Science in Seconds for Kids: Over 100 Experiments You Can Do in Ten Minutes or Less - Softcover

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SAM STIER is Founding Director of The Center for Learning with Nature (www.LearningWithNature.org), and teaches at the Whitacre College of Engineering (Texas Tech University) and Otis College of Art and Design. He is the author of the acclaimed curriculum Engineering Inspired by Nature, and has inspired and equipped thousands of K-12 teachers through professional development, curricula, and public speaking.

JEAN POTTER is an experienced early childhood teacher, consultant, and award-winning author of many children's activity books such as Nature in a Nutshell for Kids and Snacktivities. She has served as the Assistant Secretary of Education for the U.S. Department of Education and as the Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Share the wonders of science with engaging, low-prep experiments about air, color, energy, the human body, and more

Science in Seconds for Kids contains more than 100 quick and easy experiments that let you explore science practically anywhere. Children will be fascinated when you make lightning in a room, keep paper dry underwater, create a water rainbow on the floor, pop a balloon with a magnifying glass, and much more. Written by highly experienced authors and educators, this user-friendly book provides step-by-step instructions and full-color illustrations to get you up and running right away. Each experiment includes a detailed list of the materials you need, most of which you already have in your home, backyard, or school.

Science in Seconds for Kids has been delighting and educating children in thousands of classrooms and family rooms for more than two decades. This updated Second Edition features numerous new and revised experiments that reflect the science and technology of the digital era while presenting expanded context for scientific concepts. The activities cover a range of subject areas, including air, animals, colors, gravity, energy, light, machines, the human body, magnetism, and weather. With the help of this book, your students will be learning scientific principles, asking questions, making observations, and drawing conclusions in no time—and have fun doing it.