Fairy tale science
Edition
Advance reader's edition.
Publication Information
New York : Odd Dot, [2021]
Physical Description
233 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Audience
Grades 4-6 Odd Dot.
Summary
"Explore the laws of physics, principles of chemistry, and wonders of biology in this collection of classic stories with a hands-on STEM twist. From Snow White to Chicken Little to Ali Baba and the forty thieves-- read each story like a scientist. Determine if a glass slipper can withstand an evening of ballroom dancing, explore the buoyancy of a magical frog, test the power of blowing air on a house, and so much more. Find out what happens actually ever after!"--Back cover.
Notes
Subtitle from cover.
Contents
- Introduction: Testing the tales
- Snow White and the seven dwarfs: One bad apple
- The three little pigs: Blowback
- The nightingale: Retweeting
- Ali Baba and the forty thieves: An open secret
- The princess and the pea: A royal pain
- Rumpelstiltskin: Guess again
- The frog prince: Prince alarming
- Hansel and Gretel: Home sweet home
- The sorcerer's apprentice: Divide and be conquered
- The tortoise and the hare: A bad hare day
- Stone soup: Stirring things up
- Goldilocks and the three bears: Porridge problems
- Jack and the beanstalk: Stalk of the town
- Rapunzel: Social climbing
- The boy who cried wolf: Liar, liar
- Humpty Dumpty: Falling to pieces
- Sleeping Beauty: Asleep at the wheel
- Vikram and the vampire: Undeniably dead
- Chicken Little: Poultry in a panic
- The emperor's new clothes: The naked truth
- The ugly duckling: Just ducky
- The Bremen town musicians: Banding together
- Little red riding hood: Gulp
- Hua Mulan: She's the man
- Cinderella: Shoe shenanigans.