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Science in a Jar

Author Julia Garstecki
Release Date: 2019/07/01
ISBN: 9780760364796
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With Science in a Jar, kids and their adults get the opportunity to discover a variety of scientific disciplines at home with this beautifully presented collection of experiments using a ubiquitous and inexpensive everyday object most often doomed to the recycling bin.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
    1. How This Book Works
    2. The Scientific Method
  2. CHAPTER 1: LIFE SCIENCE
    1. Fee Fi Fo Fum! Grow Your Own Beanstalk
    2. Create a Colorful Bouquet
    3. Microscopic Swimmers
    4. Slithery Soil Dwellers
    5. Huddle for Heat
  3. CHAPTER 2: CHEMISTRY
    1. Mix It Up
    2. Experiment Variation: What Does Dish Soap Do?
    3. Elephant Toothpaste
    4. Experiment Variation: Baking Soda Explosion
    5. Stinky Solutions
    6. Bouncing Eggs
    7. The Slime Workshop
    8. Experiment Variation: Customize Your Slime
  4. CHAPTER 3: EARTH SCIENCE
    1. Whirling, Twirling Twisters
    2. Artful Oceans
    3. Balloon Magic
    4. Saltwater Flashlights
    5. Experiment Variation: What’s a Circuit? What Are Conductors?
    6. Saltwater Magic
    7. Make Yer Own Pirate Treasure
    8. Creating Clouds
  5. CHAPTER 4: PHYSICAL SCIENCE
    1. Turn Up the Noise
    2. Experiment Variation: The Sound of Water
    3. A Kitchen Symphony
    4. Optical Illusions
    5. Experiment Variation: The Incredible Bending Pencil
    6. It’s a Colorful World
    7. Nail Salon Science
    8. Magnet Mayhem
    9. Experiment Variation: Magnets in Water
    10. Space Exploration
  6. CHAPTER 5: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
    1. All about Compost
    2. Experiment Variation: Build an Indoor Compost Bin
    3. Candy Erosion
    4. It’s Too Hot Up Here
    5. Experiment Variation: Colorful Currents
    6. The Great Rust Race
    7. Don’t Be a Litterbug
  7. Glossary
  8. Resources
  9. Works Cited
  10. About the Author
  11. Acknowledgments
  12. About the Photographer
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