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 47 Easy-to-Do Classic Science Experiments
by Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr., Asterie Baker Provenzo
Simple but enjoyable experiments, performed with common household items, teach youngsters principles of light, elasticity, perspective, gravity, air pressure, optics, more. Instructions, illustrations.
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| |  Cup and Saucer Chemistry
by Nathan Shalit
Thirty-eight safe experiments for youngsters seven and up. All they need to perform these fun and fascinating exercises are common household items: aspirin, paper towels, vinegar, and more.
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 Life in a Bucket of Soil
by Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein
Grade-schoolers learn how ants, snails, slugs, beetles, earthworms, spiders, and other subterranean creatures live, breed, interact, move about, defend themselves, and more.
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| |  Science Magic Tricks
by Nathan Shalit
Easy-to-follow instructions, clear illustrations for 50 safe, science-related tricks: making squares and lines disappear, creating a magical doorway out of paper, cutting glass with scissors, and much more.
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| Products in Science for Kids | | | | 47 Easy-to-Do Classic Science Experiments
by Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr., Asterie Baker Provenzo
Simple but enjoyable experiments, performed with common household items, teach youngsters principles of light, elasticity, perspective, gravity, air pressure, optics, more. Instructions, illustrations.
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|  | Biology Experiments for Children
by Ethel Hanauer
Cells, using a microscope, plant life, animals; 77 experiments involve growing protozoa, bacteria, building a terrarium, growing seeds in a sponge, studying spider web formation, similar material. Over 100 illustrations
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|  | The Code of Life
by Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein
Clear, concise presentation of how DNA works, how a human cell develops, what happens when "the code" goes wrong, the field of genetic engineering, and related topics. 24 black-and-white plates.
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| | Cup and Saucer Chemistry
by Nathan Shalit
Thirty-eight safe experiments for youngsters seven and up. All they need to perform these fun and fascinating exercises are common household items: aspirin, paper towels, vinegar, and more.
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|  | Fun with Science: 46 Entertaining Demonstrations
by George Barr
The Mystery of the Balancing Butterflies, The Invisible Movie Screen, The Suspended Paper Clip and other feats that demonstrate basic scientific principles with materials that are safe, inexpensive, and easily available.
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|  | Human Anatomy in Full Color
by John Green
Twenty-five exceptionally clear and detailed anatomical plates — with labels and extensive captions — depict the skeleton, spine, bones, joints, skull, muscles, skin and limbs; heart, stomach, other organs; much more.
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| | Life in a Bucket of Soil
by Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein
Grade-schoolers learn how ants, snails, slugs, beetles, earthworms, spiders, and other subterranean creatures live, breed, interact, move about, defend themselves, and more.
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|  | Safe and Simple Electrical Experiments
by Rudolf F. Graf
101 entertaining projects and experiments are a fast and reliable way of learning basic principles of electricity. Detailed instructions and illustrations.
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|  | Science Experiments and Amusements for Children
by Charles Vivian
Seventy-three easy experiments — requiring only materials found at home or easily available, such as candles, coins, steel wool, etc. — illustrate basic phenomena like vacuum, simple chemical reactions, and more. All safe. Modern, well-planned.
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| | Science Magic Tricks
by Nathan Shalit
Easy-to-follow instructions, clear illustrations for 50 safe, science-related tricks: making squares and lines disappear, creating a magical doorway out of paper, cutting glass with scissors, and much more.
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|  | Science Research Experiments for Young People
by George Barr
Intriguing collection of 40 illustrated experiments to attract and stimulate young minds. Flight-test homemade rocket balloons, track electricity around the house, and more.
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|  | Sports Science for Young People
by George Barr
Does a curve ball really curve? Why does a golf ball have dimples? Find answers to these and hundreds of other questions in this entertaining discussion of the scientific principles underlying sports.
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|  | A World in a Drop of Water: Exploring with a Microscope
by Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein
Fascinating introduction to the world of single-celled organisms recounts the feeding, reproductive, and defensive strategies employed by an array of curious creatures: amoeba, paramecium, suctorian, hydra, others. Easy-to-understand language, 37 illustrations.
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