Good Housekeeping Amazing Science

Book excerpt: Turn your kitchen into a laboratory with 80+ STEAM science experiments for kids ages 7-12, all using easy-to-find materials and ranked by a parent-friendly “mess-o-meter”! Join the experts at the Good Housekeeping Institute Labs on a science adventure! Ranging from quick and simple to more complex, these kids science experiments cover core STEAM concepts and feature step-by-step instructions, plus 200+ colorful photos. Using the scientific method, kids will tap into their superpowers of logic and deduction as they: • Build a solar oven and make s’mores • Create an active rain cloud in a jar • Use static electricity created with a balloon to power a light bulb • Grow your own vegetables—from scraps! • Investigate the forces that make an object sink or float • And so much more! Also featuring secondary experiments for further learning, incredible facts, and a “Mystery Solved!” section with simple explanations for each outcome, this sturdy hardcover is the perfect classroom resource or gift for aspiring biologists, chemists, physicists, engineers, and mathematicians.