Potato Chip Science: 29 Incredible Experiments Contributor(s): Kurzweil, Allen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761148256 ISBN-13: 9780761148258 Publisher: Workman Publishing
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: September 2010 Annotation: This wildly imaginative kit introduces more than 30 experiments using potato chips, potatoes, chip bags, tubes, and lids. In addition, more than a dozen items used in the "snacktivities" are packaged in the bag. Full color. Pkg. Consumable. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Experiments & Projects - Juvenile Nonfiction | Activity Books - General |
Dewey: 507 |
LCCN: 2010035682 |
Age Level: 8-12 |
Grade Level: 3-7 |
Lexile Measure: 1050 IG (Illustrated Guide) |
Physical Information: 3.88" H x 7.75" W x 12.75" L (0.71 lbs) 96 pages |
Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/28/2010 Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2010 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: You won't believe what you can learn from a potato chip There's a new branch of science in town--Potato Chip Science--a grab-bag of nourishing lessons in everything from physics to forensics, from navigation to neuroscience. Packaged up in actual potato chip bag is an experimental world cooked up for kids who like science, and snacks, and snacking on science. Filled with whole brain goodness, this kit features 29 different snacktivities based entirely on the planet's most miraculous munchies. We bet you can't try just one You won't believe what's in the bag
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Contributor Bio(s): Kurzweil, Allen: - Allen Kurzweil is the author of Leon and the Champion Chip--the second in a series of young-reader novels--in which he first explored the idea of a science curriculum based on the potato chip. Mr. Kurzweil has also written two award-winning novels for adults, A Case of Curiosities and The Grand Complication. Currently a fellow at the John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization at Brown University, he lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife and son, Max, his potato chip science collaborator and beta-tester. |
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