How to be a Scientist (Careers for Kids) - Hardcover

Mould, Steve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1465461213 ISBN 13: 9781465461216

Publisher: DK Children, 2017

Synopsis

This bold and playful approach to science with more than 40 fun questions, experiments, games, and real-life scenarios will encourage kids to discover the amazing science all around them.

Kids will learn how to think like a scientist and look at the world in a brand-new way with science comedian Steve Mould's How to be a Scientist. More than 40 simple activities have undetermined answers, encouraging curious young readers to find new ways to test ideas. Questions, games, and real-life scenarios make scientific concepts fun and relevant. The stories of the great scientists and their discoveries—and failures—are told in an entertaining way to provide even further inspiration for budding scientists.

Supporting STEM and STEAM education initiatives, How to be a Scientist will inspire kids to ask questions, do activities, think creatively, and discover amazing facts.

About this title

About the Author:

Steve Mould is a science expert and comedian with a physics degree from the University of Oxford. He has a YouTube channel with over 200,000 subscribers, and his videos regularly achieve hits in the hundreds of thousands. One of these videos (about "self-siphoning beads") went viral worldwide, gaining nearly 2 million hits and being mentioned in The New York Times and on the BBC. Scientists later discovered why the beads performed in the mysterious way they did and dubbed it "The Mould Effect." Steve also hosts a radio show on BBC Radio 4 and is part of the live comedy/science trio Festival of the Spoken Nerd. Steve's second book for kids, The Bacteria Book: The Big World of Really Tiny Microbes, was published in May 2018.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 2–5—A collection of science history facts and related projects for elementary schoolers. The content is divided into six categories: nature, the body, chemistry, Earth, physics, and space. Each section introduces scientists and their discoveries along with simple tests that can be conducted at home. Most of the activities presented are very basic, with only a few experiments involving the use of control groups. The majority of items needed are easily found in the home: food, rulers, craft sticks, water bottles, soap, and paper plates. The only piece that might be hard to obtain is a fizzy vitamin tablet. Most youngsters can complete these tasks without supervision, and only a few projects require adult help. The illustrations are cartoonish; the people all have rounded features (hands, feet, heads), wide eyes, and square bodies. Notable scientists are drawn with identifiable traits in mind: Albert Einstein's white mop of hair, Marie Curie's bun, and Galileo's beard. The photographs are clear, sized appropriately, and well laid out on the page, and the use of variously sized fonts helps to break up the text, resulting in an eye-catching volume. Only the first few pages explain how to use the book to think like a scientist; the majority of the work centers on science concepts. VERDICT Though the title is a bit misleading, the work presents a great pool of ideas for kids and teachers.—Sandra Welzenbach, Villarreal Elementary School, San Antonio

About this edition

• Publisher: DK Children
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1465461213
• ISBN 13: 9781465461216
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144