Cheerful science: Books of experiences and experiments for children. Experiments and experiments Big encyclopedia of experiments and experiments for children

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Introduction

Everyone thinks that scientific experiments are carried out in special laboratories and only scientists do this. But we know it's not! After all, you probably have a lot of questions that you would so like to find answers to and check if they are correct. And how many mysteries you don't even know about yet! But you are lucky, because you are holding this unique book in your hands and with its help you can now safely engage in adult science!

- the experiment is carried out independently;

– experience is conducted only with parents.

Ahead of you are incredible chemical transformations, mysterious physical phenomena, unpredictable behavior of insects and plants, and much more. Successful experiments!

Experiments for children 5–6 years old

Milk palette

To get a new color, artists use palettes. Sometimes they are so colorful that they themselves become like paintings. You can mix colors not only on the palette, but also in milk.

What will be required: whole milk, food coloring, dishwashing detergent, cotton swabs, plate.

An experience

Only whole milk is suitable for the milk palette. Pour it into a bowl. Add a few drops of dyes. Choose different colors, then the effect will be much more interesting. Add dyes carefully so that they do not mix ahead of time.

Now it remains only to mix the colors. To do this, soak a cotton swab in dishwashing detergent. Touch its tip to the surface of the milk in the bowl.

Result

The milk starts to move and the colors mix.

Explanation

When you touch milk with a dishwashing detergent stick, you break surface tension. This leads to free movement of food colors and their mixing. In addition, dishwashing detergent reacts with fat molecules in milk. This drives the flows of milk with dyes even more strongly.

Getting fresh water

Why can't you drink sea water? It contains a large amount of salt, so it is not suitable for consumption. You can only drink fresh water. It is very interesting to get drinking fresh water from sea salt water.

What will be required: deep basin, warm water, salt, some pebbles, film, elastic band.

An experience

Take a deep basin and pour water into it. Mix a few tablespoons of salt in the water. Now you need to prepare a glass for drinking water.

Pour the washed pebbles (pebbles) into a clean plastic cup, then lower it into the basin. The glass should not float, but it is necessary that its edges are above the water level in the basin.

Pull the film over the pelvis and secure. Push the center of the film over the plastic cup a little. Put a couple of pebbles in the recess.

Result

Put the basin in the sun. After a few hours, a clear liquid will appear in the plastic cup. drinking water. Now you can not be afraid of thirst, because you already know how to get fresh water.

Explanation

When heated, the water from the basin begins to evaporate. Salt is heavier than water, so it does not evaporate. Pure water in the form of steam rises to the film and settles on it in droplets. Fresh water flows into the glass due to the inclination of the film.

bottle orchestra

There are many different musical instruments in the world. Sound can be obtained from almost any object. But not every sound turns into music. Let's make a well-coordinated orchestra from ordinary bottles.

What will be required: bottles of different sizes and shapes, water.

An experience

Open the bottles and place on a flat surface. Fill them with varying amounts of water. Now the concert can begin.

Result

Gently blow on the neck of the bottle. You will hear an interesting sound! If you blow on another bottle, the sound will change. Listen to how each bottle sounds.

The orchestra can be built according to the pitch of the sounds it makes. If you blow on the bottles in a certain order, you get a melody.

Explanation

By adjusting the amount of water in bottles, we also change the amount of air, transforming its possible fluctuations in each vessel. The less air, the higher the sound we get.

sticky glass

Most often, glue is used to glue objects. You can connect things with tape or wire. But few people know that ordinary air can replace glue!

What will be required: balloon uk, two plastic cups.

An experience

Inflate the balloon and try to attach a glass to it. You won't be able to do this without the help of special tools.

Release about half of the air from the balloon. Attach the neck of a glass to the side of the balloon. Now inflate the balloon without taking the cup away. When you inflate it, let go of the cup.

Result

The glass will be firmly pressed against balloon!

Try sticking two or more cups on the balloon. To do this, ask someone to hold the glasses while you inflate the balloon.

Explanation

When the balloon is inflated, the part that is under the glass straightens out. This reduces the volume occupied by the ball in the glass. The place vacated in the glass remains unfilled, as a result, the pressure inside the glass drops sharply. The pressure outside is greater, so the glass does not fall.

flying ball

Even very light objects, such as a sheet of paper or a balloon, cannot float in the air and not fall. But if a light object is helped a little, then it will be able to fly for a long time without falling.

