Vicki Cobb

"Experiments with food demonstrate various scientific principles and produce an eatable result. Includes rock candy, grape jelly, cupcakes, and popcorn. Revised and updated edition."--

Would you believe that you could throw an egg across the room without breaking it? Burn a candle underwater? We Dare You! is a gigantic collection of irresistible, easy-to-perform science experiments, tricks, bets, and games kids can do at home with everyday household objects. Thanks to the principles of gravity, mechanics, fluids, logic, geometry, energy, and perception, kids will find countless hours of fun with the selections included in this book....

Color illustrations and photomicrographs show what happens when a human body is attacked by a cold virus.

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...

Hundreds of science experiments and projects are introduced.

Simple experiments introduce the basic concept of gravity and its relationship to weight.

Readers will get a close look at this body battle with comic illustrations and ground-breaking photomicrographs.

Provides instructions for a variety of science activities outside, arranged by such categories as school, parks, and vehicles.