Item Description

For children ages 5 through 10

This award-winning kit features 35 of those candle making, water squirting, freezing thawing, glop and mud pie experiments every child should do to explore the matter of matter. Includes a full-color 40 page instruction book and materials.

• Make candles
• Squirt with water pressure
• Squeeze an egg into a bottle
• Capture a CO2 explosion
• Grow crystals
• Sink and float an egg
• Dye flowers from the inside
• Expand and contract with freezer fun

Ages: 5 to 10 years If you want your children to love science, this is a good place to start.
Original design funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation

Author: Penny Norman, Ph.D.
Editor: Ann Einstein
Penny Norman (Ph.D. Biophysics from U.C. Berkeley) and Ann Einstein (M.A.T. Berkeley School District) have refined this title with input from many hundreds of children. The award winning imaging of Art Huff has made this book an all time favorite. This delightful book and kit combines hours of play with basic science. Nurtures a love for learning and develops an accessibility to science.

Note from the author: When my children were small they tested the experiments that went into this book. We sorted through many, many projects and picked our favorites. It was very difficult, given all there was to choose from. When my children went to college, they both loved Chemistry. I took a lot of chemistry classes, but I never loved it the way my children do. I think this book had a lot to do with their interest in chemistry. My daughter has graduated with honors from Stanford. My son got a 5 on his Chemistry AP exam. More importantly, he has always felt that he could master science. I pass our love and attention to this book onto you and your children. Have fun and never shut your mind to learning.