Presents over two dozen simple science activities using food, common household items, water, and the outdoors.

Contains 40 science project ideas from real kids along with clear scientific explanations, tips for developing other projects, and 100 additional ideas for projects.

Offers instructions for forty STEAM experiments, including building 3D lenses, making a microscope, and chlorophyll printing.

Features instructions for different science projects and activities, including creating artificial gravity, a fruit-powered battery, and making a water filter.

Provides step-by-step instructions for such projects as a salt crystal tower and molten magma rock candy divided into time-based categories, including ten minutes or less and over thirty minutes.

"Produced in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution, SI Math Maker Lab is designed to appeal to math geeks and those that prefer practical projects. To complete these engaging projects, kids don't need to be math geniuses or even know how to use a calculator. Each task comes with easy-to-follow instructions, photographs, and illustrations to help whip up super cool mathematics creations!"--

From a roaring fire tornado to a skateboard rocket, these experiments will have kids dropping their video games and TV remotes to experience real-world fun that educates as it entertains.

"The whole world is a laboratory, and with 80+ safe and fun experiments and activities, this is the ultimate lab book for kids."--

"Get ready to experiment! Not-So-Ordinary Science is jampacked with 49 hands-on messy, mobile, noisy, and smelly projects that allow curious kids to discover just how fun STEM can be. No lab required. Follow easy step-by-step instructions to stir together sticky tar pit slime, whip up sweetly scented bubbles, craft a DIY petite piano, engineer a buzzing bug bot gadget, and more. Then learn about the basic science concepts that make each activity extraordinarily...