Fun experiments to do in the kitchen - for mini scientistsTeach your child all about science with this activity book, packed with cool experiments to do in your kitchen, together. They'll love learning first concepts whilst doing fun, mess-free activities, from making eggs float to creating magic balloons.Simple instructions will encourage your child to watch, take notes, collect things and observe changes, helping them learn about science as they play. A lift-the-flap surprise at the end of eve...
The beauty of science may be pure and eternal, but the practice of science costs money. And scientists, being human, respond to incentives and costs, in money and glory. Choosing a research topic, deciding what papers to write and where to publish them, sticking with a familiar area or going into something new-the payoff may be tenure or a job at a highly ranked university or a prestigious award or a bump in salary. The risk may be not getting any of that.At a time when science is seen as an eng...
Soda-Pop Rockets
by Senior Analyst Programmer Center for Computer Services Paul Jarvis
Wormhole Theories, Sunspot Activity and Remote Viewing Stocks
by MR Scott Rauvers
Exploding Disk Cannons, Slimemobiles, and 32 Other Projects for Saturday Science
by N. A. Downie
Visible Free Space Optic (VFSO) and Broadband Powerline Communication (BPLC)
by Iraj S Amiri
Tinkering is a way of learning through hands-on activity -- experimenting with materials and devices to see how they work, taking things apart, making small changes and improvements, exploring and inventing. Tinkering may seem like a form of play -- and it is -- but it is also a powerful way of discovering truths about science, engineering, and math. With this book, Curt Gabrielson follows up on his best-seller Tinkering: Kids Learn by Making Stuff with this all-new volume that features more tha...
Introductory Physics Experiments
Gathered in this book is a collection of flawed plans, half baked ideas, and downright ridiculous machines that, with the best and most optimistic intentions, men have constructed throughout history. Included are such military, scientific, commercial, and infrastructure disasters as: The Lead water pipes of Rome; Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse; Edison's electrical folly; Betamax; Concorde crash; Hubble - A $2 billion telescope that didn't work; the Mars probe failures due to simple math mistakes...
100+ Fun Ideas for Science Investigations (100+ Fun Ideas)
by Anita Loughrey
100+ Fun Ideas for Science Investigation contains exciting, fun classroom experiments in an easy-to-use layout to help teach scientific investigation in the primary classroom. The activities require a minimum of preparation and only the simplest of science equipment. Each activity provides opportunities for children to develop their skills of scientific enquiry.
