Kitchen Science - Hardcover

Maynard, Christopher

 
9780751362534: Kitchen Science

Synopsis

Why do lemons give you a buzz? Why does cornflour and water mixture behave so strangely? What happens when you put water under pressure and why does it suffer from surface tension?Draw your own conclusions from over 50 experiments and find out that science is bubbling away all around you. Science has come out of the laboratory and into the real world. Children can become scientists in their own home using everyday utensils ingrediants and appliances to carry out experiments.

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Review

The National Curriculum states that by around the age of 11, most children will be able to achieve the following targets, that are set for Key Stage Two Science: scientific inquiry:

  • recognise that scientific ideas are based on evidence, suggest practical ways to answer scientific questions
  • set up a fair test by varying one thing while keeping everything else the same
  • make predictions and make a series of observations or measurements
  • record them using tables, bar charts and simple graphs
Kitchen Science has more than 50 safe and achievable kitchen-based experiments that will help your children reach those targets. Packed with hundreds of colour photographs and detailed instructions, this is a book that will teach children massive amounts about science, mostly with things that are found around the house. Suitable for ages 8 and above. --Amanda York

Please note: some experiments may require adult supervision.

About the Author

Chris Maynard has written about 55 children's books. He won the Rhone-Poulenc Science Junior Book of the Year in 1996 (The World of Weather) and his Informania Sharks was runner up for the TES Senior Information Book Award in 1998. Recently, he has discovered the joys of writing websites too.

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