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Tables of Contents for 365 Super Science Experiments With Everyday Materials
Chapter/Section Title
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Introduction
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4
Beating the Heat
18
6
Make a Foil Lamp Shade
Step on a Crack
Day and Night in a Can
Decorate a Hat
Melt a Kiss
Color Me Warm
Birds on a Wire
Why Is There Air?
24
11
The Collapsing Bottle
The Wonderful Whistle-Stick
The Talking Coin
The Incredible Shrinking Face
Launch Your Own Astronauts
The Trick Straw Race
The Collapsing Tent
Make a Parachute
The Singing Balloon
The Rising Notebook Trick
Air-Head Person
Real String Soap in a Bottle
Underwater Eggspert
Acupuncture Balloon
``Boil, Boil Magical Water''
Water, Water, Everywhere!
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17
``I Was Here First!''
Flowing Fountain
Two Water Towers
``I Think I'll Eat Worms''
The Power of Water
Ice Boat Float
The Floating Glass
Disappearing Salt
``Freeze Me and I'll Burst!''
1 + 1 Does Not Always = 2
``Give Me Room!''
The Shrinking Molecule
Shy Blue
Make a ``Dropper''
Square Bubbles from Square Holes?
More Than Enough
Water ``Glue''
Stick Together, Stay Together
Fishing for ``Clippies''
Water-Drop Art
Oil versus Water
Make a Waterwheel
Deep-Bottle Diver
The Warm and Cold of It
Make a Purple People-Eater
Seeing the Light
52
4
Sometimes Bigger Is Better
Make Your Own Movie Screen
The Reappearing Penny
Big Bold Letters
Amazing 3-Ring Light Show
Sounds Like Fun
56
9
Deep ``C'', High ``C''
Catching Sound
The Amazing Hum-o-comb
Was It Ripped or Torn?
Make Your Own Sound Studio
The Silence of Snow
Cigar-Box Guitar
Dance, Sprinkles, Dance
Natural Vibrations
Musical Nails
Make a Megaphone
Dancing Cereal Puffs
Wild Animal Calls
A Matter of Gravity
65
4
Feel the Force
Which Drops Faster?
Find the Center of Gravity
Wacky Ball
Anti-Gravity Magic
Physics Mix
69
5
The Deep, Dark Hole
A Gyroscope in Your Pocket
The Kissing Balloons
Make a Balloon Rocket
The Magic Water Bucket
Pendulum Sand Painting
It's Crystal Clear
74
6
Sparkling Soda
Astronomical White Asteroids
Crazy Cave Icicles
The Diamond Mine
Blue Moon Rocks
Rocky Mountains
The Gem Show
Hi, Sugar!
The Lab: CO2 and You
80
5
Dynamite Dumplings
How to Make a Manometer
The Care and Use of Your Manometer
CO2 Uplift
Kitchen Alchemy
85
7
Spicy Infusion
Give An Infusion Party
Butter Me Up
``Emulsional'' about Mayonnaise
In a Pickle
Atoms Apple
Lemon Aid
Herb Dressing: To Be or Not to Be?
I Scream!
Endothermic Frozen Treat: Cranberry Lemon Snow
Maple Snow Sugar
Batter on the Moon
I've Got a Crush on You
Food for Thought
92
8
Tasting through Your Nose
Some Like it Hot
Wilting a Cucumber
Too Many Potato Chips!
Too Salty!
What Pot?
Which Boils Faster---Salted or Plain Water?
Poached Egg Physics
Salt versus the Sweet Stuff
Freezing Salt and Sugar
The Candy Trap
The Cookie Test
Green Broccoli and Other Vegetables
100
15
The Vegetable Game
How to Feed Celery
Storing Carrots
No Way to Treat a Lettuce
Taming an Onion
Taking the Starch Out of a Potato!
Potato Race
Milking a Potato
Potato Soup
Why Do Some Vegetables Smell Bad?
Keeping of the Green
Looking Good but Feeling Rotten!
Cold or Hot
Keeping a Lid On
There Must Be a Better Way!
Colorful Carrot
About Legumes
Culling
Tough Cook, Tender Beans
Sprouting Beans
Fruit of the Vine and Other Places
115
7
Bite or Bake?
Bursting an Apple
Apple in a Cookie Jar
One End is Sweeter!
How to Ripen a Fruit
Getting Juice from a Lemon
Rescuing an Apple
Not in the Refrigerator
Powerful Pineapple
Currying Flavor with a Lime
How to Make Vinegar
Grain: The Staff of Life
122
13
What is Toast?
Science for Breakfast
Why Not Eat Flour Raw?
Popping Popcorn
Gluten: The Sticky Story
Popovers: Gluten in Action
Hidden Sugar
Alice's Magic Pill
The Sugar Eater
Just Right
The Pizza Test
About Baking Soda
About Baking Powder
Powder Versus Soda
Model Muffins
Weather and Cookies
Making Food Last
135
6
Hocus-Pocus---Raisins
Freezing Herbs
To Freeze or Not to Freeze
Preserving a Pear
Little Miss Muffet
Talking About Time
141
3
Now and Then
Time to Wake Up
The Time of Your Life
How Long Is a Minute?
Telling Time by the Moon
144
6
Calendar Timeline
Moon Time
Different Drummers
String Calendar
Perpetual Calendar
The Wobbly Week
Telling Time by the Sun
150
8
Sundial Timeline
Where Does My Shadow Go?
