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This Is Rocket Science: An Activity Guide: 70 Fun and Easy Experiments for Kids to Learn More About Our Solar System
Building a rocket and learning about science has never been easier with This Is Rocket An Activity Guide .
Fun experiments for kids and adults teach you how to build mind-blowing projects, each designed to show how mechanical science and astrophysics work from the inside out. Use everyday items like bottles, cardboard, glue and tape to build awesome rocket ships, paper spinners and mobile rocket launch pads, all while learning concepts like Newton’s Third Law of motion (for every action there is always an opposite and equal reaction), speed, gravity and air resistance. Kids learn to make scientific observations, ask questions, identify and classify and find answers to their questions, all while investigating space.
This book will feature 70 activities and 60 photographs.
Fun experiments for kids and adults teach you how to build mind-blowing projects, each designed to show how mechanical science and astrophysics work from the inside out. Use everyday items like bottles, cardboard, glue and tape to build awesome rocket ships, paper spinners and mobile rocket launch pads, all while learning concepts like Newton’s Third Law of motion (for every action there is always an opposite and equal reaction), speed, gravity and air resistance. Kids learn to make scientific observations, ask questions, identify and classify and find answers to their questions, all while investigating space.
This book will feature 70 activities and 60 photographs.
160 pages, Paperback
Published April 17, 2018
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December 26, 2018
Using fun activities to teach kids about science sounds like a great idea but the materials you need can be costly. Emma Vanstone has pulled together 70 easy to understand projects, the majority of them using materials you might have around home or that you could find at a dollar or budget shop. All of the projects could be done by 2+ people so if you have a friend with kids, pool your resources plus make it a playdate.
Some of the projects do require more expensive and specific materials. There is a single page of 'Resources" that give you some online places to shop but look around your town or other online sites, too, if you are looking for better deals. Again, pool resources with another family if this is a concern for you.
This sort of book would be great for homeschooling but I think it would also work for teachers in schools, for afterschool programs, community centers, or religious organizations, too. Plus there is no reason you couldn't do these with your kids during holidays or vacations or just on weekends as a way to have fun and learn together. These are fun to do for adults, too!
Some of the projects do require more expensive and specific materials. There is a single page of 'Resources" that give you some online places to shop but look around your town or other online sites, too, if you are looking for better deals. Again, pool resources with another family if this is a concern for you.
This sort of book would be great for homeschooling but I think it would also work for teachers in schools, for afterschool programs, community centers, or religious organizations, too. Plus there is no reason you couldn't do these with your kids during holidays or vacations or just on weekends as a way to have fun and learn together. These are fun to do for adults, too!
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