The Super Duper Book of 101 Extraordinary, Exciting, and (Occasionally) Explosive Science Experiments

The Super Duper Book of 101 Extraordinary, Exciting, and (Occasionally) Explosive Science Experiments — page 5
WHAT IS SCIENCE That’s a great question Science is everywhere it’s the reason your microwave works the reason that a struck match creates a flame even the reason that your bottom doesn’t fall through the chair that you’re sitting on Science is all about having a question and searching for an answer You form your hypothesis conduct experiments to determine how something works and study the results to determine how correct your hypothesis is As the wise folks from Mythbusters once said the only difference between science and messing around is writing it down We’re here for the cool stuff We want to see the explosions and color changing experiments that make us think that we’re performing magic from the convenience of our own kitchen But the goal here is to perform science not magic so get yourself a composition lab notebook and take some notes Scientists are always careful note takers because well every aspect of the experiment is important Information that you may not think is valuable now might be crucial in the future But if you don’t want to write anything down that’s ok too Grab your supplies and get going on those experiments WHAT'S NEXT I hope you’re excited for what awaits in the chapters ahead We will be exploring five different areas of science geology astronomy biology chemistry and physics Find out which one is your favorite Most of the materials used in this book can be found in your home though anything that you don’t have can be found at your local hardware store All of these experiments are designed to get you to think about why stuff happens so every experiment has an explanation in regards to the science behind it Try this think about an experiment after you do it Try to come up with your own explanation and see how it compares to the one in the book That is the first step in the scientific process You might not be right but scientists rarely are their first time around 8