25 awesome outdoor experiments to wow and amaze curious kids.

This fun, fact-filled book is brimming with exciting outdoor experiments to help budding boffins explore the science in their surroundings. Using household items, construct a water rocket and blast it skywards to learn about air pressure, or blow giant, long-lasting bubbles to reveal how surface tension works. Make a wormery and observe worms tunnelling, then build a diamond kite and discover the key to aerodynamics.

With stunning, brand-new photography, succinct step-by-step instructions, and rigorous attention to detail, young boffins will be excited from the get-go. With a foreword by Robert Winston, each activity has a clear How it works explanation, revealing the fascinating science behind the experiment, along with Real-world examples that show everyday scientific principles in action.

Full of amazing projects to inspire young scientists and outdoor enthusiasts, Outdoor Maker Lab takes readers out of the house on a journey to better understand their world - and beyond. It is a must-have for every young scientist who is curious about their surroundings.

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd .

Professor Robert Winston is a household name thanks to popular TV series that include The Human Body, which won three baftas, Superhuman, Walking with Cavemen and The Human Mind. A winner of the Royal Society's prestigious Michael Faraday Gold Award, he was made a life peer in 1995.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Foreword
• 2: NATURE WATCH
• • 1: Periscope
  • 2: Butterfly feeder
  • 3: Wormery
  • 4: Erosion bottles
  • 5: Soil-free planter
  • 6: Seedling pots
  • 7: Mycelium
• 3: WORLD OF WEATHER
• • 1: Brilliant barometer
  • 2: Rain gauge
  • 3: Thermometer
  • 4: Anemometer
  • 5: Cracking rocks
• 4: WATER POWER
• • 1: Giant bubbles
  • 2: Spinning whirlpool
  • 3: Wonderful water
  • 4: Ice cream
  • 5: Marbled pebbles
• 5: EARTH AND SKY
• • 1: Twirling helicopter
  • 2: Diamond kite
  • 3: Water rocket
  • 4: Air cannon
  • 5: Cool compass
  • 6: Gorgeous geodes
  • 7: Latitude locator
  • 8: Paper sundial
• 6: Templates
• 7: Glossary
• 8: Index