Simple Experiments in Time
With Everyday Materials
Published on 30. June 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-0-8069-4298-8 (ISBN)
Description
Can you imagine a world without time? Although time plays an important part in our lives, we take it for granted. This work is designed to help children investigate all the wonders of time and clocks. There are 40 projects and experiments, all of which use easy-to-find supplies and materials.
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
100 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 132 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8069-4298-8 (9780806942988)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Talking about time; the time word game; how long is a minute?; timeline; telling time by the moon; calendar timeline; about calendars; moon time; string calendar; perpetual calendar; four- and ten-day weeks; telling time by the sun; sundial timeline; moving shadows; shadow watch; shadow timepiece; make a sundial; hand dial; noon holes; time zones; hours in a day; cloudy day and night timetellers; candle timekeeper; water clock; make an hourglass; invent your own clock; telling time by the stars; astronomical timeline; a star map; star time; make a cereal box planetarium; mechanical clocks; make a yo-yo clock; how gears work; why clocks count to 12; jewels in clocks; why a "watch"?; a grandfather clock; railway timetables; international date line; AM and PM; Summer Time; super clocks; electric clocks; make a simple electric motor; make a coin battery; what are quartz crystal clocks?; digital clocks; glowing in the dark; radiocarbon dating; atomic clocks; time machines.