Key Features:
1. Fascinating Science Projects (Age range 8-12 years) supports the National Core Curriculum
2. Practicals are given step-by-step projects with a full explanation of why each project works to encourage the children to think for themselves and highlights the gestation.
3. FASCINATING SCIENCE PROJECTS include : • A clearly structures narrative text • Fascinating facts and ideas • An extended contents, illustrated glossary and index
• Sound introduces the young reader to the principles of sound : how it is created, the speed of sound, musical sound, sounds in nature and hearing.
• Step by step projects explain how to make your own panpipes, how to make a model ear and even how to measure the speed of sound.
LIGHT By Sally Hewitt
• Light introduces the young reader to the principles of light: shadows, reflections, refraction, lenses and colours.
Step by step projects explain how to make a microscope, how to create your own rainbow and even how to make a camera.
AIR By Sally Hewitt
• Air introduces the young reader to the science of air: what it is, the atmosphere, air pressure, hot and cold air, moving through air, and air power.
• Step by step projects explain how to make a barometer to forecast the weather, how to make a card hover and even how to build your own glider
EVERYDAY CHEMICALS By Sally Hewitt
• Everyday chemicals introduces the young reader to the world of chemistry: acids and alkalis , solutions, solids, liquids and gases, heat and chemicals, chemical reactions and oxidation.
• Step by step, how to make your own slime to grow crystals, how to make your own slime and even how to make liquid disappear.
HEAT AND ENERGY By Bobbi Searle
• Heat and Energy introduces the young reader to the concepts behind many forms of energy; heat , water, wind, solar, electrical and mechanical.
• Colorful step by step projects explain to make a rocket out of balloon, how to trick your body into using energy and even how to make a battery out of piece of fruit!
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM By Bobbi Searle
• Electricity and Magnetism introduces the young reader to the principle of electricity and magnetism: current, batteries, static electricity, magnetic poles, magnetic fields, and electromagnetism.
• Colorful step by step projects explain how to make an electrics fan, build an electromagnetic crane, and even how to make your own lighting!
ANIMAL LIFE By Sally Hewitt
• Animal Life introduces the young reader to the world of animals how they breathe, feed, move, grow, and reproduce,
• Step by step projects explain how to make a wormer, how to make a model of your own lungs, and even how to build a nesting box for birds in your backyard.
PLANTS By Sally Hewitt
• Plants introduce the young reader to the world of plants; how they grow, make their own food, and reproduce.
• Step by step projects explain how to make a potato shoot grow through maze, how to make an African violet grow roots from its leave, and even how to make a stick of celery turn blue!
