No-Sweat Science®: Amazing Science Experiments
by Churchill, E. Richard; Gallagher, JackFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-11-01
Publisher(s): Sterling
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Summary
"Interesting enough to intrigue any age."--Science Books & Films Would you like to see invisible sound waves? Make a piece of paper scream? Or balance a coin on a spinning hanger? You can--because though they seem almost like magic, every one of these amazing experiments, are based in sound scientific principles. Plus, they've been tested over and over again for guaranteed success. Just take ordinary materials from the house, get working, and astound everyone with the great results. Fresh new how-to illustrations help budding scientists master every step along the way.
Table of Contents
| Before You Begin | p. 6 |
| Bodies At Rest and in Motion | p. 8 |
| The Unmoving Stack of Checkers | |
| Catching Coins on Your Elbow | |
| Inertia Snaps a Thread | |
| A Neat Trick with Soap | |
| Watching Inertia at Work | |
| You Can Move a Marble Without Touching It | |
| The Creeping Paper | |
| Nail Driving the Hard Way | |
| Gravity and Balance | p. 24 |
| A Heavy Load for a Little Ruler | |
| A Very Stable Stick | |
| The Shorter They Are, the Faster They Fall | |
| The Balancing Fork | |
| The Balancing Fork, Take 2 | |
| Motion and Force | p. 36 |
| Slow and Steady Really Does Win the Race | |
| Rolling to the Finish Line | |
| The Washer That Hangs Around | |
| The Bowl That Empties Itself | |
| Power-Lifting Fingers | |
| Make Your Own Pulley, Part 1 | |
| Make Your Own Pulley, Part 2 | |
| The Mysterious Moving Glass | |
| Sound | p. 52 |
| Paper Noisemaker | |
| Cellophane Noisemaker | |
| Better Hearing Through Wood, Part 1 | |
| Better Hearing Through Wood, Part 2 | |
| The Vibrating Bowl | |
| Can You Tune a Fork? | |
| Playing a Tune with Glass | |
| Balloon Amplifier | |
| The Spoon That Sounds Like a Bell | |
| Sound Waves You Can See | |
| Surface Tension | p. 70 |
| The Glass That Won't Overflow | |
| The Strange Expanding Loop of Thread | |
| A Stubborn Cork | |
| You Can Fill a Strainer | |
| The Incredible Upside-Down Bottle | |
| The Hawk and the Sparrows | |
| A Liquid Scale | |
| Water's Great Escape | |
| The Lifting Power of Water | |
| The Case of the Shrinking Tissues | |
| The Match That Moves | |
| You Can't Keep a Good Button Down | |
| The Great Cooking Oil Trade-Off | |
| Light and Heat | p. 90 |
| Breaking Up the Sun's Rays | |
| An Upside-Down "Mirror" Image | |
| The Case of the Vanishing Reflection | |
| A Water Droplet Magnifying Glass | |
| The Hot Water Tap Always Leaks | |
| Underwater Fountain | |
| Bet You Can't Cut an Ice Cube in Half | |
| The Hot Air Whirligig | |
| Air and Wind | p. 106 |
| Air Gets Around | |
| The Stationary Ping-Pong Ball | |
| Puzzling Paper Loop | |
| The Great Coin and Paper Race, Part 1 | |
| The Great Coin and Paper Race, Part 2 | |
| The Answer, My Friend, Is Blowin' in a Straight Line | |
| A Bottle You Can't Empty | |
| The Straw That Doesn't Sip | |
| The Paper with a Mind of Its Own | |
| How to Empty a Glass by Blowing on It | |
| A Great Experiment or a Wet Trick | |
| Index | p. 127 |
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