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Projects for a Healthy Planet: Simple Environmental Experiments for Kids

Projects for a Healthy Planet: Simple Environmental Experiments for Kids

Shar Levine, Allison Grafton

ISBN: 978-0-471-55484-4

May 1992, Jossey-Bass

96 pages

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Description

Simple and fun activities that inspire understanding and respect for the environment.
  • Discover what pollution is and what it does
  • Learn how you can limit pollution through conservation and recycling
  • Make your own environmentally friendly products
The activities in this book will show you things like how to make scratch-and-sniff paper, how to build your own greenhouse, and how to sprout seeds in old tea bags. Each activity is fun to read and is explained in step-by-step drawings that are easy to follow, and all materials are readily available household items.

About the Author

SHAR LEVINE is the creator and owner of Einstein's, The Science Center, a science and educational toy, game, and book store in Vancouver, B.C. ALLISON GRAFTON is the senior instructor for Einstein's, and is involved in creating science programs. TERRY CHUI is a freelance artist.
SOMETHING'S HAPPENING HERE: POLLUTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

Acid Rain.

Ozone.

The Undetectables.

Oil Spills.

Wash Blues.

Breakdown.

What's Eating You?.

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT: CONSERVE, REUSE, RECYCLE.

How Green Is My Greenhouse.

Windpower.

Earth(worm) Day.

Scratch-and-Sniff Papermaking.

Portable Fridge.

Why Should My Window Wear a Coat?.

Tea for Two.

CREATING ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRODUCTS.

No Excuses Soap.

Bubble Bonanza.

Make Fleas Flee.

Mothra's Eating My Clothes.

Hair's Looking at You Kid--Shampoo.

Save a Tree.

List of Organizations to Contact.

Index.