101 Incredible Experiments for the Weekend Scientist

by Rob Beattie

A treasure trove of bright ideas guaranteed to give you hours of fun, this book will bring out the secret sorcerer and scientist in all of us.

Genres: Science

128 pages

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Jen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is filled with tons of great experiments - most of which can be done with ordinary household items. Some are very simple and take very little effort (dissolving the shell of an egg). Some are a bit more involved but have really great products (making your own radio using an old plastic bottle and some wire). I haven't had a chance to try very many of these experiements, but the ones I have tried have worked really well. The best part of the book is that it has a section at the end of each experiment that explains the "how" and "why" of what happened. This is a great teaching tool that I will be using in my classroom.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked the experiments given in this book. I plan on becoming a chemistry Escher so a few of these might come in handy. The real reason I got the book though was because my fiancée is a kindergarten teacher and I thought that some of these experiments would be good to introduce them to science. I found quite a few that I could use. Plus a lot of them just looked fun for me to try in my free time :) the only gripe I might have about the book is that there were only 101 experiments

[Josh Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a decent little selection of sciency experiments and weekend projects. many of the projects can be greatly improved if you know what you're doing but it does a decent job of keeping things simple and layman.

If you are like me and know a lot about Physics and Chemistry you may find it a little too simplistic.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots and lost of little experiments that may prove useful when doing teen programming for the library.