Try This!: 50 Fun Experiments for the Mad Scientist in You

by Karen Romano Young, Matthew Rakola (Photographer)

Overview

Discover what makes science fun in this engaging book, filled with weird, wacky science facts, basic principles, and 50 creative science projects that take interactivity to a whole new level. Dynamic photos and art highlight projects step by step so kids can conduct experiments with confidence and accuracy. Most projects involve kid-friendly subjects like electrical charges, chemical explosions, and food chemistry and are based on materials easily found at home. Bonus projects throughout encourage curious kids to dig deeper and experiment on their own.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781426317118
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/05/2014
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	285,602
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	910L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

About the Author

KAREN ROMANO YOUNG is a science expert and speaks to schools all over the country. She has written numerous books for children, including the National Geographic Kids Science Fair Winner Series. Before beginning to write her own science books she worked at Scholastic News, the classroom magazine. Young has also written about science for magazines and books such as Cricket, National Geographic World, and the Guinness Book of World Records. While researching an ocean book in 2004, she became involved in the extreme research journey the University of Delaware takes to the hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. She spent one month at sea on the R/V Atlantis dove to the bottom of the ocean in a little submarine called Alvin. The author lives in Connecticut with her family.

Editorial Reviews

"Fun, accessible, and teeming with potential for extended inquiry." —Booklist


"although the book does include information for teachers and parents on science standards and the concepts behind the experiments, kids don’t need to see this as homework; the experiments are fun with or without a science lesson." — School library Journal 

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From the Publisher

2014-06-25
Pretested by a crew of young assistants, these dozens of science demonstrations are both doable and worth doing.The experiments are grouped into seven categories such as "Bugs and Microbes," "Weird Physics" and "Things Water Does." They range from making slime ("oobleck") and "biofilm" to designing a cat IQ test and constructing skittering "brushybots" made from motorized toothbrushes. All include not only supply lists and step-by-step directions, but expected results, explanations of the science concepts involved, follow-up questions and cramped but usually helpful photos. Many also include potential glitches—a rare feature that, in the case of efforts to light up an LED with potatoes or lemons, manifests as a frank, detailed record of one failure after another (now, that's science!). Admitting defeat at last, the author and her partners go on to design and construct a slingshot to dispose of all the used groceries. Experimenters may have to squint to read some of the more heavily colored inset boxes, but they shouldn't have major trouble gathering materials, following the steps or adapting most of the demos into science-fair projects. Young closes with general science-fair advice, plus keys for all of the entries to the Next Generation Science Standards.Science fun, with both terms emphasized equally. (general and materials indices) (Nonfiction. 10-14)

Kirkus Reviews