201 Awesome Magical Bizarre and Incred

Janice VanCleave's 201 Awesome, Magical, Bizarre & Incredible Experiments


How do honeybees find their way home?

Why is Venus so hot?

How can you measure the speed of the wind?

What makes a sound loud or soft?

Discover the awesome answers to these and other fascinating mysteries in biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, and astronomy. Just try these 201 fun, safe, low-cost experiments at home or in the classroom. You' ll look through a drop of water to find out how a magnifying lens works. Using a Styrofoam ball, a pencil, and a lamp, you' ll learn why the Moon appears and disappears. With just a jar and some ice cubes, you can demonstrate how rain is formed. Each experiment includes an illustration and easy to follow step-by-step instructions. This companion volume to the enormously popular 200 Gooey, Slippery, Slimy, Weird, and Fun Experiments brings together magical projects from Janice VanCleave' s Science for Every Kid and Spectacular Science Projects series— plus 40 all-new experiments that make science come to life.