What will be required: hairdryer, table tennis ball.

An experience

Turn on the hair dryer. Direct the air flow from the hair dryer vertically upwards. Gently place the tennis ball over the hair dryer. Let go of the ball.

Result

Instead of falling, the ball will begin to hover over the hair dryer and spin. Try changing the position of the hair dryer.

Even when the air blows at an angle, the balloon still does not fall down. Using two hair dryers and two balloons, you can arrange a competition: which balloon will last the longest in the air. It is also interesting to try to guide the ball along the intended path or even make it a few obstacles!

Explanation

When we bring the ball to the stream of air from the hair dryer, two forces begin to act on it - the force of gravity of the Earth and the force of the blowing air. At a certain distance from the hair dryer, these forces are equal, so the ball hangs in the air - it does not fall and does not fly up.

Stubborn funnel

Every thing has a purpose. If an item ceases to perform its functions, then it is considered broken. A kitchen funnel is needed in order to pour liquid into bottles with a narrow neck. But an ordinary funnel can become stubborn and not let water through, while remaining intact.

What will be required: two funnels, two bottles, plasticine, water.

An experience

You will need two bottles. Also take two funnels and make sure that they are intact and well pass water. To do this, put them in bottles and pour some water. Now cover the neck of one of the bottles with plasticine. Do this very carefully so that there is not even a small gap between the funnel and the bottle.

Result

Try adding water to both bottles. A funnel without plasticine still passes water well. But the funnel with a smeared neck became stubborn. Only a few drops fell into the bottle. The rest of the water remained in the funnel. Could this have happened because of ordinary plasticine?

Explanation

Water that enters the bottle displaces air from it. In the first case, air freely escapes through the gaps between the funnel and the bottle. When you block the path of air with plasticine, it remains in the bottle. Water under the influence of gravity tries to get into the bottle. But the air pressure prevents it, so it remains in the funnel.

paper bridge

If you put something heavy on a paper bridge, it will fail. But you can make it so that ordinary paper can withstand even a heavy object.

What will be required: an empty glass jar, two identical stacks of books, two tall stable objects, a sheet of paper.

An experience

Place two identical stacks of books or two tall, stable objects on the table. Place a sheet of paper between them. Got a bridge. Check how much weight such a bridge can withstand. For example, put an empty glass jar on it. The bridge could not hold such a weight and collapsed. To make the paper bridge stronger, it needs to be strengthened. To do this, bend the sheet with an accordion and put it on the books again. Now, instead of a smooth one, a ribbed paper bridge has turned out.

Result

Put the same jar on the new ferry. The reinforced bridge does not bend and can easily support the weight of the can!

Explanation

A sheet of paper bends in any direction. When bending the sheet with an accordion, stiffeners are obtained. It takes more force to bend them. Therefore, the paper accordion does not bend under the weight of the can.

Coin Training

Some people get dizzy while riding a carousel. But if you ride more often, then this does not happen. So you can train an ordinary coin.

What will be required: light balloon, thread, coin.

An experience

The trainer for the coin will be a balloon. He will play the role of a carousel, and the coin will ride in it. To start your workout, place a coin inside the balloon, inflate it and tie it with string. Now take the ball by the thread and start spinning it. After a while, the coin will also start spinning.

It remains only to find out how the coin survives the training. To do this, stop spinning the ball. With your free hand, fix it from below in a stationary state.

Result

Training is over, the ball does not rotate. But the coin liked to spin. Therefore, for some time it will continue to rotate inside the ball on its own.

Explanation

When the ball rotates, centrifugal force is generated. She presses the coin against the inside of the ball. except centrifugal force centripetal force acts on the coin. The combined action of these two forces makes the coin spin even after the ball has stopped.

Rhys learns to jump

Very good teacher can transfer his knowledge to anyone. But only great wizards are able to teach not only people, but also objects. You should always start simple. Let's try to teach air rice to jump.

What will be required: paper napkin, rice flakes, balloon, woolen cloth.

An experience

Spread a paper napkin on the table. Sprinkle some rice cereal on it. They lie still and do not move. Now you need to help them learn to jump.

Blow up and tie a balloon. Rub it well on a woolen thing. During friction, soft clicks will be heard. The ball is now ready to teach the rice cereal to jump.

