people in Brain Sense," she says. "It's their stories that make the book." Read more of them at Brynie's Psychology Today blog, http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brain-sense. Visit Brynie's web site at http://home.centurytel.net/brynie.