Why Am I Sometimes Very Tall?
Shadow Watch
Shadow Timepiece
What's the Angle?
Hand Dial
Noon Marks
Time Zones
Cloudy Day and Night Timetellers
158
5
Cloudy Day Timeline
Candle Timekeeper
By A Nose!
Water Clock
Having It Both Ways
A Knotty Problem
Hourglass Timekeepers
Invent Your Own Clock
Telling Time by the Stars
163
5
Star Timeline
Cereal Box Planetarium
The Sky As Compass
Star Map
Some Timetelling Stars
Star Time
Mechanical Clocks
168
8
Mechanical Clock Timeline
Yo-Yo Clock
Get in Gear
Why Clocks Count to Twelve
Jewel As Cushions
Pendulum Clocks
Railroad Timetable
Daylight Savings Time
International Date Line
Super Clocks
176
8
Super Clock Timeline
Electric Clocks
Make an Electric Motor
Charged!
Coin Battery
Quartz Crystal Clocks
The Piezoelectric Effect
Digital Clocks
Glowing in the Dark
Timing the Past: The Radioactive Clock
Atomic Clocks
Time Machines---and More
Under Ground
184
14
Rock and Roll
It's a Dirty Job...
Soak It Up
Deeper and Deeper
Nutrients Away
Making Bricks
A Crystal Garden
From Dust to Dust
Erosion Explosion
Stem the Tide
Did You Know?
Compact and Loose
Well, Well, Well
From Shore to Shore
More than You Know
Ocean Motion
You Crack Me Up!
Drip, Drip, Drip
Don't Rain on My Parade
Acid Soil
Did You Know?
Plenty of Plants
198
14
Hey, What's Inside?
Help Me Out
Swell Time
Top to Bottom
A Growing Enterprise
Hawaiian Harvest
Green Highways
The Name Game
Water In, Water Out
Don't Crowd Me
Breathe Deeply
Follow That Light
Hanging On
See Me Grow
Flower Power
A Powerful Force
Hold That Mold
My Bud-Bud-Buddy
Adopt a Tree
Plants Breathe, Too
Did you Know?
I'm Impressed
Wonderful Wildlife
212
17
Feathered Friends
Well Fed
Feed Me, I'm Yours!
Woodside Restaurant
World's Greatest Birdfood
Home Sweet Home
Look Ma, No Hands!
Worm World
Creepy Crawlies
The Ants Go Marching...
Cricket Critters
Web Warriors
Net Gain
Mealworm Magic
Bee Home, Be Careful
Sea Shrimp at the Seashore
Can't See Me!
I'm All Yours!
Track record
Sound Off
Did You Know?
Ecosystems Near and Far
229
6
Life in a Square
Houses and Homes
Happy Habitat
A Simple Community
My Own Backyard
Bags of Bananas
It's Absolutely Degrading!
Did you Know?
Nature Problems to Solve
235
8
A Plethora of Pollution
Eggs Over Easy
Oil Change
Not in My Air!
A Band of Bands
Acid from the Skies
That Cookie is ``Mine''
Gumming up the Works
Did You Know?
Making a Difference
You're on the Air
243
18
Ruler's Uprising
Blowhard
Let's Wing It!
Foiled Again!
Oddballs
High Rollers: A Big Wind!
Whirlybird
Twirly-Whirlies
Rotor Motor
An American Yank
I'm Banking On You!
Meter-Made
Tailspin
Flap-Happy
Flight Pattern
What's All the Flap About?
Forward March
A ``Prop-er'' Engine: A Wheel Deal!
Traveling Bags: They're High and Mighty
261
4
Airbag Balancing Act
Toy Balloons and Old Bags: Still Rising to the Occasion
Spinning Wheel: It's Wheel Science at Work!
A Matter of Gravity
265
14
Cure-Ball Trajectory
Spooling Around
Weight Lifter: Stringing You Along!
The Big Three: Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune
Orbiter II: Operation Jupiter
The Big Three: Countdown!
Orbiter III; Operation Neptune
I Get Around
Slam Dunk
Gumdrop
Balance Beam & Airheads
Flight: Up in the Air?
Clipped Wings
Our Fantastic Mini-Box Kite
Build a Simple Kite! It's a Breeze!
Hightail It to the Bridle Party
Exploration in Outer Space? Out of This World!
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14
Signs from Space: An Emblematic Concern
Recentry Spalashdown
Moonscape I: Mark-It Research
Moonscape II: A Heavy Hitter
Moonscape III: Making a Good Impression
Moving Picture
Plan-It Plus
Plan-It!
Shuttle Wrap-Up: A Closed Case!
Thermal Underwear: A Heated Problem
Travel Agent
Space Food: Can't Keep It Down!
Man Your Station
So You Want to be an Astronaut
Designer Craft
Rocketry: The Three R's (Ready! Reaction! Replay!)
293
10
Rocket Scientists Don't Fuel Around
Designing a Rocket
Shuttled About
Line Item
Booster Shot
Completely Exhausted
Four Going Retro
Retrorocket I: Watch the Tube!
Retrorocket II: A Perfect Roll Model
Retrorocket III: Bully for You!
Retrorocket IV: You're Canceled!
Forging Retro
Glossary
303
4
Index
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