Oobleck, slime & dancing spaghetti : twenty terrific at-home science experiments inspired by favorite children's books / Jennifer Williams.
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TextPublication details: Houston, Tex. : Bright Sky Press, c2009.Description: 192 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 1933979348 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781933979342 (pbk. : alk. paper)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | 507.8 W724 | Checked out | 06/27/2024 | 33111007122175 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Combining classic children's literature with fun kitchen science experiments, this handbook is an ideal resource for parents or teachers who want to instill a cross-curricular approach to educating their children. A wide range of experiments are featured, including how to make the green goo found in Dr. Seuss' Bartholomew and the Oobleck, as well as making pasta dance as shown in Tomie dePaola's Strega Nona. Each chapter contains a detailed summary of the story, step-by-step instructions with a list of ingredients, thought-provoking questions for children, science facts, how to relate the experiment to everyday life, and sources for further exploration. The activities, which are appropriate for children ages 4 to 11, result in a terrific way to combine reading with turning a kitchen into an exciting laboratory of learning.
Includes bibliographical references.
Why science? -- Before you begin : how to use this book -- Chemistry and polymers. Wizzil : pop your top! ; Strega nona : make your spaghetti "dance" ; George's marvelous medicine : boiling up a witchy brew, then change the color ; Bartholomew and the oobleck : concocting colorful, sticky & gooey stuff ; Book of slime : create something slimy -- Fun with food science. The butter battle book : shake cream into butter ; Chocolate fever : three ways to let it melt in your mouth ; Ice cream Larry : freeze your own ice cream in a can ; Sad Sam and the magic cookies : bake 'em soft & chewy or hard & crumbly ; Everybody bakes bread : learn what makes dough rise ; How to make an apple pie and see the world : make a fake apple pie with fun flavorings ; Rechenka's eggs : dye eggs & create art using natural ingredients ; Oliver's milk shake : blow bubbles in milk & measure the foam! ; A monster in my cereal : find the magnetic monster within -- Air science and engineering. Air is all around you : inflating a balloon with hot air & a soda bottle ; Hot-air Henry : build your own hot-air balloon ; Daisy and the egg : design a "nest" to protect an egg in flight ; Meteorology. A drop around the world : create a mini water-cycle in a jar! ; Sector 7 : our very own ecosystem with clouds ; Twister! : make a "water tornado" in a bottle!
Presents twenty activities that test the scientific properties of elements of popular children's books, including creating slime, shaking cream into butter, and constructing an air balloon.