Special Features: Cahners Business Information 2000 Gr 4-6-These 47 experiments include such standards as growing crystals, testing acids and bases, and separating liquids by density. While some of the activities are challenging, many are very simple, limiting their usefulness as science projects. For example, readers are instructed to use different sets of building toys to show how building pieces from the same "family" fit together, thus demonstrating how similar elements combine in the periodic table. Others may not be appropriate for a school fair, such as the one in which students are asked to hypothesize which of two bottles of soda will give off more carbon dioxide gas when opened. Each project is accompanied by at least one simple black-and-white line drawing. Janice VanCleave's Chemistry for Every Kid contains more experiments and has a more appealing layout, and Robert Gardner's Science Projects about Chemistry includes more detailed explanations and experiments.-Maren Ostergard, Bellevue Regional Library, WA?
Special Features: Cahners Business Information 2000 Gr 4-6-These 47 experiments include such standards as growing crystals, testing acids and bases, and separating liquids by density. While some of the activities are challenging, many are very simple, limiting their usefulness as science projects. For example, readers are instructed to use different sets of building toys to show how building pieces from the same "family" fit together, thus demonstrating how similar elements combine in the periodic table. Others may not be appropriate for a school fair, such as the one in which students are asked to hypothesize which of two bottles of soda will give off more carbon dioxide gas when opened. Each project is accompanied by at least one simple black-and-white line drawing. Janice VanCleave's Chemistry for Every Kid contains more experiments and has a more appealing layout, and Robert Gardner's Science Projects about Chemistry includes more detailed explanations and experiments.-Maren Ostergard, Bellevue Regional Library, WA?