Children’s Book Review: Blast Lab
January 11, 2010 by Karlynn Johnston
Filed under Book Nook, Featured
Blast Lab is a clean freak’s worst nightmare. In an incredibly good, scientific, keep your children entertained, but your-house-will-never-be-clean-again way. Almost all the materials can be found in the average household, and if not, they can be easily acquired at the nearest store.
Do you have a bar of soap and a microwave? Be prepared for expanding, gooey soap monsters, and a great conversation with your child about the science behind what happens to the molecules, a conversation that is facilitated by the excerpts of scientific knowledge on the accompanying pages.
How about building a gooey gelatin volcano and then doing the good ol’ vinegar and baking soda explosion? It’s a classic with a jiggly, wiggly twist!
Any smart little trickster will love the page where you are taught how to make an apple pie…without the apples! And of course, you are encouraged to give your friends a slice to see if you can fool them.
The book is jam packed with experiments, scientific knowledge and fun facts and should be on every mother’s list for a summer vacation book. Seriously. The week before school ends this June, I will be taking this book in hand, going to the grocery and hardware stores and stocking up on the materials needed.
Reading level: 8 – 12 years
Page Count: 96 pages
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
What to expect: easy experiments for kids that require minor adult help but definite supervision, fun science facts and tidbits
Publisher’s synopsis:
Bring science and fun together with Blast Lab! More than 100 incredible experiments catapult readers into the role of scientist, explorer and inventor. Based on BBC TV’s hit TV show Blast Lab, this fully illustrated science book uses surprising facts and dramatic experiments that can be done at home to put across key scientific concepts. Packed with anarchic experiments, astonishing facts and eye-popping images – this is one science book that is truly experi-MENTAL!
Highlights
- Over 250 colour photographs
- Includes informative “ Amazing Science” spreads to communicate science concepts
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