Why do you see sparks when you walk across the carpet or take off a scratchy sweater? What makes metal rust? What causes a ground-rumbling earthquake? With 730 Easy Science Experiments you can discover the answers to these questions - and hundreds more - right at home, using ordinary materials like lemons, drinking straws, old newspapers, milk cartons and pieces of string. These simple and entertaining experiments will teach you loads of amazing new things, like: What makes gravity work? How electricity moves? Why magnets attract? How the greenhouse effect warms the earth? Why and how light bends? And lots more! Detailed instructions guide you through each experiment step-by-step, and special notes outline whether you need a "lab partner" or an adult to help out, and most importantly, why and how the experiments work. 730 Easy Science Experiments will remind you that being a scientist doesn't just make the world a better place - it's also a lot of fun!

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