Result

Bring the inflated balloon to the rice cereal. The grains will immediately begin to bounce and stick to the ball. After a while, they will get tired and fall on the napkin.

Again rub the ball on the woolen thing. Rice flakes are ready to jump again!

Explanation

The rice flakes begin to stick to the ball thanks to static electricity. When you rub the ball against a woolen thing, it acquires negative charge. The ball begins to attract positive charges on the surface of the flakes. So the rice bounces and sticks to the ball.

Without what there will be no fire?

To start a fire, you need fuel and a source of flame. The fire must not be left unattended, so as not to cause a fire. The flame resembles a living being. This similarity is further enhanced when you learn that fire also breathes oxygen.

What will be required: a glass bottle, potassium permanganate, hydrogen peroxide, a few splinters, matches or a lighter.

An experience

The surrounding air contains the oxygen necessary for breathing. You can get pure oxygen with a simple chemical reaction. Pour some hydrogen peroxide into the bottle. Add a grain of potassium permanganate. The peroxide starts bubbling because oxygen is being released.

Light a torch. When the flame flares up a little, carefully blow it out so that at the end of the splinter you get a smoldering ember. Until the reaction in the bottle is over, dip a smoldering splinter into it.

Result

The lower the splinter falls, the stronger the ember will smolder. At the very bottom, the splinter will light up again!

Explanation

Oxygen is needed to sustain the flame. When interacting with it, substances are oxidized. If a combustible substance is oxidized, then heat and light are released. There is a fire - there is a fire.

flying magnet

What items can fly? Without the help of special engines, only very light objects fly. A large flat kite is also able to rise into the air. A heavy small object will not be able to fly. Only a magnet can do this!

What will be required: two rectangular magnets, adhesive tape, colored paper, scissors, pencil.

An experience

Take two pieces of different colored paper and tear them in half. Bring one magnet to another. They will either repel or be attracted.

If the magnets repel, stick pieces of paper of the same color on the repelling sides. If they are attracted, then different. Glue the two remaining pieces of paper onto the free ends of the magnets so that there are no pieces of paper of the same color on one magnet.

Place one magnet above the other so that the colors of the papers match.

Result

Put a pencil between the magnets. While holding the top magnet, secure it with tape. Now put away your pencil. The upper magnet does not fall, but "flies" over the lower one.

Explanation

Each magnet has two poles. These poles are called north and south. Two identical poles repel each other. Different poles attract. The top magnet will repel both poles. The tape keeps the magnet from changing position so it stays in the air.

excess water

All plants love water. But too much moisture can harm them. Each plant has learned to get rid of excess fluid. Such a liquid can be seen and even collected!

What will be required: potted plant, water, plastic bag, thread.

An experience

Abundantly fields some plant in a pot. Wait for the water to soak into the ground. Now cover the plant with a transparent bag. Tie the bag around the bottom of the stem with string. Place the plant in a warm, sunny spot.

Result

After a few hours, remove the bag and rub the inside of it with your fingers. Excess moisture remained on the package. Liquid collected in small droplets!

Explanation

The plant takes nutrients from the water. Excess liquid rises through the capillaries into the leaves. Moisture evaporates from the leaves. Since the bag retains moisture, it condenses and collects into droplets.

What do plants need?

Different plants grow in different conditions. Cacti have adapted to life in the desert, where the species familiar to us do not survive. There are, on the contrary, very capricious plants that grow only in the most favorable conditions. Let's check what any plant needs.

What will be required: three flower pots with stands, earth for plants, three identical seedlings, water, a notebook with a pen.

An experience

Fill three pots with the same amount of soil. Make a hole in each pot. Place one sprout of any plant into the holes. Sprinkle the stems with earth and fields.

To find out the most favorable conditions, you need to grow all three seedlings in different ways.

Put the first sprout in a sunny place and water every three days. Place the second seedling next to the first, but do not water at all. Put the third sprout in a dark cupboard and water every three days.

Result

Every day, mark in a notebook a growth schedule for seedlings. Compare results after three weeks. The first plant will be the largest and healthiest. The second plant will dry out and die after a while. The seedling in the closet will actively grow. This is because the germ is looking for light.

