The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science: 64 Daring Experiments for Young Scientists

Stand back! Genius at work!

Encase your little bother in a giant soap bubble. Drop mentos into a bottle of diet soda and stand back as a geyser erupts. Launch a rocket made from a film canister.

Here are 64 amazing experiments that snap, crackle, pop, ooze, crash, boom, and stink. Giant air cannons. Home-made lightning. Marshmallows on steroids. Matchbox microphones. There€s even an introduction to alchemy. (Not sure what that is? Think €œmedieval wizard.€) None of the experiments requires special training, and all use stuff found in the kitchen or in the garden shed. You€d be irresponsible not to try them.

ATTENTION, PARENTS: Yes, your kids may need your help with a few experiments. And yes, sometimes it may get a tad messy. But it€s not pure mayhem. The balloon rocket whizzing through the garden? It demonstrates Newton€s Third Law of Motion. That chunk of potato launched across the kitchen from a tube? Welcome to Boyle€s Law. Every experiment demonstrated real science, at its most memorable.