All children love experiments literally from birth. It is the desire to explore the world that tells them the most unusual ways of handling objects. And if their inquisitive mind is offered new experiments, even if they are not complex, the result will be not only children’s love for science, but also creative growth. After all, scientific discoveries were also once someone’s fantasy. We offer you books of experiments for children that can help organize a real home laboratory.
Secrets of familiar objects
From the first days the child is surrounded by paper. We wipe his face with a napkin, he creates his first masterpieces on a piece of paper, and how much joy it brings to tear his mother’s magazine. It is not surprising that the experiments with paper listed in Anatoly Shapiro’s book “Secrets of Familiar Objects. Paper”, cannot leave him indifferent. For the most part, they are very simple: even a baby can crumple paper to see how quickly it falls to the floor; it is also not difficult to blow between two sheets of paper, but how many deep conclusions about the physics of the world can a surprised child make with the support of an adult.
Shapiro has another book of entertaining experiments for children aged 4 years and older - “Secrets of Familiar Objects. Candle" . There are many interesting facts about the great-grandmother of the familiar light bulb, and the experiments are no less exciting than in the book about paper. Of course, they all require the direct participation of an adult, since they are associated with fire. The books are published on newsprint and are quite inexpensive, but this does not detract from their value - after all, they were written by one of the most famous and revolutionary physics teachers in the world. Pay attention to other books by this author.
Yakov Perelman. Physical experiments for children at home.
Speaking about experiments, one cannot ignore another famous popularizer of physics and mathematics, Yakov Perelman. Most of his works are intended 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 not only describes experiments: from creating a diving bell in a basin to “growing” water in a glass, it captivates with its very description. Here you will not find a dry listing of the necessary equipment and sequence of actions, but you will be able to imagine the described experiment so vividly that both you and your child will immediately want to repeat it. The book is not replete with pictures, and besides, they are black and white, but thanks to it, both parent and child will understand how exciting physics can be.
Tom Titus' Science Fun book is also filled with physics experiments for children to 
easy to repeat at home. Unlike Perelman's books, here you will find photo instructions 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 very process of implementation will captivate a little researcher from four years old, and the essence of the experiment can sometimes be left open for reflection.
Vitaly Zarapin did an excellent job explaining Tom Titus’ experiments. He published books with a detailed description of these experiments: “The Experiments of Tom Titus. Amazing mechanics", "Encyclopedia of scientific experiments of Tom Titus for schoolchildren". The author skillfully answers the question “why?” in the explanations for the experiments, but they may not be entirely clear to kids. But for us adults, relying on Zarapin’s words, it will be much easier to talk with children about the results of home experiments.
“The Big Book of Scientific Experiments for Children and Adults,” written by Marya Yakovleva and Sergei Bolushevsky, is easy to study and will help you conduct simple experiments for children at home. It contains bright pictures, a detailed description, and an explanation of the results. Here you will find more than 200 experiments that are conveniently systematized according to the child’s age (from 5 to 12 years), so this book has every chance of becoming a desktop assistant for a child’s study of the exact sciences for many years to come.
You will find simple but impressive experiments for children, supplemented with interesting facts for the “why” girls, in the books of Marina and Vasily Romodin. The authors, without a doubt, will captivate children with their books not only thanks to entertaining tasks and crossword puzzles, but also to their ability to invent. They will tell you how to use a tangerine and a candle to tell a child about the change of day and night, learn about the travel of the wind thanks to a balloon, hide a cloud in a jar, pierce balloons so that they do not burst, and will also reveal the secrets of how the human body works. The book “100 experiences, experiments, tricks and amazing facts” is the most complete collection of authors.
Interesting experiments and inventions that will appeal to children from four years old, you 
you will find in the “Home Laboratory” series from the young publishing house “Pchelka”. In four brightly 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 has begun to listen to the world around him, but you will also be able to create an entire home orchestra from homemade musical instruments. “Secrets of Liquid” will tell you why orange juice explodes a balloon, and after discovering “Secrets of Electricity and Magnetism”, the child will be able to organize a real can race and become the master of the water jet.
I hope that among these books of experiments and experiences for children you will find something that you will like. And then interesting experiments for children at home will be a frequent event in your life!