Explanation

So, in three weeks, the first plant will grow best of all. This means that soil is necessary for favorable growth, sunlight and water.

split beam

Each stream of light consists of many small rays. Using familiar objects, you can share any luminous flux. Try to get several different rays from one strip of light in a dark room.

What will be required: a flat glass bottle, a sheet of cardboard, a flashlight, water, some milk.

An experience

Get a full bottle of water. Add some milk to make the water cloudy. Make a narrow long slit in a sheet of cardboard. Place the cardboard in front of the water bottle. Turn off the lights in the room and turn on the flashlight.

Result

Aim the beam from the flashlight at the slot in the cardboard. A narrow stream of light will hit the bottle and turn into two light paths. The beam is split thanks to the water bottle!

Explanation

The first beam appears when the light flux is reflected from the glass bottle. The second beam passes through a bottle of water. When light passes through a glass barrier, it is partially reflected. The more such obstacles there are in the path of the light flux, the more rays will be obtained.

Solar eclipse

Many planets have satellites. These are smaller celestial bodies that constantly revolve around the planet. The Earth has one satellite, the Moon. Sometimes the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. At such moments, you can not see the whole Sun, but only part of it. going on solar eclipse. Let's try to recreate a solar eclipse at home.

What will be required: two balls of different sizes, a flashlight.

An experience

Let the larger ball be our planet. Put this ball on the table. At a distance of 20 cm from the "Earth" place a smaller ball. It will represent the moon.

Now we need to show the sunlight. Let the flashlight play the role of the sun. Shine a flashlight on the "Earth" from a distance of 60 cm. The "Moon" should be between the flashlight and the "Earth".

Result

A dark spot will appear on the surface of the large ball. It will be lighter at the edges and darkest in the center. When viewed from the side of the "Earth", then part of the flashlight will be covered by a smaller ball.

Explanation

During an eclipse, the moon blocks the passage of the sun's rays. It casts a double shadow on the Earth. The dark middle part is called the full shadow, the lighter edges of the spot are called penumbra.

ice fishing

To catch a fish, you need to know what it likes. Some can be caught for bread or porridge, others - only for meat. And if you need to catch ice? It turns out that you can also pick up bait for him! Read about it in our experience and experiment on your own or with friends.

What will be required: a regular thread, an ice cube, a bowl of cold water, a little fine salt.

An experience

Let the ice cube float freely in a bowl of water. Now let's start fishing. Dip the end of the thread on a piece of ice. Ice needs to be “feeded” by pouring a little salt on it.

Result

The main quality of a fisherman is patience. Wait ten minutes and slowly pull on the thread. The ice cube "pecked", it remains only to pull it out of the water.

Explanation

When salt hits the surface of the ice, it melts it a little. Within ten minutes, the salt will dissolve in the water. Pure water during this time will freeze the thread to the ice cube.

How to get the treasure

The depth of the seas and oceans always hides secrets. Treasures and treasures can be stored at the bottom. But even from a shallow depth, you can’t extract an object without getting your hands wet. Try to get a coin out of a plate of water so that your fingers remain dry. How to do it - read in our experience.

What will be required: shallow plate, coin, heat-resistant glass, piece of paper, matches or lighter.

An experience

Take a coin and put it in a bowl of water. The water level should be slightly above the coin.

Crumple up a sheet of paper and put it in a glass. You need to do this so that when you turn the glass over, the paper does not fall out immediately.

Gently set fire to the sheet and quickly place a heated glass upside down next to the coin in the plate. As a result, the paper will go out.

Result

A miracle is happening! All the water from the plate is collected in an inverted glass. Now you can easily get the coin out of the plate. Your hands will remain completely dry!

Explanation

When the paper burns, the air in the glass heats up. When you turn a glass into a bowl of water, the air in it begins to cool. Cold air takes up less space, so in the resulting empty space water is drawn in.

soft bones

From early childhood, everyone knows about the benefits of calcium. It is necessary for normal development, bone growth, strengthening of teeth. Most calcium is found in dairy products. Let's find out what bones become without calcium.

What will be required: chicken bones, a jar with a lid, vinegar.

An experience

Wash chicken bones well and dry thoroughly. Pour vinegar into a jar. Place the bones in the vinegar. It must cover them completely.

Result

Close the jar of seeds and vinegar with a lid. After a week, you can get them out of the vinegar. Feel the bones - and you will see that they have become soft.

