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Oobleck, Slime & Dancing Spaghetti : : Twenty Terrific At-Home Science Experiments Inspired by Favorite Children's Books

Williams, Jennifer, 1971- Book - 2009 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.9 out of 5

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Why science? -- Before you begin : how to use this book -- Chemistry and polymers. Wizzil : pop your top! ; Strega nona : make your spaghetti "dance" ; George's marvelous medicine : boiling up a witchy brew, then change the color ; Bartholomew and the oobleck : concocting colorful, sticky & gooey stuff ; Book of slime : create something slimy -- Fun with food science. The butter battle book : shake cream into butter ; Chocolate fever : three ways to let it melt in your mouth ; Ice cream Larry : freeze your own ice cream in a can ; Sad Sam and the magic cookies : bake 'em soft & chewy or hard & crumbly ; Everybody bakes bread : learn what makes dough rise ; How to make an apple pie and see the world : make a fake apple pie with fun flavorings ; Rechenka's eggs : dye eggs & create art using natural ingredients ; Oliver's milk shake : blow bubbles in milk & measure the foam! ; A monster in my cereal : find the magnetic monster within -- Air science and engineering. Air is all around you : inflating a balloon with hot air & a soda bottle ; Hot-air Henry : build your own hot-air balloon ; Daisy and the egg : design a "nest" to protect an egg in flight ; Meteorology. A drop around the world : create a mini water-cycle in a jar! ; Sector 7 : our very own ecosystem with clouds ; Twister! : make a "water tornado" in a bottle!
Presents twenty activities that test the scientific properties of elements of popular children's books, including creating slime, shaking cream into butter, and constructing an air balloon.

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Oobleck, Slime & Dancing Spaghetti : Twenty Terrific At-Home Science Experiments Inspired By Favorite Children's Books submitted by Melissa Calabrese on August 10, 2018, 5:07am This is a helpful resource that combines STEM activities with kids books. The twenty activities include suggested age levels. Designed for children ages 4 - 11.

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PUBLISHED
Houston, Tex. : Bright Sky Press, c2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 192 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781933979342 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1933979348 (pbk. : alk. paper)

SUBJECTS
Science -- Experiments.