You probably think that experiments can only be carried out in a laboratory, and in your mind the person who does this is a scientist in a white coat. In fact, everything is a little different. Remember how happy you are when suddenly after rain you see a rainbow in the sky, but it can easily appear in your apartment. Surely, you are sure that if you prick a balloon with a button, it will definitely burst. What if not? Would you like to check? Do you think cold water can boil? Or maybe you should try to get a jellyfish at home or make a paper “caterpillar” move? If you want to find out what the result of numerous experiments that can be easily carried out at home will be, and learn to explain all the laws of the surrounding world experimentally, then quickly open this book and start reading! Spend your time usefully - and you will make incredible discoveries for yourself and surprise your friends with seemingly inexplicable facts.
For primary and secondary school age.
Drawings were used in the design of the book. Minyakov Andrey Nikolaevich
© Bolushevsky S.V., Yakovleva M.A., 2015
© IDionomiks LLC, 2015
© Design. Eksmo Publishing House LLC, 2015
Introduction
Everyone thinks that scientific experiments are carried out in special laboratories and only scientists do this. But we know that this is not so! After all, you probably have many questions that you would like to find answers to and check if they are correct. And how many mysteries you still don’t know about! 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;
– the experience is carried out only with parents.
Ahead of you await incredible chemical transformations, mysterious physical phenomena, unpredictable behavior of insects and plants, and much more. Happy experimenting!
Experiments for children 5–6 years old
Milk palette
To get a new color, artists use palettes. Sometimes they turn out to be so colorful that they themselves become like paintings. You can mix colors not only on the palette, but also in milk.
What you need: whole milk, food coloring, dish soap, cotton swabs, plate.
Experience
Only whole milk is suitable for the milk palette. Pour it into a plate. Add a few drops of dyes. Choose different colors, then the effect will be much more interesting. Add the dyes carefully so that they do not mix prematurely.
Now all that remains is to mix the colors. To do this, soak a cotton swab in dishwashing liquid. Touch its tip to the surface of the milk in the plate.
Result
The milk begins to move and the colors begin to mix.
Explanation
When you touch milk with a stick of dish soap, you break the surface tension. This allows food coloring to move freely and mix together. Additionally, dishwashing detergent reacts with the fat molecules in the milk. This drives the flow of milk with dyes even more.
Obtaining 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 obtain drinking fresh water from sea salt water.
What you need: deep basin, warm water, salt, some stones, film, elastic band.
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 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 it. Press the center of the film over the plastic cup a little. Place a couple of pebbles in the hole.
Result
Place the basin in the sun. After a few hours, clean drinking water will appear in the plastic cup. 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 tilt 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 out of ordinary bottles.
What you need: bottles of different sizes and shapes, water.
Experience
Open the bottles and place them on a flat surface. Fill them with different 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 arranged according to the height of the sounds produced. If you blow on the bottles in a certain order, you will 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 together. You can connect things using tape or wire. But few people know that ordinary air can replace glue!
What you need: balloon, two plastic cups.
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 devices.
Release about half of the air from the balloon. Place the neck of the glass on the side of the ball. Now inflate the balloon without removing the glass. When you inflate it, let go of the glass.
Result
The glass will be pressed tightly to the balloon!
Try sticking two or more cups onto a 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. This reduces the volume occupied by the ball in the glass. The space vacated in the glass remains unfilled, as a result the pressure inside the glass drops sharply. There is more pressure outside, so the cup does not fall.
flying ball
Even very light objects, such as a piece of paper or a balloon, cannot float in the air without falling. But if a light object is given a little help, it will be able to fly for a long time without falling.
What you need: hairdryer, table tennis ball.
Experience
Turn on the hairdryer. Direct the air stream from the hair dryer vertically upward. Gently place the tennis ball over the hair dryer. Release the ball.
Result
Instead of falling, the ball will begin to float above the hair dryer and spin. Try changing the position of the hair dryer.
Even when the air blows at an angle, the ball still does not fall down. Using two hair dryers and two balls, you can organize a competition: which ball will stay in the air longer. It's also fun to try to guide the ball along the intended path or even make some obstacles for it!
Explanation
When we bring the ball to a stream of air from a hairdryer, 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 or fly up.
Stubborn funnel
Every thing has a purpose. If an item stops performing its functions, it is considered broken. A kitchen funnel is needed to pour liquid into bottles with a narrow neck. But an ordinary funnel can become stubborn and not allow water to pass through, while remaining intact.