Explanation

Chicken bones contain calcium. It dissolves in acetic acid. Therefore, when the bones are in vinegar for a long time, all the calcium comes out of them and they become quite soft.

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Shapiro has another book of entertaining experiments for children from 4 years old - “Secrets of familiar objects. Candle" . There are many interesting facts about the great-grandmother of the light bulb familiar to us, and the experiments are no less exciting than in the book about paper. Of course, all of them require the direct participation of an adult, since they are associated with fire. The books are printed on newsprint and fairly inexpensive, but that doesn't detract from their value - they're written by one of the most famous and revolutionary physics teachers in the world. Check out other books by this author.

Yakov Perelman. Physical experiments for children at home.

Speaking of experiments, one cannot ignore another well-known popularizer of physics and mathematics, Yakov Perelman. Most of his works are designed for school-age children, but the book “For young physicists. Experiments and entertainment ”may well become a compass for scientific experiments with children from four years old. This book does not just describe experiments: from creating a diving bell in a basin to “growing” water in a glass, it captivates by its very description. You won't find a dry listing here. necessary equipment and the sequence of actions, but you can imagine the described experiment so vividly that both you and the child will immediately want to repeat it. The book is not replete with pictures, besides they are black and white, but thanks to it, both the parent and the child will understand how exciting physics can be.

Tom Tit's book "Science Fun" is also filled with physical experiments for children who
easy to repeat at home. Unlike Perelman's books, here you will find a photo instruction describing each step of the experiment. Of course, this is very convenient, but we note one small drawback - the results of experiments are not always explained. However, the execution process itself will captivate a small researcher from four years old, and the essence of the experiment can sometimes be left open for thought.

Vitaly Zarapin did an excellent job explaining Tom Tit's experiments. He published books with a detailed description of these experiments: “Experiments of Tom Tit. Amazing mechanics "," Encyclopedia of scientific experiments by Tom Tit for schoolchildren ". The author skillfully answers the question "why?" in the explanations for the experiments, but they may not be completely clear to kids. On the other hand, it will be much easier for us, adults, relying on the words of Zarapin, to talk with children about the results of home experiments.

The Big Book of Scientific Experiments for Children and Adults, written by Mary Yakovleva and Sergey Bolushevsky, is convenient to study and will help you conduct simple experiments for children at home. It has bright pictures and detailed description, and an explanation of the results. Here you will find more than 200 experiments that are conveniently systematized according to the age of the child (from 5 to 12 years old), so this book has every chance of becoming a desktop assistant for studying the exact sciences for many years to come.

You will find simple but impressive experiences for children, supplemented by interesting facts for "why-why", in the books of Marina and Vasily Romodin. The authors, no doubt, will captivate kids with their books, not only thanks to entertaining assignments and crossword puzzles, but also the ability to invent. They will tell you how to tell a child about the change of day and night with the help of a tangerine and a candle, learn about the travels of the wind thanks to a balloon, hide a cloud in a jar, pierce balloons so that they do not burst, and also reveal the secrets of the human body. The book "100 experiences, experiments, tricks and amazing facts" is the most complete collection of authors.

Interesting experiments and inventions that will appeal to kids from four years old, you
you will find in the series "Home Laboratory" from the young publishing house "Pchelka". In four vividly illustrated books, Paolo Navarro and Angela Jimenez described experiments with light, sound, electricity, magnetism and liquid. With the book "Secrets of Sound" you will not only see that the child began to listen to the world around him, but you will also be able to create a whole home orchestra from homemade musical instruments. "Secrets of Liquid" will tell you why orange juice blows up a balloon, and, having discovered "Secrets of Electricity and Magnetism", the child will be able to arrange real can races and become the master of a jet of water.

I hope that among these books of experiments and experiments for children you will find something that will appeal to you. And then interesting experiments for children at home will be a frequent event in your life!

“, and today I want to talk about books that help me conduct interesting experiments with my son. I must say that today in bookstores you can see great amount, and, by and large, in order to start experimenting with a child, one of them is enough. Personally, I consider it important that you like the book, that you understand the explanations of the experiments that are given in it, so that these experiments and experiments do not seem impossible, complicated, uninteresting or dangerous to you. This is a fundamental question if the child is still young and you have to play the role of the main experimenter and initiator in your home science laboratory.

