Six-Minute Nature Experiments

by Brynie, Faith Hickman

• ISBN13: 9780806998275
• ISBN10: 080699827X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-30
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

What a wonderful world we live in--and these fifty imaginative science experiments vividly demonstrate to kids concepts of nature such as gravity, evaporation, friction, density, and absorption. All you need are simple household articles. Fun's a-Poppin': Which is heavier--popped or unpopped popcorn? Harvey and Harry want to know...and here's a "way to weigh" them. All Puddled Up: It rained and rained...but now the sun's out and the water will soon disappear. Where does it go? And which puddles will dry more quickly--the ones that are deep or the shallow ones? How Does Your Garden Grow?: Gary Gardener and Belinda Blossom agree--it takes more than just sticking seeds in the ground to grow a great plant. With a few sponges, shallow pans, birdseed, water, and measuring utensils, see what they mean. Plus: Have barrels of fun building toy boats, preparing frozen yogurt, making music, creating abstract paintings and racing toy cars! 80 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 11.

Table of Contents

Welcome	4	(1)
The KISS Method	5	(1)
Some Weighty Questions	6	(8)
A Way to Weigh	6	(2)
Fun's A-Poppin'	8	(2)
That Sinking Feeling	10	(1)
A Cotton Tale	11	(1)
Boatloads	12	(1)
When's a Boatful Not a Boat, Full?	13	(1)
What about Water?	14	(9)
All Puddled-Up	14	(2)
Rain, Man!	16	(2)
The Freezin' Season	18	(1)
Soap Boats	19	(2)
Wet, Wetter, Wettest	21	(2)
Heat and Cold	23	(11)
A Heat Wave	23	(1)
The Greenhouse Effect	24	(1)
Hot Colors	25	(2)
Slim-sulation One	27	(2)
Slim-sulation Too	29	(2)
Cuddle in the Cold	31	(1)
Yodel for Yogurt	32	(2)
Crafty Chemistry	34	(6)
Rust before Your Eyes	34	(2)
Salty Skating	36	(1)
An Icy Hang-Up	37	(1)
One-Way Waterway	38	(2)
The Sound of Music	40	(5)
A Lip-Tickling Tooter	40	(1)
The Big-Note Banjo	41	(2)
A Water Violin	43	(1)
Chuckling Charlie	44	(1)
Moving Along	45	(10)
Speed Skating	45	(2)
Way-out Wallop	47	(2)
Runaway Rabbit	49	(2)
Shifty Gears	51	(2)
Somersault for Science	53	(2)
Looking at Life	55	(10)
Food for Thought	55	(2)
How Does Your Garden Grow?	57	(2)
A Cozy Posy Greenhouse	59	(2)
Up, Up, and Away	61	(2)
Worming Out of It	63	(2)
The Earth	65	(7)
A Slant on Seasons	65	(3)
Sunshine, Sun Time	68	(2)
An Angle on the Sun	70	(2)
Why-Oh-Why?--The Science Behind Six-Minute Nature Experiments	72	(8)
Index	80