What you need: two funnels, two bottles, plasticine, water.
Experience
You will need two bottles. Also take two funnels and make sure that they are intact and allow water to pass through well. To do this, insert them into 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 left between the funnel and the bottle.
Result
Try adding water to both bottles. A funnel without plasticine still allows water to pass through well. But the funnel with the smeared neck became stubborn. Only a few drops fell into the bottle. The rest of the water remained in the funnel. Was this really due to ordinary plasticine?
Explanation
The water that enters the bottle displaces the air from it. In the first case, air escapes freely 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 interferes with her, so she remains in the funnel.
Paper Bridge
If you put something heavy on a paper bridge, it will fail. But you can also make it so that plain paper can withstand even a heavy object.
What you need: an empty glass jar, two identical stacks of books, two tall, stable objects, a sheet of paper.
Experience
Place two identical stacks of books or two tall, stable objects on the table. Place a sheet of paper between them. It turned out to be a bridge. Check how much weight such a bridge can support. For example, place an empty glass jar on it. The bridge was unable to support such a weight and collapsed. To make a paper bridge stronger, it needs to be strengthened. To do this, bend the sheet like an accordion and place it on the books again. Now, instead of a smooth one, it’s a ribbed paper bridge.
Result
Place the same can at the new crossing. 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 a sheet with an accordion, stiffening ribs are obtained. To bend them, you need to apply more force. Therefore, the paper accordion does not bend under the weight of the can.
Coin training
Some people get dizzy while riding on a carousel. But if you ride more often, this does not happen. This way you can train an ordinary coin.
What you need: light balloon, thread, coin.
Experience
The simulator for the coin will be a balloon. It will play the role of a carousel, and the coin will ride in it. To start your workout, place a coin inside a balloon, inflate it, and tie it with string. Now take the ball by the string and start spinning it. After some time, the coin will also begin to spin.
All that remains is to find out how the coin endures training. To do this, stop rotating the ball. With your free hand, fix it from below in a motionless state.
Result
The 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 occurs. She presses the coin against the inside of the ball. In addition to centrifugal force, a centripetal force acts on the coin. The combined action of these two forces causes the coin to rotate even after the ball has stopped.
Rhys learns to jump
A very good teacher can impart his knowledge to anyone. But only great wizards are able to teach not only people, but also objects. You always need to start simple. Let's try to teach puffed rice to jump.
What you need: paper napkin, rice cereal, balloon, woolen rag.
Experience
Spread a paper napkin on the table. Sprinkle some rice cereal on it. They lie quietly and do not move. Now we need to help them learn to jump.
Inflate and tie a balloon. Rub it well on a woolen item. During friction, soft clicks will be heard. Now the ball is ready to teach the rice cereal to jump.
Result
Place the inflated balloon near the rice cereal. The grains will immediately begin to bounce and stick to the ball. After a while they will get tired and fall onto the napkin.
Rub the ball on the woolen item again. Rice Krispies are ready to jump again!
Explanation
The rice flakes begin to stick to the ball due to static electricity. When you rub a ball against a woolen item, it acquires a negative charge. The ball begins to attract positive charges on the surface of the flakes. Therefore, 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 should not be left unattended to prevent a fire. The flame resembles a living creature. This similarity is even stronger when you learn that fire also breathes oxygen.
What you need: glass bottle, potassium permanganate, hydrogen peroxide, several splinters, matches or lighter.
Experience
The surrounding air contains oxygen necessary for breathing. Pure oxygen can be produced using a simple chemical reaction. Pour some hydrogen peroxide into the bottle. Add a grain of potassium permanganate. The peroxide begins to bubble because oxygen is released.
Light a splinter. When the fire flares up a little, carefully blow it out so that at the end of the splinter you get a smoldering ember. While the reaction in the bottle is not over, place a smoldering splinter in it.
Result
The lower the splinter goes, the stronger the ember will smolder. At the very bottom the splinter will light up again!
Explanation
Oxygen is required to maintain a flame. When interacting with it, substances oxidize. If a flammable substance is oxidized, heat and light are released. When a fire occurs, a fire appears.
Flying magnet
What objects can fly? Only very light objects fly without the help of special engines. A large flat kite can also take to the air. A heavy small object will not be able to fly. Only a magnet can do this!
