Cool Circuits and Wicked Wires
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€10.99
A wicked way to get started in the weird and wonderful world of electricity! Have some inspired electrical fun with these simple experiments using all kinds of household equipment. Set up a cool circuit using salty water and kitchen towel. Use pencils to create circuits. Make a home-made battery that really works. Fascinate your friends with a break-dancing magnet. There are clear step-by-step instructions shining a light on electrons and electronics. Sparky, scientific fun! INCLUDES THESE SPARKY EXPERIMENTS: Simple Stuff, Pencil Power, Wicked Resistors, Colourful Circuit, Salty Circuit, Briny Battery, Mighty Magnet, Cool Compass, Crazy Currents, Break-dancing Magnet and Weird Wireless.
Susan is an author, editor and first-class fact finder who writes creative and educational books for children. Her book, Real-Life Mysteries, is the winner of the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book with Facts 2018. She has been writing information books for children for over twenty years, but began her career as a non-fiction books’ editor with the BBC in London. She has lived in several different countries, including France and Malaysia, but is now based back in Reading, UK. She was a kid who always wanted to know about everything, so researches and writes the kind of books she would have liked as a child! Kim is a children's book illustrator and designer who has worked for Ivy Kids, Lonely Planet and b small publishing, where she designed the range of language learning series, Hello Languages. Nick is a physics teacher in the United Kingdom.