Stomp Rockets, Catapults, and Kaleidoscopes

30+ Amazing Science Projects You Can Build for Less than $1

Curt Gabrielson

• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Year: 2008
• eBook ISBN:
  9781613742969
• Edition: 1

Kids will learn how things they encounter every day operate by building their own models with this hands-on activity book. Projects include building a working model of the human hand's muscles, bones, and tendons using drinking straws, tape, and string; using a pair of two-liter bottles and a length of rubber tubing to learn how a toilet flushes; and discovering how musical instruments make sounds by fashioning a harmonica, saxophone, drum, flute, or oboe. All devices are designed to use recycled or nearly free materials and common tools. Kids are encouraged to modify and improve the designs, or create an entirely new device using the concepts explored. Each project includes materials and tools lists, step-by-step instructions with photographs, a summary of the science concept demonstrated, and follow-up questions to gauge student understanding for use in the classroom.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• INTRODUCTION
• HOLIDAY LIGHT CIRCUIT
• CRANE
• ELECTRIC CAR
• ELECTROSTATICS
• MAGNETIC SPINNER
• Solenoid and Speaker
• CHIRPING BIRD AND CUICA
• MUSCIA: Saxophone, Harmonica, Guitar, Bull Roarer, Obole and Sucker
• XYLOPHONE AND MARIMBA
• KALEIDOSCOPE
• THAUMATROPE
• BALANCING ACTS
• CATAPULT
• DANGLING SPINNER
• MINI-BOT
• RUBBER BAND RACER
• VOLADORES DE PAPANTIA (“Birdmen of Papantia”)
• AIRPLANES
• FLYING FISH
• HELICOPTERS
• HYDRAULIC BUTTERFLY
• STOMP ROCKETS
• TOILET
• TORNADO
• EYE MODEL
• FINGERS OF THE HAND
• HEART PUMP
• LUNG MODEL
• CARTESIAN DIVERS
• OIL ON WATER
• GAK AND OOBLECK
• Bringing these Projects in to the Classroom
• About the Watsonville Environment Science Workshop
• Index