Illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions demonstrate how to use common household items to conduct experiments on condensation, air pressure, friction, cohesion, and other scientific concepts.
Presents twenty-one projects which can be safely done at home using readily available materials, demonstrating basic scientific concepts, from physics to chemistry to biology.
An account of eighteen-year-old Todd Nelson's experiment, "Insect in Flight Motion Study," which was the first student experiment ever to fly aboard a manned space shuttle flight.