What you need: two rectangular magnets, tape, colored paper, scissors, pencil.
Experience
Take two pieces of different colored paper and tear them in half. Place one magnet next to another. They will either repel or attract.
If the magnets repel, then stick pieces of paper of the same color on the repulsive sides. If they attract, then they are different. Glue the remaining two 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 over the other so that the colors of the papers match.
Result
Place a pencil between the magnets. Hold the top magnet and secure it with tape. Now put the pencil away. The upper magnet does not fall, but “flies” above the lower one.
Explanation
Each magnet has two poles. These poles are called the north and south. Two identical poles repel each other. Different poles attract. The top magnet will be repelled by both poles. The tape keeps the magnet from changing position, so it remains 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 liquid. Such liquid can be seen and even collected!
What you need: plant in a pot, water, plastic bag, thread.
Experience
Water some potted plant generously. Wait until the water soaks into the ground. Now cover the plant with a transparent bag. Tie the bag around the bottom of the stem using thread. Place the plant in a warm, sunny place.
Result
After a few hours, remove the bag and rub the inside of it with your fingers. Excess moisture remains on the bag. The liquid has collected in small droplets!
Explanation
The plant takes nutrients from the water. Excess liquid rises through the capillaries into the leaves. The moisture evaporates from the leaves. Since the bag retains moisture, it condenses and forms droplets.
What do plants need?
Different plants grow in different conditions. Cacti have adapted to life in the desert, where species familiar to us cannot survive. On the contrary, there are very capricious plants that grow only in the most favorable conditions. Let's check what any plant needs.
What you need: three flower pots with stands, soil for plants, three identical seedlings, water, a notepad with a pen.
Experience
Place the same amount of soil in three pots. Make a hole in each pot. Place one sprout of any plant into the holes. Cover the stems with soil and fields.
To find out the most favorable conditions, you need to grow all three seedlings in different ways.
Place the first sprout in a sunny place and water every three days. Place the second seedling next to the first, but do not water it at all. Place the third sprout in a dark closet and water it every three days.
Result
Mark the growth chart of the seedlings in a notebook every day. After three weeks, compare the results. The first plant will be the largest and healthiest. The second plant will dry out and die after some time. The seedling in the closet will grow actively. This is explained by the fact that the sprout is looking for light.
Explanation
So, after three weeks, the first plant will grow best. This means that soil, sunlight and water are required for favorable growth.
Split beam
Each stream of light consists of many small rays. Using familiar objects, you can separate any light flux. Try to get several different rays from one strip of light in a dark room.
What you need: flat glass bottle, sheet of cardboard, flashlight, water, some milk.
Experience
Fill a full bottle of water. Add a little milk until the water becomes cloudy. Make a long, narrow 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
Direct the beam from the flashlight to 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 a water bottle!
Explanation
The first ray appears when the light flux is reflected from a 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 produced.
Solar eclipse
Many planets have satellites. These are smaller celestial bodies that constantly orbit 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 entire Sun, but only part of it. A solar eclipse occurs. Let's try to recreate a solar eclipse at home.
What you need: two balls of different sizes, a flashlight.
Experience
Let the larger ball be our planet. Place this ball on the table. Place a smaller ball at a distance of 20 cm from the “Earth”. It will represent the Moon.
Now we need to show the sunlight. Let the flashlight play the role of the Sun. Shine the 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 central part. If you look from the “Earth” side, 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 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 on bread or porridge, others only on meat. What if you need to catch ice? It turns out that you can choose bait for it too! Read about it in our experience and try the experiment yourself or with friends.
What you need: regular thread, ice cube, bowl of cold water, some fine salt.
Experience
Let the ice cube float freely in a bowl of water. Now let's start fishing. Place the tip of the thread on a piece of ice. The ice needs to be “fed” by pouring a little salt on it.
Result
The main quality of a fisherman is patience. Wait ten minutes and slowly pull the thread. The ice cube “pecked”, all that remains is 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. During this time, clean water will freeze the thread to the ice cube.
How to get the treasure
The depth of the seas and oceans always hides secrets. Treasures can be stored at the bottom. But even from a shallow depth it is impossible to remove an object without getting your hands wet. Try to remove a coin from a plate of water so that your fingers remain dry. How to do this - read our experience.
