365 Awesome Science Experiments
Estelle Longfield (Editor), Glen Singleton (Illustrator)
Best Experiment
Meteorites and Craters
Drop marbles into a dish of powder to demonstrate how meteorites form on land. By changing the size of the meteorites and the distance dropped you can see how the impact changes.
Why we love it:
This experiment lends itself to connections curious minds might make as an alternative application such as hail on a car, rain on a pond, and more. With the simplicity of this experiment, you can follow through with just about any follow-up question someone might want to know: 'What if the meteorite fell in the water,' change the substance; 'What if the meteorite was huge,' change the size; 'What if I threw the rock,' change the speed the object falls. So many options here!
Unique Experiment
My Own Plane Wing
Understand Bernulis' principle concretely by making a plane wing rise with your breath.
Why we love it:
I've created entire science shows about how flight happens, but this simple experiment was new to me. It is useful as a good first look at Bernulis' principle on the way to understanding why it works and helps prove the common misconception that plane engines keep the plane flying.
Don't Believe the Hype
There may be 365 ACTIVITIES in this book, but they are not all awesome.Some "experiments" are as simple as 'sort fruit by size, which was the biggest?' The range of stuff in here is wide from awesome to did that teach anything?
The science explanation is barebones, most activities allocate 1 sentence to saying what is happening and almost none explain why. (I mean it's one sentence, how could you add much?
Takeaways
This is more of a workbook to check off that you have tried the teaching concept.