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ScienceWiz(R) Charge -- what a shocking experience! Build electrostatic devices that manipulate charge. Generate sparks. Spew a confetti fountain. Propel objects with electrostatics. Spin an electrostatic motor. Ring a Franklin bell. An exploration of electrical charge is fundamental to understanding science and STEM topics. It should not be skipped. An understanding of charge allows children to actually explain why ice floats; why sugar dissolves in water and oil does not; how water can be piped up from the ground into the tree tops; how some insects can walk on water; and why electrical currents flow. The fields of chemistry, biology, physics and electrical engineering cannot be understood without an understanding of charge. This fully illustrated 40 page book has intrepid builders make 6 electrostatic devices including an electroscope, a Leyden jar, as well as a hair raising Van de Graaff Generator. Once built, children use these devices to do 15 exciting experiments, including generating sparks, spinning an electrostatic motor and spewing a confetti fountain.

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Penny Norman, Ph.D. earned a doctoral degree in Biophysics from U.C. Berkeley. She became involved with the development of primary grade science materials through volunteer work, which she began as her own children started school. During this process she became deeply concerned about the limited exposure of elementary age students to the physical sciences. Her concern has translated into a 20 year effort to test and revamp science materials for the primary grades. Her work with children developed into a product line initially under the auspices of grants from the National Science Foundation and the Franklin Foundation. Her published titles reflect Dr. Norman's extensive testing and involvement with children and teachers and her love and commitment to both. Ann Einstein, M.A.T. from George Washington University in Washington D.C., was a teacher in the Berkeley Unified School District. She has been involved with the education of children for most of her adult career as a director of early childhood education programs, as a teacher in gifted and talented programs and most recently as an elementary education teacher. She has been an editor of the ScienceWiz(TM) Books since 1994 when she edited the ElectroWiz(TM) Electricity book. Ann brings a clarity of mind and the capacity to see things through a child's eyes to the editing process. To quote an Einstein of an earlier generation: We never cease to stand like curious children before the great Mystery into which we were born. - Albert Einstein

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