Penny Norman Boeken

ScienceWiz(R) Charge -- what a shocking experience! Build electrostatic devices that manipulate charge. Generate sparks. Spew a confetti fountain. Propel objects with electrostatics. Spin an electrostatic motor. Ring a Franklin bell. An exploration of electrical charge is fundamental to understanding science and STEM topics. It should not be skipped. An understanding of charge allows children to actually explain why ice floats; why sugar dissolves in water and oil does not; how water can be piped up from the ground into the tree tops; how some insects can walk on water; and why electrical currents flow. The fields of chemistry, biology, physics and electrical engineering cannot be understood without an understanding of charge. This fully illustrated 40 page book has intrepid builders make 6 electrostatic devices including an electroscope, a Leyden jar, as well as a hair raising Van de Graaff Generator. Once built, children use these devices to do 15 exciting experiments, including generating sparks, spinning an electrostatic motor and spewing a confetti fountain.

ScienceWiz® “ Penny Norman, PhD again strikes gold with an engaging science kit based on the properties of motion and gravity. Physics covers many key concepts, including Newton’s Laws of Motion and many others. These concepts and accompanying projects are presented in a truly winsome manner, geared specifically to children aged 8+. Colorful illustrations set the deal, for a top-notch, combination of learning and fun. ” — Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA.The 48 page book with 24 projects develops an understanding of concepts in   inertia, the laws of motion, centripetal force, mass, weight, gravity, speed, velocity and acceleration.  PROJECTS Physics is FUN!Includes a handle box for easy storage and transport. Materials include a classic balance scale, parts to build a spring meter, a jet car, tubes, as well as stoppers and inflation needle required to make a baking soda rocket and a water rocket.

ScienceWiz(R) Collisions' 36 full-color book combines high action with fundamental scientific principles. Children build, collide and catapult their way through an exciting set of STEM / STEAM experiments. PROJECTS INCLUDE: Exploring elastic collisions with a Newton's cradle Colliding collision carts elastically and inelastically Building and aiming catapults -- perfect your targeting -- think parabola Cruising marbles, large and small, down a ramp -- manipulating momentum with mass Bouncing stacked balls together to achieve incredible heights -- transferring momentum Launching stomp rockets -- angle matters -- if you want it to go the farthest This IS rocket science! Painting with pendulums Collisions prepares children for a greater comfort level when they first encounter physics. Collisions includes a 36 page instruction book, a Newton's cradle, tubing and elbow joints to build a stomp rocket, materials to build varied catapults, marbles, wooden ramp, protractor and rocket cutouts, parts to build two collision carts, a small box to weight the carts, and 1 ping-pong ball.

ScienceWiz® Electricity with Online Discovery : This children’s classic, with its touch of whimsy, should be your child’s FIRST electricity book. The Electricity kit includes a highly visual, full color, step-by-step, 40 page science book. It enables young children (5-10 year olds) to independently discover basic concepts in electricity . Materials are included except for the battery.This Online Discovery version of Electricity includes a flip-book with embedded animations, videos, games,  interactive simulations, and  an online-circuit construction kit.There are 18 projects in Electricity. These include building circuit loops to  light  lights , buzz buzzers and spin pinwheels. Using the motor and paper discs, children also explore spin art. They build a switch to open and close circuit loops and use the switch to send coded messages to a friend. Children also test what materials conduct electricity and what do not. Thus they learn what materials make good conductors and what make good insulators. By comparing one loop circuits to two loop circuits, they discover the differences between series and parallel circuits .The kit includes a handle box for easy storage and transport.