Record details

• ISBN: 9780545433976
• ISBN: 0545433975
• ISBN: 9781451794403
• ISBN: 1451794401
• Physical Description: 128 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
• Publisher: New York : Scholastic, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"Discovery Channel." --at head of title.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Try this at home! -- Tasty topics. Myth: Do rats pee on soda cans before you buy them, leaving behind germs that can make you sick? ; Try this: Use a black light to check your home and school for unseen nasties ; Muth: Do some foods make you gassier than others? ; Myth: Does being scared really give you cold feet? ; Try this: Critter cookbook ; Try this: Make your own jawbreaker candy -- Homemade hijinks. Myth: Are the stunts MacGyver pulled off on his TV show really possible? ; Try this: Make you own compass ; Try this: Make your own candle ; Try this: Make your own paint ; Myth: Can you fold a piece of paper in half more than 7 times? Try this: Make your own paper -- Exciting electricity. Myth: Lights on or off? ; Try this: Find out how much energy your home appliances use ; Myth: Does keeping batteries in the fridge really make them last longer? ; Try this: Build a model solar cell ; Try this: Make a biogas digester -- Bold body business. Myth: Do pirate eye patches improve night vision? ; Flu fiction myth 1: Can a sneeze really travel up to 30 feet? ; Flu fiction myth 2: What's the best way to stop a sneeze? ; Flu fiction myth 3: Does a runny nose really run all over the place? ; Myth: Can you really catch someone's cold just by shaking hands? ; Try this: Test the effect of sanitizers on bacteria and fungal growth ; Try this: Detect and collect latent fingerprints ; Try this: Collect and compare fingerprint data ; Myth: Is it true that people cna't walk in a straight line? -- Surprising strength. Myth: Does a baseball bat really have a sweet spot? ; Try this: Build a duct-tape hammock ; Myth: Can salsa really eat through the bars of a jail cell? ; Myth: Is toilet paper really strong enough to help a prisoner escape from jail? ; Myth: Are bed sheets strong enough to help a prisoner escape from jail? ; Try this: Use the power of antacids to launch a rocket ; Myth: Is falling from a great height into water just as dangerous as falling onto cement? ; Try this: Make your own catapult ; Myth: Can armor made out of paper really protect you? ; Try this: Make your own paper armor ; Myth: Will a boat made out of wood shavings and water really float? -- Notorious nature. Try this: Make your own tornado ; Try this: Make your own lightning ; Try this: Make your own tsunami ; Try this: Make your own seismometer -- What are the odds?. Myth: Can helium balloons really lift a child into the sky? ; Try this: Make your own metal detector.

Target Audience Note:

1040L Lexile

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