What you need: shallow dish, coin, heatproof glass, sheet of paper, matches or lighter.
Experience
Take a coin and put it in a plate of water. The water level should be slightly higher than the coin.
Crumple a piece 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.
Carefully set the sheet on fire and quickly place the 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 remove the coin from 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 plate of water, the air in it begins to cool. Cold air takes up less space, so water is drawn into the empty space.
Soft Bones
From early childhood, everyone knows about the benefits of calcium. It is necessary for normal development, bone growth, and teeth strengthening. The most calcium is found in dairy products. Let's find out what bones become without calcium.
What you need: chicken bones, jar with lid, vinegar.
Experience
Wash the chicken bones well and dry thoroughly. Pour vinegar into a jar. Place the seeds in vinegar. It should completely cover them.
Result
Close the jar with the seeds and vinegar with a lid. After a week you can get them out of the vinegar. Touch the bones and you will see that they have become soft.
Explanation
Chicken bones contain calcium. It dissolves in acetic acid. Therefore, when the seeds are in vinegar for a long time, all the calcium comes out of them and they become completely soft.
“, and today I want to talk about books that help me conduct interesting experiments with my son. I must say that today you can see a huge number in bookstores, and, by and large, in order to start experimenting with a child, one of them is enough. Personally, I think it is 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, difficult, 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 familiarize yourself with the outside world with a child over 5 years old, here the first place comes to clarity, simplicity of description and safety of experiments when carried out by the child independently, the presence of step-by-step photographs, and, possibly, video instructions (yes -yes, there are such books). Our library has books with experiments and experiences 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, trained rice, a clever egg, an invisible card - even the names of the experiments described in the book told me that all this 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 - its price. Although, if you 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 not so significant for me, is the sometimes too brief and simplified explanations of the experiments. As I already wrote above, such a colorful book with step-by-step instructions and photographs of the process of conducting the experiment is still 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 and 4 months old, is not always satisfied with such explanations.
You can see photos of the book’s pages and read reviews from other happy owners on the website online store "Labyrinth".
Book series "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 significantly different from those described above, and in general I think this series of books is very successful. This is not just a selection of the most vivid and understandable experiences for a child. Here you can find a lot of interesting facts and additional information that allows you to interest your child in physics and chemistry and show him these sciences in real, practical life. And unlike books-collections of experiments, these are still books for reading. For now, we are reading these books selectively and also experimenting with them selectively, but it seems to me that they will be of interest to my son and myself for a long time.
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"
Since Egorka met Chevostik (I think it was a geography book), we have not missed a single new encyclopedia from this series (very soon I will tell you about fascinating astronomy with Chevostik). Like the other books in the series, there are likable characters, a compelling plot, and fun illustrations—just about everything you need to get 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 the books, and, of course, the desire to complete the practical tasks that you will find in them. Personally, I think this format for presenting scientific facts for children is quite successful - a little theory, presented in the form of an artistic narrative about Chevostik’s adventures, and immediately practical experience that will help the child learn new information. I don’t even write about the quality of publications - it, as always, is at its best.
Science Through Art by Mary Anne Caul, Jean Potter
I consider the purchase of this book to be an incredibly successful and useful acquisition. Among the others books with experiments and experiments for children What makes it stand out is its price—47 rubles, and that’s not a typo! ( book in "Labyrinth")
Yes, here you will not find color photographs and colorful illustrations, but in this book there are so many simple, incredibly interesting experiences, observations, experiments and other activities for children 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 my eyes wide open in surprise and admiration, and with no less pleasure I implement almost any ideas from it in our activities with my son!
Separately, I would like to note the successful, from my point of view, way of systematizing the experiments in this book. Each idea is labeled with the optimal age of the child, the appropriate time of year to conduct the experiment, the approximate time the experiment will take, etc. Very convenient and visual!
Of course, this book also has shortcomings - for example, the printing 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 general content in this case offset these shortcomings.
