Offers simple outdoor experiments that explore basic concepts of materials science, including states of matter, plastics, and metals.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Contents
What are materials? -- Wonderful wood -- Build a craft stick raft -- Mighty metal -- Rugged rock -- Make a sedimentary rock -- Super soil -- Separate soil -- Man-made materials -- Test waterproof materials -- Solids, liquids, and gases -- Changing state -- Make an ice sculpture.