Potato Chip Science

Zusatztext "A new wrinkle - or should it be crinkle? - on the kitchen-table science fair." - Buffalonews.com Informationen zum Autor Allen Kurzweil is the author of Leon and the Champion Chip —the second in a series of young-reader novels—in which he first explored the idea of a science curriculum based on the potato chip. Mr. Kurzweil has also written two award-winning novels for adults, A Case of Curiosities and The Grand Complication . Currently a fellow at the John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization at Brown University, he lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife and son, Max, his potato chip science collaborator and beta-tester. Klappentext As irresistible as a potato chip! this one-of-a-kind book-packaged in a potato chip bag!-shows kids how to do 30 experiments all using potatoes! potato chips! potato chip bags! or potato chip canisters and lids. Learn how to make potato chips dance or build your own balloon-powered chip train. Accompanied by a handy set of items to aid in experiments! POTATO CHIP SCIENCE offers 30 different projects in a manner perfect for scientists ages 8 to 12. The perfect book for any curious kid-whether science-challenged or science-loving. So much fun! no one will suspect how educational it is. A new wrinkle or should it be crinkle? on the kitchen-table science fair. - Buffalonews.com Zusammenfassung Introduces dozens of experiments using potato chip bags, potato chips, lids, tubes, and spuds. This book includes experiments, modifications, scientific principles, and saturated facts.

Product details

• Authors: Allen Kurzweil
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 30.09.2011, delayed
• EAN: 9780761148258
• ISBN: 978-0-7611-4825-8
• No. of pages: 96
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Activity Books, Kinder/Jugendliche: Sachbuch: Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Children's Books / Ages 9-12 Science, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Experiments & Projects, SCIENCE / Experiments & Projects, Interactive & activity books & packs, Children’s interactive and activity books and kits, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Activity Books / General, Scientific equipment, experiments and techniques