“Secrets of the Boiling Pot” and “Delicious Science”, N.M. Zubkova, Rech Publishing House
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A book of entertaining experiments will allow children to get acquainted with the laws of nature, and at the same time have a lot of fun. The publication will tell you how to make a small firework or a “handmade” volcano at home, how to make how to fly an ordinary coin, how to make a water clock and a steam gun yourself, how to “teach” needles to float in water. Now your child will learn physics and chemistry with pleasure!... Further
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Lyubov Vaitkene
You probably think that experiments can only be carried out in a laboratory, and in your mind the person who does this is a scientist in a white coat. In fact, everything is a little different. Remember how happy you are when suddenly after rain you see a rainbow in the sky, but it’s just may appear in your apartment. Surely, you are sure that if you prick a balloon with a button, it will definitely burst. What if not? Would you like to check? Do you think cold water can boil? Or maybe you should try to get a jellyfish at home or make a paper “caterpillar” move? If you want to find out what the result of numerous experiments that can be easily carried out at home will be, and learn to explain all the laws of the surrounding world experimentally, then quickly open this book and start reading! Spend your time usefully - and you will make incredible discoveries for yourself and surprise your friends with seemingly inexplicable facts.... Further
For primary and secondary school age. ... Further
Timofey Podvitsky
The book will introduce schoolchildren in a fascinating way to the amazing phenomena and laws of living nature, to the unique properties of various organisms, as well as to the peculiarities of the physiology of animals and humans. And entertaining experiments. In this book, the child will find a detailed step-by-step description of many interesting experiments in biology, which he can conduct himself or under the supervision of his parents. There he will find explanations for the results that will help him make incredible discoveries and gain new knowledge.... Further
Addressed to those who want to discover the wonderful world of living nature - young biologists aged 9–14 years and their parents. ... Further
N. I. Filimonova
The book will introduce schoolchildren to amazing phenomena and laws of physics in a fascinating way. The publication provides a detailed step-by-step description of many interesting experiments in physics that a child can conduct on his own or under the supervision of his parents. There he will find explanations of the results that will help him make incredible discoveries and gain new knowledge.... Further
Addressed to those who want to discover the mysterious world of physics - young physicists aged 9–14 and their parents. ... Further
Eduardo Bancheri
In the book “Experiments and Experiments for Every Day” you will find 66 different experiments in geology, biology, chemistry and physics. For each experiment, clear illustrated instructions are given for implementation, as well as explanations of why this happened from a scientific point of view. All experiments do not require special knowledge and equipment, so they can easily be carried out at home or on the street using scrap materials.... Further
For primary school age. ... Further
Isabel Pellegrini
Having opened the “First Book of Experiments for Children”, you will make a space journey to distant planets, you will be able to surprise adults, grow a carnivorous plant, build amazing structures... The experiments will seem funny and amusing to you, but in fact it is very serious experiments. After all, you will get acquainted with chemical processes, physical laws and study biology. You will find out what amazing things are happening around you. And you don’t need any special equipment for this, everything is at hand. You can do some experiments on your own, but it’s much more interesting to experiment with friends or the whole family.... Further
For older preschool age. ... Further
Lyubov Vaitkene
Do you want to empirically understand the phenomena that happen around us almost every day? Then quickly open this amazing book - after studying it, you will understand: why sugar dissolves in hot water, how raindrops form in the atmosphere, why the ocean does not freezes. After all, you yourself will conduct experiments and see how and why everything happens. With the publication “The Big Book of Experiences and Experiments for Young Children and Adults” this is quite simple: on its pages there is an example of a phenomenon and it is described and illustrated point by point what needs to be done during the experiment. Everywhere you will need certain items and substances, but those that are in every home: water, salt, glass, egg, lemon, candle and others. By doing these experiments, you will gain not only knowledge supported by practice, but also a lot of fun. In addition, these activities will help with your studies and, of course, enrich your understanding of the world around you.... Further
For middle school age. ... Further
Egor Belko
Do you want to set up a real science laboratory at home? To do this, it is absolutely not necessary to purchase expensive equipment and reagents; available material will be enough. ... Further
This set of 25 cards features interesting biology experiments that can be done at home. Each card includes a step-by-step description of the experience, a scientific explanation, and a fun illustration!
