Simple physics experiments with everyday materials / Judy Breckenridge, illustrated by Frances Zweifel.

By: Breckenridge, Judy .

Contributor(s): Zweifel, Frances W [ill.].

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BookPublisher: New York : Sterling, 1993Description: 128 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0806986069 ; 0806986077 .Subject(s): Physics -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature

| Scientific recreations -- Juvenile literature

| Physics -- Experiments

| Experiments

| Scientific recreations

DDC classification: 530.078

Contents:

Before you begin -- Beating the heat -- Why is there air? -- Water, water everywhere! -- Seeing the light -- Sounds like fun -- A matter of gravity -- Physics mix.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Lending	MTU Bishopstown Library Lending	530.078 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00013968

Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Summary: Includes over sixty simple experiments which provide information about heat, air, light, sound, gravity, and more.

Summary: Includes over sixty simple experiments which provide information about heat, air, light, sound, gravity, and more.
Includes index.

Before you begin -- Beating the heat -- Why is there air? -- Water, water everywhere! -- Seeing the light -- Sounds like fun -- A matter of gravity -- Physics mix.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

School Library Journal Review

Gr 3-6-This collection delivers what it promises-basic science experiments using common materials. Many are classic demonstrations of heat, water, air, and sound, with clear instructions and appropriate safety precautions noted. Black-and-white cartoon animals appear throughout, giving the book a primary-grade look. However, it is in the explanation of the science that the book runs into real trouble. Several of these descriptions are incomplete or inaccurate. The problem is exacerbated by the author's reliance on molecular explanations rather than macroscopic properties such as density, volume, and temperature. For instance, readers are told that when salt dissolves in water, salt molecules fill in the spaces between water molecules (it's more complex than that), and that oil won't dissolve in water because the molecules don't fit together (wrong). Providing experiment books for this age group has become a competitive arena; libraries will have no problem finding titles that cover and discuss the same topics better.-Alan Newman, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Horn Book Review

Mandell's fascinating kitchen experiments offer readers an opportunity to learn some chemistry along with the whys and wherefores of cooking and food preparation and storage. Breckenridge also includes interesting and easy-to-do experiments guaranteed to make physics enjoyable. Unfortunately, assuming that children will 'get help if that's the rule in your house,' neither volume pays much attention to safety, and only Mandell's title provides a glossary. The bland format includes cartoonlike black-and-white sketches. Ind. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.