Exploratopia: More than 400 Kid-Friendly Explorations and Experiments for Curious Minds

From physics to forensics, from the largest clouds to the tiniest ants, from Issac Newton to elephant dung, "Exploratopia" overflows with things readers can explore using the simplest, everyday items, such as eggs, paper clips, soda bottles, vinegar, and plastic cups. Kids will love these innovative activities and will have fun learning all at the same time.

Want to learn how to mummify a hot dog? Break secret codes? Launch a rocket? From physics to forensics, from the hugest clouds to the tiniest ants, from Isaac Newton to elephant dung, Exploratopia overflows with things you can explore using the simplest everyday items, such as eggs, paper clips, soda bottles, vinegar, and plastic cups. It not only explains the ideas and background behind each project, it helps you figure out why something is the way it is and how to go into new and different directions, adding creativity to science and perception to fact.

For years, the Exploratorium's visitors have been asking for a book that allows them to experience the fun of the same kinds of interactive experiments that they do at the museum. At last, here is that book.

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The paper-over-board Exploratopia by Pat Murphy et al. begins with a close study of a few human body parts (eyes, ears, nose, hands, brain) then invites readers to venture into the backyard, to the beach and more. Along the way, the authors suggest taste tests, ways to improve memory, how to measure waves and other activities. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

The Exploratorium, founded by noted physicist and educator Dr. Frank Oppenheimer in 1969, is an internationally renowned, interactive museum that sees more than 600,000 visitors every year. It was the first museum to encourage visitors to experiment for themselves, and it houses more than 650 hands-on exhibits within San Francisco's historic Palace of Fine Arts.