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Junk drawer physics : 50 awesome experiments that don't cost a thing

Mercer, Bobby 1961- (author.).

Summary: 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.

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  • ISBN: 148065521X
  • ISBN: 1613749201
  • ISBN: 9781480655218
  • ISBN: 9781613749203
  • Physical Description: print
    xiii, 189 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [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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  • 16 of 18 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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