365 More Simple Science Experiments with Everyday Materials (Hardcover)

by Judy Breckenridge (Author), Anthony D. Fredericks (Author), Louis V. Loeschnig (Author) "365 Simple Science Experiments was the first book in this series and it taught many people about science..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

Review
This edition contains the same experiments from five previous titles such as Simple Physics Experiments with Everyday Materials (1993) and Simple Time Experiments with Everyday Materials (1995) helpfully combined and reorganized into new categories. Areas of discovery include heat, air, water, light, gravity, sound, food, clocks and time, ecosystems, flight, outer space, and rocketry. Each experiment illustrates some property-such as sound travels better through a tube or sugar burns while salt does not. Each activity is presented in four parts: "What to do," "What happens," "Why" and "What next." While teachers and students may conduct the experiment and see the results for themselves, the clean format enables learners to visualize properties and learn the "whys" and "wherefores" without actually leaving their chairs. Most experiments demand very little in the way of materials, usually requiring only common household items, while a few cooking experiments demand adult supervision. Most can be done by any elementary-age child. Glossary and index are included, and black line illustrations tinted pink or orange lighten the page or picture the set-up, but otherwise teach little.  (Children's Literature )

Product Description
Illustrated by Frances Zweifel

This companion to the popular 365 Simple Science Experiments fills a whole new year with fun, easy and educational hands-on experiments. Kids will learn basic scientific concepts, covering everything from nature, physics, time, chemistry and space.

The fundamentals of science are brought to life in an informative and colorful text that children ages seven and up can easily follow by themselves. Simple, clear and safe instructions explain the experiments all of which use everyday materials found in most homes.

Projects range from mastering helicopter flight with a pencil and piece of cardboard to building bird-nests, preserving spider webs and constructing a "cigar box" guitar (to understand sound waves).

More than 700 lively illustrations give visual aids to help set up the experiments.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers (August 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579120350
• ISBN-13: 978-1579120351
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #319,386 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Motor experiment is wrong, September 15, 2004

By	Maurice B. Richard "moby2005" (Gorham, ME United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My wife got this book when homeschooling and my daughter picked out the motor experiment. We followed the directions but could not get the motor to work. After looking at the design I realized the armature winding was incorrect. The winding must go around the cork in parallel with the axis, not around the axis. Needless to say a child trying to build this would be extremely frustrated. I have a feeling the author did not build all the experiments. The lack of explanation of how the motor works is also a drawback.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not scientific, but a 'cookbook' of entertaining activities, March 4, 2002

By	M. S. Licholai (Yokohama, Japan) - See all my reviews

The activites in this book are enjoyable for children to perform, but there is very little science taught.

My daughter very much enjoys performing the activities listed, however, I need to heavily supplement the material and description given in order to provide any scientific explaination of what she is doing. Additionally, the scientific method is completely missing from the 'experiments.' The simple activites are prsented in a "do it and observe" form, with no specific idea or result which is tested by the activity.

A good book for entertaining activities, but not for teaching science.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simplified practical science for kids, April 20, 2002

By	Shaptyl "shaptyl" (Amman Jordan) - See all my reviews

I have got both these books (The first one being 365 Simple Science Experiments with everyday materials) for my kids (aged 8-12) and they find the experiments extremely fun and interesting because they don't need much adult intervention when trying them out , it helped them at school by providing them with a good background of practical science; the kind you encounter everyday but take for granted. It is written for kids, not for adults who then have to explain it to kids. The book covers many scientific concepts to do with physics, time, nature and space.