Mess up your hair and work on your crazy laugh, it's time to bringout your inner mad scientistFrom using a balloon to create a rocket, to powering bottles through the water with paddles, these tried and tested ideas will soon have you on your way to techno-wizardry. You'll also learn to spy on neighbors with a secret Spyscope, or look at your friends upside down with a pin-hole camera. All the projects use everyday materials, a brief fact file explains the science and technology, and there is extra information on nutty inventors and amazing machines."

 

This book is part of a book series called Creative Activities .

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by b small publishing limited .

Susan Martineau has a degree in French and started her career as a book editor with the BBC. She has written many children's non-fiction books and is married with two children. Illustrator: Martin Ursell teaches illustration at Chelsea School of Art. He has illustrated numerous books and has a convincing style in junior 'grossology'. Author: Susan Martineau is a freelance editor and her daughter Alice and son William are just the right age to test the artistic effectiveness of the projects.