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Title:
Stomp rockets, catapults, and kaleidoscopes : 30+ amazing science projects you can build for less than $1 / Curt Gabrielson.
ISBN:
9781556527371
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Chicago : Chicago Review Press, [2008]

©2008
Physical Description:
xiv, 159 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Electricity and magnetism: Holiday light circuit -- Crane -- Electric car -- Electrostatics -- Magnetic spinner -- Solenoid and speaker -- Sound, light, and perception: Chirping bird and cuica -- Musica: Saxophone, harmonica, guitar, bull roarer, oboe, and sucker -- Xylophone and marimba -- Kaleidoscope -- Thaumatrope -- Mechanics: Balancing acts -- Catapult -- Dangling spinner -- Mini-bot -- Rubber band racer -- Voladores de Papantla ("birdmen of papantla") -- Fluids and aerodynamics: Airplanes -- Flying fish -- Helicopters -- Hydraulic butterfly -- Stomp rockets -- Toilet -- Tornado -- Biology: Eye model -- Fingers of the hand -- Heart pump -- Lung model -- Chemistry: Cartesian divers -- Oil on water -- Gak and oobleck -- Appendixes: Bringing these projects into the classroom -- About the Watsonville Environmental Science Workshop -- Index.
Summary:
More than thirty science projects for kids, designed to use recycled or nearly free materials.
OCLC Number:
ocn154714056
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