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How to build a hovercraft : air cannons, magnet motors, and 25 other amazing DIY science projects / Stephen Voltz and Fritz Grobe.

Voltz, Stephen. (Author). Grobe, Fritz. (Added Author).

Summary:

"From the Diet Coke and Mentos fountain makers who found initial fame via YouTube and the Maker Faire comes this collection of 25 awesome projects guaranteed to inspire a love of scientific experimentation. Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz, also known as EepyBird, share some amazing DIY projects: a Diet Coke and Mentos fountain of Bellagio proportions, a leaf blower hovercraft, a paper airplane that will fly forever, and many more. Each experiment features instructions that will take users from amateur to showman level--there's something here for all skill levels--alongside illustrations, photographs, and carefully explained science."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781452109527 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1452109524 (pbk.)
Physical Description: 190 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Publisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2013]
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: The coolest science experiments of all time-that you can do at home -- Level 1: Quick and amazing. The face that follows and the camera that watches ; The growing head illusion ; The needle through the balloon ; The self-crushing can ; The ivory volcano ; Yanking tablecloths and other near disasters ; The airplane that flies forever ; The spiderweb illusion -- Level 2: Taking it up a notch. A word about tools and safety ; Coke and mentos geysers ; Fire wire ; The magnet motor chimes ; Air vortex guns and cannons ; Sticky-note waterfalls and stairwalkers ; Paper airplane squadrons and sharpshooters -- Level 3: The big stuff. The leaf-blower hovercraft and its little cousins ; The pendulum wave machine ; The coke-and-mentos-powered minirocket car ; Shoot the monkey ; The mechanical water xylophone.