The Cool Hot Rod and Other Electrifying Experiments on Energy and Matter (The Exploratorium Science Snackbook Series) - Softcover

Doherty, Paul; Rathjen, Don; The Exploratorium Teacher Institute

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471115185 ISBN 13: 9780471115182

Publisher: Jossey Bass, 1996

Synopsis

Energy. It takes on one form or another in everything in the world. Blood pumping through your veins transfers energy. Flipping on a light uses energy. Energy is right at your fingertips with this incredibe experiment book. Discover the properties of energy. Learn about magnetic fields and electric currents. Figure out how clouds form, how molecules behave, and a great deal more.

• Do the Cool Hot Rod Experiment, which demonstrates how changes in temperature can make a copper tube shrink and expand
• Experiment with the Fog Chamber, Magnetic Suction, Electrical Fleas and 19 other hands–on projects

About this title

From the Back Cover

Bring the fun of a world–famous science museum into your own classroom or home!

THE EXPLORATORIUM SCIENCE SNACKBOOK SERIES

"Clear, concise, and visual—the best assortment of wonder– filled ideas I have seen. A must–have." —Paul Hewitt, author of Conceptual Physics

"Almost as much fun as exploring the Exploratorium, which, of course, is a googolplex of fun." —Jearl Walker, author of The Flying Circus of Physics, with Answers

Now you can do your own version of 22 Exploratorium experiments on energy and matter. All you need is a little curiosity, a few simple materials . . . and this book. Each experiment is easy to do, fully illustrated, and loaded with advice, ideas, helpful hints, and dynamic discoveries.

Use the energy of an electric current to create movement. See a metal wire melt by changing its resistance to electricity. Through these and other projects in The Cool Hot Rod, you can learn the science behind electricity and energy transformation.

San Francisco′s EXPLORATORIUM, source of the best–selling Explorabook, hosts half a million visitors each year. PAUL DOHERTY is the Director of the Exploratorium Teacher Institute, which introduces and encourages inquiry–based science teaching. DON RATHJEN is a physics and resource teacher–in–residence at the Exploratorium Teacher Institute.

Also available in The Exploratorium Science Snackbook Series:

• The Cheshire Cat and Other Eye–Popping Experiments on How We See the World
• The Magic Wand and Other Bright Experiments on Light and Color
• The Spinning Blackboard and Other Dynamic Experiments on Force and Motion

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey Bass
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471115185
• ISBN 13: 9780471115182
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112