Awesome Experiments in Light & Sound

by DiSpezio, Michael A.

• ISBN13: 9781402723728
• ISBN10: 1402723725
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

These totally awesome, kid-friendly experiments teach the scientific basics of light and sound. And they're easy to carry out, using the most ordinary materials found around the house. Just grab a boom box, toilet paper tube, rubber band, or drinking straw to create a little smart magic. And it's fun to make cereal dance to the music and watch light bounce off a mirror and hit a bull's-eye. Hear your heart pumping through a funnel and tubing. Build a "ray maker" to display the visible spectrum of light in a glorious rainbow tray. These experiments will change the way you look and listen to the world around you!

Table of Contents

Safety First	6	(1)
Introduction	6	(2)
PART ONE Light
1.1 Catch the Rays	8	(2)
1.2 Rainbow Tray	10	(2)
1.3 Cliff-Hanger	12	(2)
1.4 Compact Colors	14	(2)
1.5 Soapy Spectrum	16	(2)
1.6 Rainbows: The Natural Way	18	(2)
1.7 Adding Colors	20	(2)
1.8 Whirling White	22	(2)
1.9 Scratch Another Mirror	24	(2)
1.10 As Others See You	26	(2)
1.11 Mirror to Mirror	28	(2)
1.12 Just for Fun	30	(2)
1.13 Reflected Rays	32	(2)
1.14 Bouncing Around	34	(2)
1.15 What's Your Angle?	36	(2)
1.16 Remote Reflection	38	(2)
1.17 Mirrors in the Hall	40	(2)
1.18 Kaleidoscope	42	(2)
1.19 Up Periscope	44	(2)
1.20 Reflections in a Spoon	46	(2)
1.21 It's a Wrap	48	(2)
1.22 One Way Out	50	(2)
1.23 CD Copier	52	(2)
1.24 Mirror Magic	54	(2)
1.25 Reappearing Act	56	(2)
1.26 More Magic	58	(2)
1.27 Lights Out	60	(2)
1.28 Reversed Writing	62	(2)
1.29 Lens Bend	64	(2)
1.30 Case of the Watery Magnifier	66	(2)
1.31 The Heat Is On	68	(2)
1.32 Bent Pencil	70	(2)
1.33 Marble Magic	72	(2)
1.34 Pinhole Projection	74	(2)
1.35 Project: Projector	76	(2)
1.36 Mona Mia	78	(2)
1.37 Right Side Down?	80	(2)
1.38 Color My Whirl	82	(2)
1.39 Catch a Glimpse	84	(6)
PART TWO Sound
2.1 Beat Boppers	90	(2)
2.2 Squish in Motion	92	(2)
2.3 Sound Film	94	(2)
2.4 Seeing with Sound	96	(2)
2.5 Sound Spots	98	(2)
2.6 What Does It Matter?	100	(2)
2.7 Surface Sound	102	(2)
2.8 It Rules	104	(2)
2.9 Planted Sounds	106	(2)
2.10 Straw Sounds	108	(2)
2.11 Cut That Note	110	(2)
2.12 Escape Hatch	112	(2)
2.13 Slipping and Sliding	114	(2)
2.14 Plucker Up	116	(2)
2.15 Party Line	118	(2)
2.16 King Gong	120	(2)
2.17 Cackling Cup	122	(2)
2.18 Singing Balloon	124	(2)
2.19 Kazoo Kazoo?	126	(2)
2.20 Bottle Sounds	128	(2)
2.21 Clink, Clank, Clunk	130	(2)
2.22 Crystal Clear	132	(2)
2.23 String Sounds	134	(2)
2.24 Pitch Switch	136	(2)
2.25 A Little Splash	138	(2)
2.26 A Bigger Sound	140	(2)
2.27 Bonehead Sounds	142	(2)
2.28 Sing with Me	144	(2)
2.29 Vibrating Together	146	(2)
2.30 Listening to the Beat	148	(2)
2.31 Glasses for Hearing	150	(2)
2.32 Big Boomer	152	(2)
2.33 Ancient Recordings	154	(2)
2.34 Space Voice	156	(2)
Index	158	(1)
Answers to Check It Out!	159	(1)
About the Author	160