Junk drawer physics : 50 awesome experiments that don't cost a thing / Bobby Mercer.
A children's instructional book on how to use readily available materials to turn the house into a science lab Physics teacher Bobby Mercer provides readers with more than 50 great hands-on experiments that can be performed for just pennies, or less. Turn a plastic cup into a pinhole camera using waxed paper, a rubber band, and a thumbtack. Build a swinging wave machine using a series of washers suspended on strings from a yardstick.
Record details
- ISBN: 148065521X
- ISBN: 1613749201
- ISBN: 9781480655218
- ISBN: 9781613749203
- Physical Description: xiii, 189 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1. Forces and motion : Mesmerizing CD top ; Grocery list tug-of-war ; Jar spin ; Floating coin ; Crash test dummy ; Rolling uphill ; Cork accelerometer ; Spinning force machine ; Paper drop ; Weightless cup ; See-saw candles -- 2. Energy : Baloon shooter ; Clothespin catapult ; Door-to-door launcher ; Ball blaster ; Quick freeze ice ; Swing your partner ; Wobble ball -- 3. Sound and waves : Straw oboe ; Straw trombone ; Wave machine ; Swinging wave machine ; Rubber maraca ; Rubber band man ; Air horn -- 4. Light : Pinhole camera ; Up periscope ; Wacky waterfall ; Star gazer ; What color is it? ; Crazy shadows ; Flash of color ; Capture the cross ; Pringles planetarium ; Kaleidofoilscope ; The never ending flame ; To infinity and beyond -- 5. Electricity and magnetism : Roll with it can ; Spinning straws ; Super speed motor ; Pencil lead lightbulb ; Burning steel ; No-touch race car ; Crazy chaos pendulum ; Electric magnet -- 6. Fluids and pressure : Snow globe ; Super squirt bottle ; Plumber strength ; Unspillable water ; Tornado in a bottle ; Pop bottle ; Ketchup diver ; Double trouble.
- Target Audience Note:
- 9+890L Lexile
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- Physics > Experiments > Juvenile literature.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Richlands Branch Library | J530.078 MER (Text) | 36015001342787 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | J530.078 MER (Text) | 36015001135991 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bunn Branch | J/530.078/Mercer (Text) | 72350000066560 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Harmony Branch Library | J 530.078 MER (Text) | 33114017426024 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Harnett County Main Library | J 530.078 Mer (Text) | 33630003920019 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | J530.078 Mercer (Text) | 33115007441550 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | J 530.078 Mercer (Text) | 30519009577837 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Leicester Library | j530.078 MER (Text) | 0020510453861 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Lewisville Branch | J530.078 M (Text) | 0112520360079 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/10/2026 |
| Mocksville | J530.078 Mer (Text) | 39872001716254 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
