This title contains 40 tried and tested experiments, some classic with up-to-the-minute variations, and some entirely new. Scientific principles are shown in action as well as in photographs of their everyday applications. The experiments are all safe to do, use household materials, are manageable but absorbing, and offer rewarding results. Readers are told how long each experiment lasts, what materials are needed, and what the results mean. Eye-catching illustrations and engaging text make this a perfect book for the budding scientist!

 

This book is part of a book series called Hands On Science .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Pan Macmillan .

Dr Peter Mellett is a former science teacher who has worked as an editor, writer and consultant on many children's and adult educational books.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction and safety tips; basic properties; what makes matter?; matter, heat and electricity; solids, liquids and gases; changes of state; mixing materials; separating mixtures; chemical changes; reactions; materials gallery - wood and paper; fibres; rocks and soils; metals; crystals; new materials; material life cycles.