If you are going to diversify and deepen your activities to get acquainted with the outside world with a child from 5 years old, here the visibility, simplicity of description and safety of experiments when the child conducts it on his own, the presence of step-by-step photographs, and, possibly, video instructions (yes Yes, there are such books. Our library has books with experiences and experiments for children both categories, so I hope that my brief overview will be useful for both beginners and more experienced experimenters.

The most complete encyclopedia of scientific experiments, Eksmo publishing house

This book seduced me with its title and colorful photographs of happy smiling children enthusiastically experimenting with simple and understandable things: a floating orange, dressed rice, a clever egg, an invisible map - even the names of the experiments described in the book told me that all this It will be simple and accessible even to the smallest child. I can say that now that my son and I have tried most of these experiments in practice, I see only one significant drawback in this book - this is its price. Although if we take into account the quality of the design and the number of experiments grouped by topic - experiments in the country, experiments in the kitchen, experiments in the room - perhaps it is justified.

Another drawback, which is no longer so significant for me, is in places too short and simplified explanations of the experiments. As I wrote above, such a colorful book with step by step instructions and photographs of the process of conducting the experiment, nevertheless, it is designed for a fairly “adult” audience - children from 5-6 years old. At the same time, the explanations of the experiments are more suitable for children 3-4 years old. At least now my son, who is 4 years 4 months old, is not always satisfied with such explanations.

You can see photos of the pages of the book and get acquainted with the reviews of its other happy owners on the website. online store "Labyrinth".

A series of books "Simple Science"

I talked about this book (or rather, books) in detail, I will only note that I consider its advantages to be the presence of a disk with a video version of all experiments and the presence of interesting facts about those simple objects that become objects of experimentation. The disadvantages include the inability to buy a book in a regular store, a rather “narrow specialization” of experiments in one book and a small number of them (each book has 4 sections of 8 experiments) at a price comparable to the price of the encyclopedia described above.

« Entertaining chemistry for kids», « Entertaining physics", publishing house "White City"

These two books are very different from those described above, and in general this series of books seems to me very successful. This is not just a selection of the brightest and most understandable experiences for a child. Here you can find many interesting facts and additional information, which allows you to interest the child in physics and chemistry, to show him these sciences in real practical life. And unlike books-collections of experiments, these are still books for reading. For now, we read these books selectively and also selectively experiment on them, but it seems to me that they will be of interest to my son and myself for a long time to come.

Do you want to play with your child easily and with pleasure?

Children's encyclopedias with Chevostik, " Fascinating physics», « Fascinating chemistry”, Elena Kachur, publishing house “Mann, Ivanov and Ferber”

Ever since Yegorka met Chevostik (I think it was a book on geography), we have not missed a single new encyclopedia from this series (very soon I will tell you about the fascinating astronomy with Chevostik). Like the other books in the series, it has lovable characters, an engaging storyline, and fun illustrations—just about everything you need to keep a child interested in the "subject." Why "almost"? Because parents will need a couple more "secret" ingredients - this is your own interest in what is told in books, and, of course, the desire to fulfill practical tasks that you find in them. Personally, I like this format of presentation scientific facts for children it seems quite successful - a little theory, clothed in the form of an artistic narrative about the adventures of Chevostik, and immediately - practical experience which will help the child learn new information. I don’t even write about the quality of publications - it, as always, is on top.

"Science through Art" Mary Ann Cole, Jean Potter

I consider the purchase of this book to be an incredibly successful and useful acquisition. Among the others books with experiences and experiments for children it is favorably distinguished by the price - 47 rubles, and this is not a typo! ( book in labyrinth)

Yes, here you will not find color photographs and colorful illustrations, but there are so many simple, incredibly interesting experiments, observations, experiments and other activities for children in this book that combine the processes of creativity and cognition into a single exciting activity that can interest not only the child, but and mom. At least I read this book with eyes wide open with surprise and admiration and with no less pleasure I implement almost any ideas from it in our classes with my son!

Separately, I want to note the successful, from my point of view, way of systematizing the experiments in this book. Each idea is labeled with optimal age the child, the appropriate time of the year for the experiment, the approximate time the experiment will take, etc. Very convenient and visual!

Of course, there are shortcomings in this book too - for example, the print quality and thin gray paper, as well as the use of rather rare ingredients in some experiments. But it seems to me that the price and overall content in this case offset these shortcomings.

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