Books for Prep | |
 List Price: $14.00 Price: $13.70 You Save: $0.30 ( 2%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 507.8 EAN: 9780805045369 ISBN: 0805045368 Label: Owl Publishing Company Manufacturer: Owl Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 127 Publication Date: 1996-11 Publisher: Owl Publishing Company Reading Level: Young Adult Studio: Owl Publishing Company Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: The Exploratorium in San Francisco is "a museum of science, art, and human perception founded in 1969 by physicist Frank Oppenheimer. The mission of the Exploratorium is to create innovative learning environments, programs, and tools for exploration that help people of all ages, origins, and geographic locations use their natural curiosity to learn about the world around them." And if you've ever been there, you know that this ambitious mission statement is fulfilled in spades. It is an extraordinary place that I try to visit every time I go to San Francisco. This delightful book allows you to create your own Exploratorium at home. It's got loads of experiments that, in the best Exploratorium tradition, are fun and highly educational (as an aside, by following one of the exercises, I was able to make a styrofoam airplane that looks suspiciously like the Amazon.com Books logo--and it flies!). Highly Recommended for the curious and playful of any age. Product Description: A book by the San Francisco Exploratorium museum culls hundreds of scientific experiments, amusements, and tricks for children and instructions and explanations for parents, so they can explain what is happening to their youngsters. Original. 35,000 first printing. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Good Fun and Good Science!Many science experiment books out there either have bad science in them, poorly designed experiments, or unclear directions (or, unfortunately, all three). This book has great experiments that are easy and fun to do. And, the science behind the experiments is accurate and clearly explained. As a scientist, science teacher, and parent, this book is the first one my list of recommendations! Rating: - Experiments for "Bring Your Kids to Work" DayI ordered several books to prepare for the experiments I wanted to present for the "Bring Your Kids to Work" Day. This was, by far, the most useful and most interesting book I received. You can use the experiments listed in the book, and tailor them for younger or older children very easily. I'm going to order the sequel, "Science Explorer, Out and About," today! Rating: - The best and easiest book of its kind!I am an elementary school teacher and the mother of three young children so I have read a lot of books that say they are filled with easy-to-do science experiments but this is by far the best of its kind that I have read. Within the first two hours my kids and I did three of the experiments AND had a great time together AND learned something! 
In association with Amazon.com | |