The Super Duper Book of 101 Extraordinary, Exciting, and (Occasionally) Explosive Science Experiments
Table of Contents Geology Edible Rocks 12 Rockin Rock Cycle 14 A Compass that Always Points North 16 Rock Your Rock Knowledge 17 Make a Seismograph 18 Clouds in a Bottle 20 Who’s Who in Geology 22 Astronomy Sun Shades 26 Sundial 28 Dark Side of a Cookie 30 Phases of the Moon 31 Sun Moon and a Beach Ball 32 Scales of the Solar System 34 Why Does the Moon Glow 36 Scientist Profile 37 The Big Balloon Bang 38 Who’s Who in Astronomy 40 Biology Water Filtration 44 Extract DNA 46 Naked Egg 48 Model Cell 50 Cultivate Bacteria 52 Number Estimates 54 Rainbow Rose 55 Dissect a Turkey 56 Who’s Who in Biology 58 4
Chemistry Lively 60s Lava Lamp 62 Glow in the Dark Messages 64 Lemony Acid Base Lemonade 66 Acid Base Red Cabbage Can Tell Ya 68 Scientist Profile 69 Magnificent Mentos Gravity Geyser 70 It’s Gold It’s Silver No It’s Bronze 72 Rainbow Colored Flames 74 Liar Liar Money on Fire 76 Rubber Bones 78 The Periodic Table of Elements 80 Green Eggs and Ham 82 No Cooking Cooked Egg 83 Density One by One 84 Instantly Icy 85 Egg Geodes 86 Geodes 101 87 Colorful Crayons 88 Playdough 90 Marvelous Milk Art 91 Ski Hands 92 Can You Steel the Heat 93 Hand Heating Slime 94 Plastic Milk 96 Pocket Volcano 98 Elephant Toothpaste 100 CO 2 Bubbles 102 Peep the Marshmallow 103 Shake it like a Slushy 104 5
States of Matter 105 Can’t You Believe It’s Butter 106 Pop Pop Powdered Sherbet 107 Edible Glass 108 Peanut Butter Poles 109 Ice Cream in a Bag 110 Rock N Roll Candy 112 Who’s Who in Chemistry 114 Physics Forever Wet Sand 118 Out with the Old Paper in with the New 119 Ooey Gooey Slime 120 Water Rise 121 Dancing Slime 122 Super Spinning Candle 124 A Fork and a Toothpick Walk into a Yoga Class 126 Feverishly Floating Orange 127 Totally Tubular Velocity 128 Up and Around the Magnet 129 Table Top Spin 130 Magnetic Fluid 131 Crush a Can without the Hulk 132 Egg in a Bottle 134 Bottle Balloon 136 How Much Water Can Lincoln Hold 138 Jell-O in the Dark 140 Chladni Plates 142 Simple Circuitry 144 Lemon Lime Power 145 Scientist Profile 146 6
Expanding Slippery Soap 147 Magnetic Train 148 Earl Grey Ready Rocket 150 Pop Corn on the Cob 152 Tornado Twister Tangle 154 Bucket Swing 156 Freezing Wire 158 Walking on Egg Shells 160 Sling Shot Catapult 162 Free Falling Egg 164 Rube Goldberg Activity 165 Mr Potato Clock 166 Balloon Vroom Vroom 168 Series Circuit 170 Picky Pi 171 Solar S’Mores 172 Magnifying Heat 174 Candy Chromatography 176 3D Polarized 177 Static Lightning 178 Candy Crush Light 180 Rainbow through Water 182 Clear Rainbow 184 Rainbow Reveal 185 Mini Hovercraft 186 Electric Motor 188 Basic Binary Numbers 190 Pick a Card Any Card 191 Who’s Who in Physics 192 Index 196 7
