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Did you ever wonder why some insects can walk on water? Or how the Ancient Egyptians made mummies? Are you curious about why a guitar sounds different from a flute? Gather some everyday materials from around your home and find out the answers with these 50 kid-approved science activities from CSIRO.
The activities cover electricity and magnetism, sound and light, heat and motion, water and gases, living things, shapes and our planet Earth. Each activity has a simple list of materials required, and uses simple step-by-step instructions and drawings to enable you to create exciting and interesting reactions, experiments and inventions. Fast facts and quiz questions will help you test your knowledge, and you'll also find an explanation of the science behind each activity, along with examples of how each principle works in the real world.
Discover more about the world of science by making:
Dancing slime
Rubbery bones
A ping pong ball shooter
Ghastly ghostly photos
Fizzy dinosaur eggs
A lemon battery
Contents
Introduction
Backyard biology: explore the world of living things
Shoot, spin, blow and wobble: the science of motion
Light and dark: rainbows, shadows and reflections
Boom, boom, boom: what's that sound?
Splish, splash, splosh: fun with water and liquids
Too hot, too cold or just right: the power of heat transfer
Our place in space: planet Earth
Feel the force: welcome to the weird world of electricity and magnetism
Bubbles of fun: the science of gases and air
Circle, square or dodecahedron: solving the puzzle of shapes
