Stomp Rockets, Catapults, and Kaleidoscopes: 30+ Amazing Science Projects You Can Build for Less than $1

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I HAD THE PRIVILEGE of working with many fine peo ple to make this book happen Juan Jose Padilla and Lorena Onofre of our Students Teaching Project shot and posed for many of the photos Gustavo Hernan dez my assistant extraordinaire shot and posed for many photos did a lot of editing and kept hundreds of projects and parts organized in our cramped space Araceli and Frankie Ortiz and Erick Torres also helped with some photos Paul Doherty of the Exploratorium Teacher Insti tute kindly proofed these activities for content and Pat Murphy in Exploratorium Publications and of the Brazen Hussies gave a lot of useful advice Much appreciation goes to my wise superiors in the City of Watsonville's Department of Public Works and Utilities Tami Stolzenthaler Nancy Lockwood Bob Geyer David Koch and also to Carol Thomas and Al Smith all of whom gave great sup port for this book Thanks also to Watsonville city manager Carlos Palacios and the city council for all their support of the Watsonville Environmental Sci ence Workshop past and future Finally thanks for the support and ideas from other community science workshop directors across the