Inspire a lifelong passion for science and nature with 52 family friendly outdoor physics, chemistry, and biology experiments. Scientist and mom Liz Heinecke gets kids outside in every season, from playground physics to backyard bugs, making it fun and easy to dig into the natural sciences and learn about the world around you.
- Playground physics: build and launch a marshmallow catapult
- Motion science: swing a gelatin and marble filled sock to feel centripetal force
- Backyard biology: coax earthworms to the surface with mustard seed and water
- Growing science: sprout a sapling from a pine cone or tree seed
- Chemistry outdoors: grow baking soda stalagmites and stalactites
- By Liz Lee Heinecke. Paperback, nonfiction, 144 pages