From physics to forensics, from the largest clouds to the tiniest ants, from Issac Newton to elephant dung, "Exploratopia" overflows with things readers can explore using the simplest, everyday items, such as eggs, paper clips, soda bottles, vinegar, and plastic cups. Kids will love these innovative activities and will have fun learning all at the same time.

Exploratopia: More than 400 kid-friendly experiments and explorations for curious minds

Children's Books

The Exploratorium

Literature & Fiction

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Hey kids! Explore the weird world inside your head! Follow the Exploratorium's intrepid Science-at-Home team on an exciting adventure into an amazing and mysterious world-- inside your own brain! The journey will take you through the dark tunnels of the Caverns of Memory, the twisted paths of the Forest of Hidden Surprises, and into the intriguing mysteries of the Puzzle House. Each step on the journey leads to more fun. Look for our notebooks along the way. In them, you'll find: * Experiments that surprise you with how good-- and bad-- you memory is * Brain-bending puzzles, and tips to make you a great puzzle solver * Mind-twisting riddles that will keep you thinking for hours * New tricks and twists for playing games you already know * Ideas for making your own puzzles that you can use to stump your friends * Optical illusions that will fool your eyes and your brain * And many, many more fun ways to challenge and explore your brain Come along on an adventure into your mind. Join the team and become a Brain Explorer!

The Brain Explorer (Exploratorium at Home)

Murphy, Pat

Klages, Ellen

Exploratorium

Shore, Linda

Tesler, Pearl

Science, Nature & How It Works

Holt Paperbacks

What makes your garden grow? Mia Amato offers a basketful of tips on understanding everything from basic soil chemistry to the inner life of plants.

The Garden Explored (Accidental Scientist)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Amato, Mia

Gardening & Landscape Design

In a light, anecdotal, but highly informative style, seasoned cooking writers reveal the unexpected and always practical science of the kitchen. Covered are such subjects as the amazing alchemy of granules and powders, the astonishing egg, the effects on food of different cooking methods, the biology and psychology of flavor, the remarkable chemistry of doughs, spices, and much, much more. Amusing anecdotes, sidebars and illustrations en-liven the text. Throughout, there are "cook's queries," quick tips, and even recipes that will delight anyone interested in becoming a more knowledgable cook.

The Inquisitive Cook: Discover the Unexpected Science of the Kitchen (Accidental Scientist an Exploratorium Book)

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Wilson, Sue

Gardiner, Anne

Cooking Education & Reference

Let science blow your mind with the Exploratorium! Take a good look around: The ho-hum spots you inhabit every day are actually secret laboratories full of fascinating and eye-popping wonder—from the instant you wake up to the time you nod off at night! Discover these awe-inspiring scientific playgrounds with Exploralab—the hands-on, action-packed activity guide from the world’s most beloved and fun-filled laboratory of all, the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Exploralab contains tons of way-cool tools of inquiry to help kids get in on the science fun, including: • a magnifier • reflective paper • fabric swatches • an erasable whiteboard • textured paper • a spinning disc • polarizing filters • colored acetate sheets • and glow-in-the-dark ink!

Exploralab

Weldon Owen

Ever look at the sky and wonder what makes it so blue? Or watch shadows shrink and grow as the day goes on? Find out the answers to these questions (plus 38 more!) with a book that explores color and light. Shine a Light on Light Itself! From mesmerizing colored shadows to groovy glow-stick dissections, from totally cool laser play to DIY kaleidoscopic reflections, Exploring the Science of Light is a kid-friendly, hands-on discovery guide for investigating light, color, and optics. Brought to you by the world’s most beloved and fun-filled laboratory of all, the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

Exploring the Science of Light: 30+ Illuminating Experiments and Colorful Science Activities

Arts, Music & Photography

Did you know that your kitchen is actually a secret laboratory where tons of crazy-cool science goes down every day? Or that your fridge is jam-packed with chemistry materials? Join the world-famous Exploratorium for 30+ delicious discoveries, including the science of food, cooking, baking, nutrition, and taste. The Exploratorium’s Exploring Kitchen Science is your hands-on guide to exploring all the tasty chemistry that goes on all around you—from burning a peanut to understand how calories work to making blinking rock candies with LEDs inside, from cooking up oobleck as a wild and wacky lesson in matter to making ice cream with dry ice! Watch Mentos and Diet Coke explode, Styrofoam shrink in a pressure cooker, and marshmallows duke it out. Make dyes from onionskins, tangy and yeasty sourdough bread, noodles of fruit, pickles a power source, and glow-in-the-dark Jello. Use cabbage juice as a pH indicator and salt and olive oil as a lava lamp. Whip up tasty treats while you explore all the unexpected science that’s going on inside your very own kitchen. Cook, mix and microwave your way through Exploring Kitchen Science and learn some cool stuff along the way.

Exploring Kitchen Science: 30+ Edible Experiments and Kitchen Activities

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