Dispezio, Michael A

Presents over fifty experiments in electricity and magnetism, including how to see magnetic fields, transmit Morse code, use static electricity as glue, and make simple electrical circuits.

Provides more than fifty experiments illustrating the properties of force and motion including gravity, inertia, and density.

Contains approximately fifty hands-on experiments designed to demonstrate different ways in which people's eyes can play tricks on them.

Presents over seventy experiments designed to demonstrate the properties of light and sound and explain the science behind them, covering such topics as wavelengths, color spectrums, vibration, and air particles.

Teaches simple navigational tricks and the construction and use of floor plans, maps, and natural compasses as well as physical, political, topographical, and astronomical maps, and contains quizzes, puzzles, and activities, including triangulation, orienteering, and how to make an astrolabe.

A discussion of optical illusion with explanations of why we see them and suggestion for creating illusions of your own.

Discusses air pressure, temperature, humidity, dew point, rain, wind, lightning, thunder, tornadoes, hurricanes, and other weather-related topics.

Contains instructions for making optical illusion devices as well as explanations for why things appear the way they do.