Potato Chip Science: 29 Incredible Experiments

"A new wrinkle - or should it be crinkle? - on the kitchen-table science fair." - Buffalonews.com "Kids will get a recommended dose of fun with their lessons in physics, biology, chemistry and earth science that is, as the packaging says, 'High in saturated facts.'" - L.A. Parent "School's in session, which means--deep breaths, parents--science fairs are just around the corner. Get kids motivated early and find some simple-to-implement, innovative ideas with Potato Chip Science" - Time Out, Chicago, IL "An irresistibly introduction to the tasty side of science." - Mindware.com "There's a science-deficit among America's young and one man's cure comes packed in a potato chip bag." - CBS-TV (Philadelphia) "Potato Chip Science makes experiments tasty for children. Most kids do not need much motivation to tear into a bag of chips. So why not come up with a way to take that natural tendency and use it to expand a child's mind more than his or her waistline?" - Tulsa World "Got a kid who loves science? What about potato chips? Check out Potato Chip Science -- a grab bag of lessons on everything from physics to forensics, from navigation to neuroscience." - Idaho Statesman "If you have a wee one with an interest in science... check out Kurzweil's latest project, the science kit in a potato chip bag." - Techcrunch.com "Holy potato chips! Batman. There's something about the crinkle of a bag of chips that is like a geek siren song." - ThinkGeek.com "Betcha can't test just one." - Youngexplorers.com "A fantastic book of science experiments for kids to do with their parents. It's terrifically designed, and filled with fun facts and puns and silliness. Super fun!" - Goodreads.com "Perfect for kids. (I would have gone nuts for this as a child! And who am I kidding? I'm in my twenties and I still think it's pretty cool!)" - EW.com "Entertaining, pun-filled, intriguing, creative, and appealing." - Kirkus "A hit with booksellers." - Publishers Weekly

Mmmm, science! Imaginative science, brilliant science, environmental science - all wrapped up in the kind of idea that comes along once in a decade. "Potato Chip Science" is the genius book and stuff that introduces dozens of experiments using potato chip bags, potato chips, lids, tubes, and spuds. Like "Pop Bottle Science" (501,0000 copies in print) and the "Hand in Hand with Nature" series, it dazzlingly marries the fun of creative (and completely safe) activities with lessons drawn from ecology, biology, forensics, acoustics, aeronautics, optics, propulsion, hydrodynamics, and more. Make a chip tube gobble like a turkey. Fire the pocket-size potato propulsion pipe. Build a balloon-powered chip mobile. Power the ingenious digital clock (it's included!) with the mysterious potato 'battery.' Create a shrunken potato head. Launch the bag blaster - and when the weather's right, go fly a potato-chip-bag kite. The book is 96 pages and filled with experiments, interesting modifications, scientific principles, and 100 per cent saturated facts.