Overview
"ScienceWiz(R) Inventions: This multi-award winning book and kit uses everyday materials to build A spinning motor A clicking telegraph A light-flashing generator A real radio. The use of simple materials (no plastic required) helps to demystify the ""why"" as well as the ""how."" The step by step, fully-illustrated, 40 page book makes the projects very doable and the explanations easy to understand. Imagine building a working radio using only aluminum foil, wire and a diode. That's it. No battery required. Now make a spinning motor using only paper clips, a magnet, a bit of wire and a battery. Light a bulb by spinning a coil of wire next to a bar magnet. Make a telegraph click and send coded messages to a friend using just two paper clips, a nail, wire and a battery. Every day materials, indeed! These are all inventions with coils. With these inventions you can explore the discoveries of Michael Faraday and Nikola Tesla, two scientists whose work led to the creation of the electrical grid."
Full Product Details
Author: Penny Norman ,
Ann Einstein
Publisher: Sciencewiz
Imprint: Sciencewiz
Dimensions:
Width: 20.60cm
, Height: 3.80cm
, Length: 26.20cm
Weight: 0.422kg
ISBN: 9781958398036
ISBN 10: 1958398039
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 01 March 1997
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Wired Magazine Review by Kathy Ceceri titled: ScienceWiz Inventions Kit has Projects that Actually Work. In the review Kathy said, ScienceWiz kits use simple materials and simple techniques that are pretty much foolproof. And they come with book-size, full-color illustrated instructions that are easy to follow. What's more, the books contain enough background information to explain the science behind the project without overwhelming the beginner. Women's Society of the IEEE after using it for camp programs for elementary school students. The IEEE's review boasted, The projects actually WORK....even for large groups where individualized attention is not possible.
"Wired Magazine Review by Kathy Ceceri titled: ""ScienceWiz Inventions Kit has Projects that Actually Work."" In the review Kathy said, "" ScienceWiz kits use simple materials and simple techniques that are pretty much foolproof. And they come with book-size, full-color illustrated instructions that are easy to follow. What's more, the books contain enough background information to explain the science behind the project without overwhelming the beginner."" Women's Society of the IEEE after using it for camp programs for elementary school students. The IEEE's review boasted, ""The projects actually WORK....even for large groups where individualized attention is not possible."""
Author Information
"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"
