365 Simple Science Experiments with Everyday Materials (Hardcover)

by E. Richard Churchill (Author), Louis V. Loeschnig (Author), Muriel Mandell (Author), Frances Zweifel (Illustrator) "Science experiments aren't just for scientists and college students..." (more)
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Product Description
Presents a variety of activities, projects, and experiments that help to illustrate and explain all sorts of scientific principles.

About the Author
Louis V. Loeschnig is the author of the No-Sweat Science series, published by Sterling Publishers. He has also authored several other science-related books for children and young adults.

E. Richard Churchill is a contributor for the following Black Dog & Leventhal Title: 365 Simple Science Experiments with Everyday Materials.


Muriel Mandell is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Muriel Mandell include No-Sweat Science: Simple Experiments in Time (No-Sweat Science), No-Sweat Science: Weather Experiments (No-Sweat Science), No-Sweat Science: Super Science Experiments (No-Sweat Science), and Experimentos Sencillos Sobre El Tiempo.


Frances W. Zweifel is a published author and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Frances W. Zweifel include 365 Super Science Experiments with Everyday Materials, Optical Illusion Experiments, Science Fair Projects: Chemistry.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers (January 3, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1884822673
• ISBN-13: 978-1884822674
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #15,945 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulously fun resource!, January 16, 2002

By	Michelle Hall "Literaryhall" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this book for the science division of our home schooling studies. It is laid out very well and it's easy to understand.

Using materials most people have around the house you can simply flip to the beginning and follow the headings for ideas.

What can you use straws for? Try out the section on "Clutching at Straws", make an Oboe, balance scale, spear a potato, etc.

Would you like to know other uses for lemon juice? Start on page 36. Keep going- check out soap suds, strings, paper cups, experiments with temperature, etc.

Basically you get it, you could spend many great minutes or hours teaching your kids through hands on learning.

Many of these can be done by an older child with very little help- a perfect solution to the "I'm bored" problem.

Please- turn of the TV, electronic games. etc. and let them use their brains- actively.

This is a wonderful book, one that every household would benefit from.

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars To increase awareness of science, buy this ..., January 9, 2004

By	Shkshk (Pflugerville, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

Simple fun filled experiments which easily captures children's attention. What is outstanding is the huge spectrum of experiments -- indoor - outdoor, simple - complex, tips & tricks and the list goes on. Thanks to this book my daughter interest has increased to the extent that she now wants to participate in Science Fairs. Clearly a very useful book that every family should benefit from.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Simple is right, could be better, July 19, 2007

By	T. Clarkson (Southeast, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I would have given this 2.5 stars if possible. This review applies to all the books in this series, not just this particular one. The book's strengths: (1) Truly simple experiments that make science fun and give it a "Wow" factor for children. Everybody can follow the simple instructions in this book. (2) Seeing science done with ordinary objects takes science out of the elite laboratory and puts it into context of everyday life. (3) Even adults can learn so much about how everyday items and phenomena are related to science.

The book's weaknesses: (1) Explanations of the science behind the experiments are too brief and vague. (2) For too many of the experiments the directions are incomplete at best, and sometimes just not adequate at all. The big majority of the experiments will work, but for the several that don't, the teacher/parent is left saying, 'What went wrong?" You can follow all the directions perfectly, but poor directions don't make an experiment work. Sometimes it's an issue of needing more detail, but sometimes it's an issue of the directions themselves not working, no matter how much detail would have been given. For example, the directions for making Rock Candy (to see the shape of sugar crystal growth) are ludicrous. They wouldn't work no matter how hard you tried. But, the directions for making salt crystals are just fine, and we have some beautiful cubic salt crystals to see now.

Overall, I like these books. I'm very glad to have such easy-to-put-together and fun experiments for us to do at home. But...I'm always prepared for something to backfire, I read with a discriminating eye and the benefit of an extensive science background, and if an experiment promises to deliver something "too cool" with simple instructions, I always search the net first.