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Book

Oh, ick! : 114 science experiments guaranteed to gross you out!

Call Number

  • J 507.8 MASO (OSH)

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Publication Information

New York : Workman Publishing, [2016]

Physical Description

280 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Audience

Ages 8-12.

Summary

"Kids love to be grossed out. And now the doyenne of disgusting, Joy Masoff, lets kids get their hands dirty--really dirty--with 114 interactive ick-speriments and ick-tivities that delve into the science behind everything disgusting. Its this A-Z compendium, kids can stage an Ooze Olympics to demonstrate viscosity. Observe how fungi grow by making a Mold Zoo"--

Notes

"Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited."

Contents

  • Arachnids
  • Awesome acids and their buddies, bases
  • Bacteria
  • Blood
  • Boogers
  • Burps
  • Crimes
  • Dirt
  • Earwax and ear hair
  • Eyeballs
  • Farts
  • Fossils
  • Fungi
  • Garbage
  • Guts
  • Hair horrors
  • Halitosis
  • Icky ice cream
  • Insects
  • Lava
  • Mummies
  • Noxious noises
  • Odious odors
  • Offal and other awful eats
  • Poop
  • Quakes & sinkholes
  • Scabs and stitches
  • Slime
  • Spit
  • Toilets
  • Urine
  • Vile viruses
  • Vomit
  • Worms
  • Yucky yolks
  • Zaps
  • Zits.

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