A Children's Museum activity book

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Messing around with water pumps and siphons

1981
Explains the principles of suction and compression and includes directions for constructing simple and complex water devices and for using them in experiments and demonstrations.

Bubbles

1979
A guide to having fun with soap bubbles which includes techniques for blowing and how to make gigantic bubbles, bubble sculptures, and unusually-shaped bubbles.

Messing around with baking chemistry

1981
Presents experiments and projects to explore what happens when batter and dough turn into cake and bread. Emphasizes the properties of baking powder, baking soda, and yeast.

Messing around with drinking straw construction

1981
Presents directions for constructing simple houses, bridges, and other structures from drinking straws. These projects illustrate fundamental engineering principles.

Activities for anyone, anytime, anywhere

1983
Includes directions for making play dough, first aid kit, puzzles, musical instruments, doll house, silhouettes, hats, t-shirt pillow, finger puppets, and games.

Milk carton blocks

1979
Directions for making three sizes of building blocks from milk cartons and for building structures commonly found in houses and buildings, including towers, furniture, and arches.

Ball-point pens

1979
Explains how a ball-point pen works. Presents directions for constructing tools and devices with parts of pens and for using them in experiments and demonstrations.
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