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Basher Science: The Periodic Table: Elements with Style!

Basher Science: The Periodic Table: Elements with Style!

byAdrian Dingle
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J M P
5.0 out of 5 starsSimple enough for science savvy 6 year old and interesting enough for his Mom.
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2014
My six year old is very fascinated with the elements (partly from the They Might be Giants song) and partly because he is a young science freak. This book is simple enough for him to understand and interesting enough for me to be happy reading it despite the fact it brings me back to having to retake chemistry in summer school. The visuals are very bold but seem to help him retain and remember the chemical symbols. The symbols are on the right hand corner of the page. Easy to cover and quiz.

This might be a slightly more entertaining way to help memorize and learn the elements for someone struggling to keep attention on studying them because if I find it even tolerable to read it has some entertainment value. Note that not all elements are really represented equally--some of the newer elements and less used elements are grouped together and given a page when iron is given a full page spread.
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Gadget Lover
3.0 out of 5 starsCute Book, but skips a lot of elements
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2019
This is not a comprehensive book for the periodic table. My son was frustrated that it skipped elements. I would recommend this book instead: https://smile.amazon.com/Basher-Science-Complete-Periodic-Elements/dp/0753471973/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_sims?ie=UTF8
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Gadget Lover
3.0 out of 5 stars Cute Book, but skips a lot of elements
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2019
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This is not a comprehensive book for the periodic table. My son was frustrated that it skipped elements. I would recommend this book instead: https://smile.amazon.com/Basher-Science-Complete-Periodic-Elements/dp/0753471973/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_sims?ie=UTF8
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Linda Boyd
3.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional book
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2015
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Excellent book. Easily understood. However, the poster is very small and difficult to read.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Does not explain all of the elements, which I ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2015
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Does not explain all of the elements, which I thought it did. They are also organized differently from the conventional table.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2014
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Good product.
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TheReadingWoman
3.0 out of 5 stars Where In The World is Francium
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2013
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I looked over the periodic table in the front, then went to Chapter 1 (Group 1). Each lists Francium (Atomic Number 87) as part of the ALKALI metals group. Its write up should appear right after Cesium which is on page 19 but on page 20 we begin Group 2 (The Alkaline Earth Metals) and find Beryllium. So, I went to the index in the back where the only "F" element is Fluorine. What happened to Francium?
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nick
3.0 out of 5 stars not for very young children due to mature references
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2013
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some of the references are too mature.. like the reference to the element to kill during a execution small children may be frightened
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3.0 out of 5 stars Cute, though not comprehensive, high-level overview.
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2011
Peter Dingle, The Periodic Table: Elements with Style! (Kingfisher, 2007)

I was completely bummed out, and I mean completely, that Yttrium gets barely a mention in this book. Barely a mention! While this does make me question how well Dingle actually knows his audience (any aspiring science geek is going to love an element whose name begins with the letter Y, at least judging by my junior-high science classes), the book as a whole is still fun. As one would expect from the title, it's a high-level overview of various elements (though it's not complete, obviously. The biggest deficiency is in the radioactive world; the only element higher than uranium to get a page to itself is plutonium) with doodle-like superhero characters who illustrate, sometimes subtly, some of the properties of the element in question. Should be good for the 4-8 set, though I'd think once you get older than that, they'll want material that goes into a little more detail. And contains information on Yttrium. ***
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Melissa B
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2012
I was disappointed because the book didn't detail all of the elements, it only detailed a select few. I wanted the detail on all of them. Other than that, the content was good.
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Sharon
3.0 out of 5 stars No Periodic Table
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 2, 2015
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Pre-owned - not a problem. However, disappointingly without Periodic Table.
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Genevieve
3.0 out of 5 stars You get to familiarized with the elements by the descriptions but that's pretty much all
Reviewed in Canada on October 6, 2014
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This one is for older kids; teenagers I'd say. You get to familiarized with the elements by the descriptions but that's pretty much all. Not my favorite, I use periodic table application Nova Element that is fun and way more informative.
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