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Cobb, Vicki , Darling, Kathy Kelley, True, Illustrator

Don't Try This at Home!: Science Fun for Kids on the Go

175 pp. January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-688-14856-5
(4) 4-6 Numerous outdoor and classroom activities are described, ranging from building stink bombs to creating "lawn graffiti" to dowsing for water. The authors try too hard to appeal to the non-science crowd with pseudo-hip language and projects of very dubious scientific merit. The activities will appeal to kids, but some require hard-to-obtain items such as Van de Graaff generators. Ind.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

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