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Paperback The Ben Franklin Book of Easy and Incredible Experiments: A Franklin Institute Science Museum Book

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ISBN: 0471076384

ISBN13: 9780471076384

The Ben Franklin Book of Easy and Incredible Experiments: A Franklin Institute Science Museum Book

Name: Ben&#39;s Experiments Are Great!
Item: The Ben Franklin Book of Easy and Incredible Experiments: A Franklin Institute Science Museum Book
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Book Overview

Learn about science the same way Ben Franklin did--by performing incredible experiments

Ben Franklin, the famous patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence, was also America's first great scientist. At a time when science was a mystery to most people, he performed incredible experiments that revealed amazing facts about light, heat, sound, electricity, the weather, and other aspects of the natural world.

Now the enormously popular Franklin Institute Science Museum shows you how to do your own exciting experiments Ben Franklin's way. He used common objects such as cooking oil, a glass bottle, or pieces of colored cloth to chart the Gulf Stream, predict the weather, or measure how much a molecule weighs. Using inexpensive, easy-to-find items, you'll discover how to:

Build an optical toy shop, including a prism, kaleidoscope, telescope, and periscope Make a weather station with a working barometer, hygrometer, and other homemade meteorological instruments Create an orchestra with flutes, water chimes, maracas, and a guitar you make yourself Build your own printing press and print documents on paper that you make in your own paper mill Perform these and dozens of other experiments at home, in the classroom, or as science fair projects--and enjoy the fun of it

The Franklin Institute Science Museum was built in 1934 in Ben Franklin's hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The first hands-on science museum ever, it offers people a chance to learn about science by experimenting with hundreds of exhibits, including a 20-foot model of the human heart, a 350-ton steam locomotive, and a working weather station.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0471076384

ISBN13:9780471076384

Release Date:July 1995

Publisher:Wiley

Length:144 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Age Range:8 to 12 years

Grade Range:Grades 3 to 7

Related Subjects

Children's Children's Books Experiments & Projects Science, Nature & How It Works

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Ben's Experiments Are Great!

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago

This is a wonderful book if you're looking for experiments that the kids can do safely and use household objects to do them with! A few items I did have to go to the store to buy but very few. Each chapter coincided with their own Science books whether it was weather or astrology. The only disappointing thing is the fact that there were no other books to form a series. NOW that would have been wonderful!