Synopses & Reviews
With
See For Yourself, budding scientists can wow their teachers and classmates (and maybe win a ribbon or two) by learning
- How to extract DNA from an onion
- How pigments from vegetables make dye
- How to make paper out of lint from a clothes dryer
- How to make a friend feel like he or she has a third hand
- What happens when you grow yeast in dandruff shampoo
- That tea and iron pills make excellent inks
- And much more!
See for Yourself includes experiments in the areas of chemistry, earth science, physical science, the human body, and technology, but the experiments all take their inspiration from very familiar places. The materials needed to execute the experiments can all be inexpensively purchased at the supermarket, the toy store, the hardware store, the stationery store, and the drugstore. Some of the experiments are quick and easy, while others are more challenging. Most include additional suggestions so that curious young scientists can keep on investigating.
Review
"For Grades 4-8: ...accessible and often intriguing...Purchase this if you missed the first edition." School Library Journal
Synopsis
Popular children’s science author Vicki Cobb presents more than 100 inexpensive, easy-to-follow experiments for school science fairs and projects, updated with beautiful full-color illustrations.
About the Author
Vicki Cobb is the well-known author of more than eighty-five highly entertaining nonfiction books for children, including Bet You Can’t (which won the New York Academy of Sciences Children’s Science Book Award), Science Experiments You Can Eat, We Dare You! (with Kathy Darling) What's the BIG Idea? and See for Yourself. Cobb’s lighthearted approach to hands-on science has become her trademark for getting kids involved in experiences that create real learning. She lives in White Plains, New York.