Science Rules!

Jan 30, 03:33 AM

If you think science is a snore, you need to WAKE UP! Check out the Internet, your brighter buddies, the evening news - everywhere you look you'll see science, science, science.

That's especially true in books for kids, because writers have finally discovered that science doesn't have to be all formulas; it can be about fun, too.

For instance, these two books from Lark Publishing: The Leaping, Sliding, Sprinting, Riding Science Book and Cool Chemistry Concoctions. Both show that science is really just another word for doing cool stuff.

Try "Synchronized Skateboard-ing," from The Leaping, Sliding...etc. Science Book. You'll see how trying to push your buddy off a skateboard (in a safe way, of course) is a great way to learn about physics.

Or look at "Powder-Powered Projectile" from Cool Chemistry Concoctions, which shows you how to combine water, over-the-counter stomach medicine, and an ordinary film canister to pop the top (in a safe way, of course).

Both books are packed with these kinds of activities, and understandable explanations of how they work. But be careful - you might learn something.

Cool Chemistry Concoctions

By Joe Rhatigan and Veronika Alice Gunter

Lark Books, New York

80 pages

The Leaping, Sliding, Sprinting, Riding Science Book

By Bobby Mercer

Lark Books, New York

Copyright Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society Jan/Feb 2008

(c) 2008 Children's Digest. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved. Science Rules!
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