Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes: Unforgettable Experiments That Make Science Fun

by Steve Spangler

Overview

From the creator of the mentos soda geyser--the viral video sensation--comes a collection of outrageously entertaining science experiments and cool tricks guaranteed to get ooohs and ahhhs!

Author, celebrity teacher and science guy Steve Spangler teaches you how to transform the ordinary into the amazing as you make everyday items ooze, bubble, fizz, and pop! Make people wonder . . . How did you do that?

From flying toilet paper to trash can smoke rings, erupting soda to exploding sandwich bags, the experiments in Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes will spark your imagination and totally impress your friends. Learn how to astound kids and kids-at-heart with easy and inexpensive experiments like:

Bubbling Lava Bottle
The Incredible Can Crusher
Nails for Breakfast
The Folding Egg
Quicksand Goo
Screaming Balloon
Burning Money

This is not your ordinary book of science experiments. Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes is a geek-chic look at Spangler�s latest collection of tricks and try-it-at-home activities that reveal the secrets of science in unexpected ways. Over 200 color photographs accompany the step-by-step instructions, and simple explanations uncover the how-to and why for each activity.

Make potatoes fly, bowling balls float, and soda explode on command. But don�t try these experiments at home . . . try them at a friend�s home!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608320608
Publisher:	Greenleaf Book Group, LLC
Publication date:	09/01/2010
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Steve Spangler, creator of scientific educational powerhouse SteveSpanglerScience.com, has earned his credentials as a science author, teacher, professional speaker, toy designer, and Emmy award-winning television personality. Whether he's whipping up a cool new science experiment for The Ellen DeGeneres Show, producing a new YouTube video, or designing a hands-on science lesson for kids, Steve is always seeking out new ways to create unforgettable learning experiences. It's no wonder that thousands of people follow him on Twitter, join the conversation on Facebook, and spend countless hours watching hundreds of his YouTube videos.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 4�9—Messy, daredevil, tongue-in-cheek, and definitely boy-friendly, this collection of science explorations will energize a boring afternoon or a routine science lesson. Grouped loosely under the headings "The Power of Air," "Kitchen Chemistry," "Dry Ice," "Gooey Wonders," and "Don't Try This at Home...Try It at a Friend's Home!" the experiments emphasize the fun before the facts and are arranged under the headings "Let's Try It," "Take It Further," "What's Going on Here?" and "Real-World Applications." Adult help will be necessary to guide elementary-aged children through the wordy instructions and the use of dry ice, power tools, and stoves. Sharp, full-color photos appear throughout, but they're not always informative. Adults dominate the images with an emphasis on the author's appearances on The Ellen Degeneres Show. Safety warnings are included at the front of the book, within experiments such as "Soup Soufflé" or "Naked Eggs," and in the introduction to the "Dry Ice" section.—Carol S. Surges, McKinley Elementary School, Wauwatosa, WI

School Library Journal

Using everyday and inexpensive household stuff, like potatoes and plastic bottles, a bar of soap, nails, magnets, cornstarch, and liquid, future scientists can do experiments like “floating water,” a “screaming balloon,” a “bubbling lava bottle,” and “giant smoke rings.”

Penny Hastings

...let me just say that this book and it’s experiments ROCK. We love it and think the photographs look good enough to eat! Especially the naked eggs.

Melissa Taylor

...“Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes,” is among the best I’ve seen. If you are looking for a way to get your kids excited about science, look no further. Having helped my own three kids through countless science fair projects myself, I know the frustration of coming up with that blockbuster idea. This book is chock full of excellent pictures and simple, fun to read instructions which explain nearly 30 experiments...

Ted Stauffer

Dear parents and teachers: Steve Spangler's new book "Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes" is the best book of science experiments and information I've ever seen, and as an educator with over twenty years' experience, I've seen my share. I believe that the fact that Mr. Spangler was himself a classroom teacher for several years gives him an insight that is missing in other books of this type; he KNOWS how it is, with kids and classrooms and limited time and resources...

Jane Byers Goodwin

Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes is Steve Spangler’s newest book and it is without doubt a book jam-packed with unforgettable experiments that makes science a whole lot of fun for the whole family! Life Science, Biology, and Physics are the 3 science courses being studied in our home this year, and when any one of my children begin gathering their materials for a science lab, I spy my other two children slowly and silently slinking into the kitchen to watch and become engaged...

Lori C