Egor Belko
Do you want to set up a real science laboratory at home? To do this, it is absolutely not necessary to purchase expensive equipment and reagents; available material will be enough. Our book presents interesting experiments in physics, chemistry, biology that can be carried out at home or outdoors. Each experience includes a step-by-step description, scientific explanation, and fun illustration! For children of preschool and primary school age.... Further
Egor Belko
Do you want to set up a real science laboratory at home? To do this, it is absolutely not necessary to purchase expensive equipment and reagents; available material will be enough. A set of 25 cards presents interesting experiments in physics, chemistry, biology, which can be done at home. Each card includes a step-by-step description of the experience, a scientific explanation, and a fun illustration!... Further
For children of preschool and primary school age. ... Further
Sergey Bolushevsky
By experimenting, the child will get answers to all his “whys” and learn a lot about the world around him. ... Further
Exciting experiences are divided into seasons: autumn, winter, spring, summer. In summer and autumn, conduct experiments in nature - with seasonal vegetables and fruits, observe insects and plants, in winter and spring, examine snow, frost and make observations at home. ... Further
P. V. Zuev
The methodological manual offers a set of simple experiments in physics that can be carried out both at school and at home. Three categories of experiments have been identified, the use of which makes it possible to more successfully develop students’ natural science skills and improve the level of experimental training of schoolchildren and implement propaedeutics of independent study of the experimental foundations of physics by junior schoolchildren. Each category of experience is accompanied by methodological instructions for teachers, parents, and students.... Further
Addressed to primary school physics and natural science teachers. ... Further
Lyubov Vaitkene
An egg without a shell is bouncing around the table like a ball, a bottle of colorless cola stands next to it, and raisins are dancing in a glass near a bowl of edible glue. This is the kitchen! Do you think this is impossible? Then quickly pick up this book - amazing discoveries await you. For those described on Its pages of experiments will require a variety of items that you will probably find at home. You will make a parachute with your own hands, learn how to grow crystals, make soda flow like a fountain, and conduct many other educational experiments. The book not only describes in detail how all the experiments take place, but also provides scientific explanations for them. Carefully follow the step-by-step instructions, learn about the causes of various phenomena - and you can surprise your family and friends!... Further
For middle school age. ... Further
Egor Belko
Do you want to have a fun and educational time outdoors with your child? Fun science experiments are great for this purpose. A set of 25 cards presents interesting experiments in physics, chemistry, and biology that can be carried out outdoors. On every card you'll find a step-by-step description of the experience, a scientific explanation, and a fun illustration!... Further
For children of preschool and primary school age. ... Further
Nikolay Ganailyuk
Nikolay Ganailyuk is a graduate of MIPT, the creator of “The Crazy Professor Nicolas Show” - an interactive science show that takes place in more than 60 cities in Russia and other countries. In his new book you will find 30 very different and very interesting experiments and experiments. Carrying out Step-by-step instructions, follow Professor Nicolas into the wonderful world of science!... Further
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Egor Belko
Yakov Perelman
The book by science popularizer Yakov Perelman, “Entertaining Experiments and Problems in Physics,” talks about speed and motion in an easy, understandable, and fascinating way. thermal conductivity and rotation, light refraction and “perpetual motion machines” and much, much more. Puzzles and intricate questions, funny problems and paradoxes will help the inquisitive reader not only learn better, but also fall in love with physics.... Further
Alexander Dmitriev
The book contains a hundred simple, funny and effective experiments that allow you to explain to children how the world around us works. The author clearly and entertainingly talks about many common things that surround us and behave according to the laws of physics. The author personally performed all the experiments himself, I photographed most of them, and invented and tested many of them. By doing experiments together with their children, fathers and mothers will not only enjoy communication, but will also be able to convince themselves and their children of the validity of our motto - “Physics is incredibly interesting!”... Further
Vladimir Ryumin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Ryumin became widely known as a popularizer of science and technology. Being a progressive and innovative teacher, he developed his own original teaching methods, carried out unusual experiments, followed news from the world of technology and shared them with students. Having started teaching, he published many textbooks on chemistry, mineralogy, technology and electrical engineering, a series of brochures on production technology and applied technology...... Further
After finishing his teaching career, Vladimir Vladimirovich focused on popularizing science. Today we are pleased to present the book “Entertaining Electrical Engineering at Home.” And although almost a hundred years have passed since it was written, the basics of electrical engineering have not changed since then, the experiments are still relevant and will help to understand the principles of operation of modern electrical appliances, which we use every day without hesitation. The book describes a large number of interesting and useful devices that you can make at home with your own hands. The publication is intended for the widest range of readers. ... Further
Nikolay Ganailyuk
