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Product Identifiers

PublisherSterling Publishing Co., Inc.

ISBN-100806922710

ISBN-139780806922713

eBay Product ID (ePID)1758549

Product Key Features

Book TitleShocking Science : Fun and Fascinating Electrical Experiments

Number of Pages80 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2000

TopicTechnology / Electricity & Electronics

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction

AuthorShar Levine, Leslie Johnstone

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight9.6 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal537/.078

Synopsis"Large-format book offers science activities related to electricity...clear and purposeful. Each experiment includes an introduction...list of materials, step-by-step directions, and a discussion of the outcome. Related information appears in sidebars...color photographs illustrate the text in a useful and attractive manner...practical and informative book of science experiments."- Booklist., Children will be "shocked" to learn that with just a few wires, batteries, bulbs, and buzzers they can unlock the mysteries and magic of electricity These simple and safe experiments will prove enlightening on everything from electrons to circuits to wattage. Bend paper with a comb that's "charged up" with static electricity. Find out what lemons, potatoes, and coins have to do with electricity by using them to discover how a battery works, and then get right down to the "nuts and volts" of the matter by making one of your own. Also see why "opposites attract," construct a circuit board, send a coded message with a buzzer; and lots more. By the time children have tried out all these amazing experiments, they'll realize for the first time why electricity is more than just turning on a light switch Cartoons and color photographs throughout add to the fun., Children will be "shocked" to learn that with just a few wires, batteries, bulbs, and buzzers they can unlock the mysteries and magic of electricity! These simple and safe experiments will prove enlightening on everything from electrons to circuits to wattage. Bend paper with a comb that's "charged up" with static electricity. Find out what lemons, potatoes, and coins have to do with electricity by using them to discover how a battery works, and then get right down to the "nuts and volts" of the matter by making one of your own. Also see why "opposites attract," construct a circuit board, send a coded message with a buzzer; and lots more. By the time children have tried out all these amazing experiments, they'll realize for the first time why electricity is more than just turning on a light switch! Cartoons and color photographs throughout add to the fun.

LC Classification NumberQC527.2