How do rocks change shape? Why does Venus rotate "backwards"? How do tigers talk with their tails? Do bigger ears hear better? Discover the answers to these and many other weird and wild mysteries in astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics. Janice VanCleave's 204 Sticky, Gloppy, Wacky, and Wonderful Experiments gives you hours and hours of hands-on, low-cost scientific fun. Try these safe, easy-to-do experiments at home or in the classroom: construct a lunar calendar to examine the phases of the moon, observe the feeding of ants to find out how they communicate, and build a model of Galileo's thermoscope to measure how different materials change temperature. With so many amazing projects to choose from, you'll have a blast learning about the world around you.

 

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by John Wiley and Sons Ltd .

JANICE VANCLEAVE , the author of the popular Science for Every Kid series, is a former science teacher and a popular presenter at museums, schools, and bookstores nationwide.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction. PART I: Astronomy. 1. More or Less. 2. Sunrise-Sunset. 3. Sun Path. 4. Time. 5. Saving TimE. 6. Longer. 7. Sun Compass. 8. Radiate. 9. Sun Parts. 10. Bong! 11. Sun Block. 12. Shadow Size. 13. Earth Model. 14. North Side. 15. Reversed. 16. How Fast? 17. Rotate. 18. Tilted. 19. Equal. 20. Together. 21. Light and Dark. 22. Weighty. 23. Best Spot. 24. In Front Of. 25. Ringed. 26. Lineup. 27. Brighter. 28. Same Face. 29. Lunar Calendar. 30. Minor Planets. 31. Space Rocks. 32. Launched. 33. Heat Telescope. 34. Basic. 35. Same Size. 36. Bigger or Smaller? 37. Star Locator. 38. Mobile Stars. 39. Pairs. 40. Uneven. PART II. Biology. 41. Clusters. 42. Many Parts. 43. Getting Started. 44. Hitchhikers. 45. Sprouters. 46. Dividers. 47. Up and Down. 48. Anchors. 49. Just Alike. 50. Leaf Parts. 51. On the Edge. 52. Falling Leaves. 53. Coverup. 54. Breakout. 55. Lifters. 56. Follow Me. 57. Spongy. 58. Stickers. 59. Hummers. 60. Migrating Eye. 61. Largest. 62. Sniffer. 63. Pickup! 64. Signals. 65. Locked. 66. Nails. 67. Backbone. 68. Squeezed. 69. Stoppers. 70. Keep Cool. 71. Spotted. 72. Sweaty. 73. Expanded. 74. Wrinkled. 75. Smelly. 76. Double. 77. Vibrating Cords. 78. Bigger and Better. 79. Light Catchers. 80. Twice. 81. Big or Little? 82. Extra Money. 83. How Near? 84. Who Can? PART III. Chemistry. 85. It Matters. 86. Just Enough. 87. On Top. 88. Floater. 89. Builders. 90. New Stuff. 91. Changes. 92. Rusty. 93. Inside OuT. 94. No Leftovers. 95. Faster. 96. Helper. 97. Breakdown. 98. Trapped. 99. Sweeter. 100. Gassy. 101. Shortening. 102. Uncoiled. 103. Crystals. 104. Shiny Cubes. 105. Linked. 106. No Leak. 107. Coded. 108. Bridges. 109. Glob. 110. Glob 2. 111. Mixture. 112. Blended. 113. Separator. 114. Loser. 115. More! 116. Soaker. 117. Melting Ice. 118. Attractive. 119. Twisted. 120. Foamy. 121. Hisssssss! 122. Puffer. 123. Sudsy. 124. Acid Testing. PART IV. Earth Science. 125. Around. 126. Only One. 127. Time Line. 128. Drifters. 129. Normal. 130. Small Portion. 131. Soil. 132. Straight Through. 133. Splat! 134. Mudflow. 135. Compact. 136. Cemented. 137. Recycled Rock. 138. Fire Rocks. 139. Hot Spot. 140. Turn Aside. 141. Fly Away. 142. Eye of the Storm. 143. Cloud Maker. 144. Raindrops. 145. Water Cycle. 146. Open and Closed. 147. Holder. 148. Pressed. 149. Reducer. 150. Down Under. 151. Streamers. 152. Rise and Fall. 153. Washout. 154. Overflow? 155. Below the Surface. 156. Coming Up! 157. Percolate. 158. Sinker. 159. Erupting Volcano. 160. Magma Flow. 161. Shaker. 162. Fill Er Up. 163. Pollution Dilution. 164. Runoff. PART V. Physics. 165. Unreal. 166. Backward. 167. Outward. 168. Inward. 169. To the Point. 170. Beyond. 171. Within. 172. Stored. 173. Cooling. 174. Cold Skin. 175. Thermometer. 176. Gravity. 177. Weightless? 178. Roller. 179. Balancing Act. 180. Equal Arms. 181. Stable. 182. Contact. 183. Bumpy. 184. Slider. 185. No Rubbing. 186. Stand Up. 187. Twang. 188. Bounce Back. 189. Louder. 190. High or Low? 191. Shorter. 192. Spread Out. 193. Flipper. 194. Riser. 195. Pull Away. 196. Same Kind. 197. Thin Skin. 198. Surface Film. 199. Wetter. 200. Spread. 201. Speedy. 202. Stop! 203. Constant. 204. Hero s Engine. Glossary. Index.