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Science lab experiments series 
Set of 6 books 32 pp each  
[Series ISBN 978-1-77008-511-4]

| Heat | Forces | Light and Sound | Electricity and Magnetism |
| Plants and other living things | Materials |

The Science lab experiments series shows you how to carry out simple and fun experiments. Clear, step-by-step instructions and photos guide you through each stage. There are explanations of special words used in science, and suggestions for further experiments.

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Heat

ISBN 978-1-77008-512-1

The Science lab experiments series shows how to carry out simple and fun experiments. This book looks at the ways that heat acts on materials. The experiments demonstrate how animals keep warm, how to make your own thermometer, how to build a hot air balloon and much, much more.

Trevor Cook

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Contents

  • Introduction

  • Materials and tools

  • Conduction

  • Convection

  • Radiation

  • Insulation

  • Keeping warm

  • The water cycle

  • Expansion

  • Solid water

  • Antifreeze?

  • Dissolving

  • Hot air balloon

  • Glossary

  • Index and Websites


Forces

ISBN 978-1-77008-513-8

The Science lab experiments series shows how to carry out simple and fun experiments. This book looks at forces, which are all the things that cause a push or a pull in our daily activities. Beat the force of gravity by swinging your arms, find out how a jet engine works, build a toy glider and much, much more.

Trevor Cook

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Contents

  • Introduction

  • Materials and tools

  • Gravity

  • Balancing forces

  • Air pressure

  • Cartesian diver

  • Jet propulsion

  • Buoyancy

  • The cotton-reel tank

  • Measuring forces

  • Air force

  • Surface tension

  • More balloon fun

  • Flying machine

  • Glossary

  • Index and Websites


Light and Sound

ISBN 978-1-77008-514-5

The Science lab experiments series shows you how to carry out simple and fun experiments. This book explores the nature of light and sound and how they differ. Make a Pepper’s ghost illusion, “see” with sound, build a periscope and much, much more.

Trevor Cook

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Contents

  • Introduction

  • Materials and tools

  • Light travels in straight lines

  • Refraction

  • Spectrum

  • Pepper’s ghost

  • “Fibre optics”

  • Mixing colours

  • Sound travel

  • “Seeing” sound

  • In tune?

  • Reflection of sound

  • Seeing around corners

  • Glossary

  • Index and Websites


Electricity and Magnetism

ISBN 978-1-77008-515-2

The Science lab experiments series shows how to carry out simple and fun experiments. This book explores electricity and magnetism, and how they relate to each other. Build a burglar alarm, make electricity from fruit and much, much more!

Trevor Cook

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Contents

  • Introduction

  • Materials and tools

  • Making a circuit

  • Conductors and insulators

  • Switches

  • More light!

  • Power up!

  • The lemon battery

  • Warning ~ this page is alarmed!

  • Attractive stuff

  • Invisible forces

  • North and south

  • The magnetic Earth

  • Elecromagnets

  • Glossary


Plants and other living things

ISBN 978-1-77008-516-9

The Science lab experiments series shows how to carry out simple and fun experiments. This book explores the essentials of life for plants and animals. Learn what plants need to grow, build a wormery, test your senses of smell and touch, and much, much more.

Trevor Cook

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Contents

  • Introduction

  • Materials and tools

  • What do seeds need to grow?

  • Plants and gravity

  • Transpiration

  • What do plants prefer?

  • Woodlouse house

  • A wormery

  • Microorganisms

  • More microorganisms

  • Sight

  • Hearing

  • Touch

  • Taste and smell

  • Glossary

  • Index and Websites


Materials

ISBN 978-1-77008-517-6

The Science lab experiments series shows how to carry out simple and fun experiments. This book explores materials such as gases and metals, looking at what they are and the effects that they can have. Create your own small volcano, learn to write with invisible ink, find out if air weighs anything and much, much more.

Trevor Cook

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Contents

  • Introduction

  • Materials and tools

  • Growing crystals

  • Acids and bases

  • Volcano!

  • Colour storm

  • Chromatography

  • Oxygen and burning

  • Invisible ink!

  • Density

  • Solid or liquid?

  • Making dyes

  • Does air weigh anything?

  • Magic paper?

  • Glossary

  • Index and Websites


 

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