Special pictures called holograms make things look real. When light shines through the film, you see the pictured thing from all sides. Your dog was chasing a big red ball when the picture was...
A rainbow of colors
Sunsets and traffic lights, campfires and TV screens---light comes in many different colors. What makes the colors different? Why do we see a rainbow of colors? All the colors of light are given off...
Changing energy
Crack! It's a home run---and it was scored by a hamburger! It's true that the hamburger didn't hit the ball. The batter did. But the batter ate the hamburger for lunch. The batter's body got energy...
Octavius octopus
Materials - blunt needle - scissors - Styrofoam or rubber ball (or tightly crumpled newspaper) - yarn (two colors) 1. Cut off 36 strands of yarn, each measuring three times as long as your...
Ellie the elephant
> Materials - cardboard - clay (hardening, modeling, chemical, or kitchen) - scissors - toothpick Read Clay (pages 108-110) before you decide what kind of clay you want to use for this project. ...
Animal parade
Read Clay (pages 108-110) before you decide what kind of clay you want to use for these projects. Materials - clay (hardening, modeling, chemical, or kitchen) - toothpick 1. To make the cat or...
Clay play
Helpful hints The following information will help you to make the projects in this section. If a special skill is needed, the directions will tell you the page on which that skill is explained. For...
Puppet head
Materials - newspaper - paintbrushes - papier-mache (pulp and strip) - tempera paint - toilet-paper tube - transparent tape - yarn 1. To form the puppet's head, crumple a sheet of newspaper...
Bottle figure
Materials - bottle (plastic) - newspaper - paintbrushes - sand or salt - strip papier-mache - tempera paint ■ yarn 1. Find an empty plastic bottle (a detergent bottle works well). Pour ...
Exploring the depths
A slender, baldheaded man with a bushy moustache sat inside a hollow, metal ball. He peered excitedly through a round window. The man was Professor William Beebe. Next to him was Otis Barton, the man...