Your sense of smell plays a huge role in how you taste, what you remember, what attracts you, and what repels you. Through photos, diagrams, and hands-on experiments, you'll discover how to find out your odor threshold, conduct a jelly bean smell and taste test, and learn what makes those feet so stinky.
Your sense of smell plays a huge role in how you taste, what you remember, what attracts you, and what repels you. Through photos, diagrams, and hands-on experiments, you'll discover how to find out your odor threshold, conduct a jelly bean smell and taste test, and learn what makes those feet so stinky.
How do your eardrums work? Can odor molecules pass through a solid the same way they pass through air? How does your sense of smell affect how something tastes? Readers will learn the answers to these questions and more with the fun life science experiments in this book. Young scientists will explore the five human senses. Readers will learn about the scientific method using the many experiments in this book. There are also ideas for science fair projects.
How fizzy is soda pop after it's warmed up? What happens to a rubber band that's left outside? Which types of clothing keep you warmest, and why? Find out the answers and take top prize at the school science fair with these 47 hands-on and appealing "blue ribbon" chemistry experiments. Test chemical trickery in processed foods; the concept of pH; viscosity; carbonization; fermentation; evaporation; dilution; and lots more. A WINNING combination of learning and fun. Bob Bonnet lives in Clearmont, NJ, and Dan Keen lives in Cape May Court House, NJ. 96 pages, 120 b/w illus., 8 1/4 x 11. NEW IN PAPERBACK
Solids, liquids, and gasesoh my. Readers will learn all about the states of matter and fundamental physical principles with the fun science experiments in this book. Readers find out if they can make water flow upward, if carbon dioxide is heavier than air, and more. Many experiments include ideas students can use for their science fair.
Fun Experiments Full of Blood, Bugs, Poop and More From squirming insects to smelly human bodies, there’s so much to explore with these excitingly icky experiments. Learn about everything from food, bugs, germs and poop to all the weird and wonderful things you’re made of. Taste and tear through a variety of edible models of skin, blood and scabs. Rip open fake stomachs, create blood baths and test your own body to see just how gross human beings can get. Don’t stop there, though! Get your friends and family involved, and give them bath bombs full of bugs or see how long it takes them to detect different smells from across the room. There are so many ways to disgust and amuse those around you, from smelly cow burps and slimy frogspawn to homemade poo launchers and experiments that explode with fizzy juices. No matter which experiment you choose, you’ll have fun being gross.