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Janice VanCleave's physics for every kid : 101 easy experiments in motion, heat, light, machines, and sound / Janice Pratt VanCleave.

Summary:

How do magnets work? What makes a curve ball curve? What keeps an airplane in the air? How can a pulley make you five times stronger? Now you can learn the answers to these and other questions about basic physics through 101 fun, safe, low-cost experiments and activities that can be performed at home or in the classroom. In Physics for Every Kid , you'll learn about gravity from funnels that seem to defy nature by rolling up hill. Using a balloon as a power source, you'll make a fluorescent light bulb glow and learn how electrons are used to produce light. And you'll levitate a Ping-Pong ball to understand aerodynamics. Each of the 101 experiments is broken down into its purpose, a list of materials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and an easy to understand explanation. Every activity has been pretested and can be performed safely and inexpensively in the classroom or at home.

Record details

ISBN: 0471525057
ISBN: 9780471525059
ISBN: 9781451767094
ISBN: 1451767099
ISBN: 078570423X
ISBN: 9780785704232
Physical Description: xiv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York : Wiley, ©1991.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

I. Electricity -- Glow -- Conductor -- Hot -- Galvanometer -- Potato circuit -- Streamers -- Move away -- Don't touch -- Tinkle -- Snap! -- Close encounter -- Sticky? -- II. Magnets -- Right hand -- Swinger -- Floating needle -- Suspended airplane -- Magnetic strength -- Force field -- Magnetic shake-up -- Electromagnet -- Line up -- Attractive? -- Keeper -- III. Buoyancy -- Rising bottle -- Bubbler -- Floating boat -- Risers -- Iv. Gravity -- Up hill -- Bigger -- Same speed -- Pendulum -- Timer -- Shape up -- V. Balance -- Over the edge -- Straw balance -- Creature weigh-in -- Downward -- Heavy air -- Balancing act -- VI. Flight -- Lift off -- Paper flop -- Curve ball -- Swish -- Floating ball -- VII. Simple machines -- Ramp -- Lifter -- Wedge -- Inclined -- Pumps -- Levers -- Weakling -- Best spot -- Wheel and axle -- Tug of war -- VIII. Inertia -- Crash! -- More -- Plop! -- OOPS! -- Thump! -- IX. Motion -- Balloon rocket -- Bonk!! -- Loser -- Helicopter -- Right or left? -- How far? -- Energy change -- Roller -- Air car -- Paddle boat -- Wind brake -- Farther -- Wobbler -- Spinner -- Pepper run -- Which way? -- Fly away -- X. Light -- Waves -- Straight -- See through -- Polarized light -- Swirls of color -- Water prism -- Blender -- Rosy cheeks -- Backwards -- Blinker -- Bent -- XI. Heat -- Chilling -- Hot band -- Cold foot -- Explosive -- Bouncer -- XII. Sound -- Boom! -- Bottle organ -- Singing glass -- String music -- Twang -- Straw flute -- Clucking chicken -- Phonograph -- Spoon bell.