Winston Robert. How it works: Science experiments

Imagine Publishing, 2016. — 158 p. — (How it Works bookazine). — ISBN 9781785462047, 1785462040.Introduce your child to science with Professor Robert Winston’s Science Experiments. These exciting hands-on experiments from creating balloon rockets or glow in the dark jelly to making metal detectors, will help your child get to grips with science. Science Experiments covers all areas of science from life on earth to physical science. There are projects for all abilities, from quick & easy science in seconds to trickier group projects for schools. Packed with easy step-by-steps and over 350 photos and illustrations, for explosively fun activities that you can do at home!The Material world
Changed state
Ice cloud
Ice bubbles
Mega bubble
Crystal creation
Bigger bubbles
Liquid layers
How dense is it?
Float your boat
Dunking diver
Fizzy fountain
Slime time
Fantastic plastic
Butter it up
Holding it together
Cycle centrifuge
True colours
Oxidation station
Rotten apple
Elephant’s toothpaste
Turn water pink
Cabbage indicator
Violent volcano
Copper plating
Spruce up silver
Forces and motion
Dome, sweet dome
Launch a bottle rocket
4Gravity-defying water
Puzzling pendulums
Air-resisting eggs
Balancing act
Fly a dart
Float a glider
Balloon hovercraft
Rubber band drag racer
Ice water can crusher
Flowing fountain
Eggs-periencing air pressure
Under pressure
Suck it to ‘em
Make a soda shoot
Blast a two-stage rocket
Hydraulic lifter
Weightlifting
Spreading the load
Energy in action
Convection currents
Set up a solar oven
Move metal through ice
Chill out!
Full steam ahead!
Split a sunbeam
Hosepipe rainbow
Make a spectroscope
Glow-in-the dark jelly
Glowing plants
Up, periscope!
Two-tube telescope
Cardboard camera
Matchbox microphone
Tap out a tune
Electricity and magnetism
Charm a paper snake
Tiny lightning
Detect a static charge
Fashion a flashlight
Lighten up!
Salty circuit
See a citrus current
Tune in to a homemade radio
Make a metal detector
Microscopic meteorites
Magnetic breakfast
Build an electromagnet
Make a motor
The Natural world
Under pressure
Wind whizzer
1Create a cloud
Sow a seed
Chasing the light
Starch test
Split colour flower
Revive a carrot
Absorbent eggs
Rapid response
Drum up some DNA
Grow your own germsAcknowledgements