SuitabookSuper science concoctions
Jill Frankel Hauser
- Reading
- Choose one activity at a time, read its explanation alongside the making, and ask the child to predict and describe changes. Keep the terminology section nearby, then use “More to Explore” for follow-up questions.
- Themes
- Learning through making: Children make mixtures while exploring capillary action, liquid density, emulsions, molecular movement and polymers. The activities are presented as ways to connect visible results with scientific ideas, rather than as fiction or purely decorative tricks.
- Science in everyday materials: The book uses household ingredients and includes sections on practical applications and going beyond science. Everyday materials are used as a route into scientific ideas and practical thinking; the wider angle of the applications is not established.
- Worth knowing
- Some activities involve bubbling, colour changes, sticky substances, gelatin forms, lava-like mixtures and a plastic blobber. Consider whether the child will enjoy hands-on mess and unusual textures; the book’s instructions and precautions are not clear here.