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Author Newcomb, Rain.

Title Smash it! crash it! launch it! : 50 mind-blowing, eye-popping science experiments / Rain Newcomb & Bobby Mercer.

Publication Info. New York : Lark Books, [2006]
©2006

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Location Call No. Status
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J507.2 N    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 507.8 NEW    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 507.8 NEWCOMB    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Children's Room  J507.8 NEW    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile Nonfiction  J 507.8 NEWCOMB    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Children's Department  J507 NEWCOMB    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents It is rocket science -- Ready to make some explosive discoveries? -- Splat! -- Tomato tower -- Karate chop -- Banana split -- Eggs over easy -- Cherry tomato fling -- Incredible can smasher -- Exploding marshmallows -- Egg toss -- Super double ball launch -- Double fisted -- Fettuccine bridge is falling down -- Paper cup crunch -- Water bucket flip -- Scrambled test dummies -- Skateboard science -- Egg crusher -- Leaning tower of nickels -- One-handed, two-person topple -- Parachuting eggs -- Egg drop (Let's get crackin') -- Defying gravity -- Water balloon launcher -- Up, up and away -- It's not a shoe box! It's a catapult! -- Flying marshmallow machine -- Balloon dragster -- Potato poppers -- Pop bottle rocket -- Candy rocket engine -- Triangle glider -- Straw launcher -- Sparking grapes -- Rocket-powered toy -- Ping-pong ball launch -- Paper helicopters -- Loopy airlines -- Hoopsters -- Wacky whirlybird -- Fastest airplane ever -- Shark fins -- Blast off.
Summary Examines some fun science experiments. Crash, boom, bang: destroy! There's nothing children love more than the satisfying smashing and bashing of things being demolished. They always do it for sheer amusement; now they can do it in the name of science. And they'll enjoy it so much that they won't even think they're learning physics as they're wrecking stuff. Just imagine the expression on kids' faces as they watch a microwaved marshmallow grow bigger...and bigger: up to four times its size. Will it blow up? Think of the delight as they power cardboard racecars with ordinary balloons or launch homemade rockets. All the scientific terms are explained in language that children will both understand and appreciate--and the safety precautions make sure the science stays fun and worry-free.
Subject Science -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature.
Science -- Experiments.
Added Author Mercer, Bobby, 1961-
ISBN 1579907954
9781579907952
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