Busting Boredom with Experiments

by Jennifer Swanson

Feeling inventive? Get ready to bust boredom with wacky experiments! Learn how to create lightning bolts, build a catapult, and much more. With clear instructions and helpful photos, busting boredom with experiments has never been more fun.

32 pages, Library Binding

Published January 1, 2017

About the author

Science Rocks! And so do Jennifer Swanson’s books. She is the award-winning author of over 45 nonfiction books for children. Using her background in science and history that she received from the U.S. Naval Academy, and her M.S. in Education, Jennifer excels at taking complex facts and making them accessible, compelling, and humorous for young readers, Jennifer's passion for science resonates in in all her books but especially, Astronaut-Aquanaut: How Space Science and Sea Science Interact and BEASTLY BIONICS which both received Florida Book Awards and NSTA BEST STEM book awards. Her Save the Crash-test Dummies book received an NSTA BEST STEM Award and a Parent’s Choice GOLD Award. Jennifer has been a featured speaker at the Tucson Book Festival, National NSTA conferences, the Highlights Foundation, the World Science Festival (twice), the Atlanta Science Festival (twice) and the Library of Congress’ National Book Festival in 2019. You can find Jennifer through her website www.JenniferSwansonBooks.com.

Reviews

[Hilary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enthusiastic young scientists as well as reluctant inventors will enjoy this collection of easy-to-follow experiments that can be carried out with common household items. Instructions are clear and accompanied by helpful photographs. Swanson includes a summary of the scientific method. I followed directions for creating lightning in a bottle and how to build a catapult without mishap. Readers will find these, and the other remaining challenges, engaging and fun.