Science Around the House: Simple Projects Using Household Recyclables

By Roz Fulcher

With this charmingly illustrated book -- and a little help from a parent or other grownup -- kids can conduct fun-filled science experiments using recycled household items. They'll learn about sound waves by transforming ordinary cardboard tubing into music-making didgeridoos and kazoos. Other eye-opening activities involve building a battery with pennies and tinfoil, playing a fishing game that illustrates the principles of magnetic force, and using food coloring and fizzy antacid tablets to make a lava lamp. Additional projects include discovering the differences between crickets and grasshoppers, mixing up a batch of invisible ink, and learning how to clone plants. Easy-to-follow instructions explain how to make a butterfly feeder, a birdbath, eggshell planters, a windsock, a string telephone, and other items. Each activity features a simple explanation of its underlying scientific principles.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486476456
• ISBN13: 9780486476452
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6