Ocean State Libraries

Activities include testing your eyes, making electricity, bending light and weather watching.

"Experiments with food demonstrate various scientific principles and produce an eatable result. Includes rock candy, grape jelly, cupcakes, and popcorn. Revised and updated edition."--

Provides instructions for science experiments such as making invisible ink, separating mixtures, and splitting colors.

"Teaches readers how to use thinking and observation skills in the classroom." --

A children's instructional book on how to use readily available materials to turn the house into a science lab   Science teacher Bobby Mercer provides readers with more than 50 great hands-on experiments that can be performed for just pennies, or less. Each project has a materials list, detailed step-by-step instructions with illustrations, and a brief explanation of the scientific principle being demonstrated. From turning three pennies and two...

"Looks at microscopes, discussing their history, how they work, safety in the lab, and more."--

With See for Yourself, budding scientists can wow their teachers and classmates (and maybe win a ribbon or two) by learning:

How to extract DNA from an onion

How pigments from vegetables make dye

How to make paper out of lint from a clothes dryer

How to make a friend feel like he or she has a third hand

What happens when you grow yeast in dandruff shampoo

That tea and iron pills make excellent inks

And much more!

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Simple experiments demonstrate the properties of water.