Documents the true story behind the popular YouTube video featuring two boys who launched a LEGO man 80,000 feet into space using a weather balloon and a homemade parachute.

Scientific principles are explained and demonstrated by using them to create magic tricks.

Complete a variety of fun science experiments using the items found in your classroom at school.

Young readers become scientists in the field when this activity book sends them off to answer the question "Why do we have winter?" with experiments and projects that mix real science with real fun. Combining hands-on learning with trivia, jokes, riddles, and terrific illustrations, chapters start with the "tools" of science-the scientific method and how to keep a science journal-and then investigate the winter constellations, long nights and long...

Caillou's friend Sarah has a magnifying glass. She shows Caillou how it makes everything in the garden look bigger.

Complete a variety of fun science experiments using common kitchen items.

Kids will learn how things they encounter every day operate by building their own models with this hands-on activity book. Projects include building a working model of the human hands muscles, bones, and tendons using drinking straws, tape, and string; using a pair of two-liter bottles and a length of rubber tubing to learn how a toilet flushes; and discovering how musical instruments make sounds by fashioning a harmonica, saxophone, drum, flute,...

Feeling inventive? Get ready to bust boredom with wacky experiments! Learn how to create lightning bolts, build a catapult, and much more. With clear instructions and helpful photos, busting boredom with experiments has never been more fun.

"Encourage play and discovery in the kitchen with 20 experiments kids can try."--