Exploratorium Snackbook - (Jossey-Bass Teacher) by Exploratorium Teacher Institute (Paperback)

About the Book

Kids and teachers can build their own science projects based on exhibits from San Francisco's premier science museum. This revised and updated edition offers instructions for building junior versions, or "snacks," of the famed Exploratorium's exhibits.

Book Synopsis

Kids and teachers can build their own science projects based on exhibits from San Francisco's premiere science museum

This revised and updated edition offers instructions for building junior versions, or "snacks," of the famed Exploratorium's exhibits. The snacks, designed by science teachers, can be used as demonstrations, labs, or as student science projects and all 100 projects are easy to build from common materials. The Exploratorium, a renowned hands-on science museum founded by physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer, is noted for its interactive exhibits that richly illustrate scientific concepts and stimulate learning.

• Offers a step-by-step guide for building dynamic science projects and exhibits
• Includes tips for creating projects made from easy-to-assembly items
• Thoroughly revised and updated, including new "snacks," images, and references

From the Back Cover

Jossey-Bass Teacher 5-12

The Exploratorium Science Snackbook

Cook Up Over 100 Hands-On Science Exhibits from Everyday Materials

Revised Edition

The Exploratorium Science Snackbook

Revised Edition

From the Teacher Institute of the famed Exploratorium in San Francisco comes a unique, hands-on activity book that provides instructions for creating junior versions, or "snacks," of many of the museum's amazing exhibits. Designed by science teachers, these snacks can be used as classroom demonstrations, labs, science projects, or just for fun. All of the projects are easy to build with common materials.

This new edition includes updated activities plus several new snacks, illustrations, references, tips from teachers, and correlations to national science standards.

Using The Exploratorium Science Snackbook as your guide, you can construct an anti-gravity mirror, create electrical "fleas," duck into a kaleidoscope, or build a bicycle wheel gyro. Discover how to create exhibits that explore the mysteries of:

Energy and matter

Light and color

Force and motion

Vision and perception

Sound and hearing

Praise for The Exploratorium Science Snackbook

"The revised edition of the Science Snackbook allows you to bring the fascination of the Exploratorium into your classroom. You and your students can construct classroom versions of some of the most successful Exploratorium exhibits. Your students' imaginations will take off as they begin with the guided inquiry suggestions and find more and more ways to investigate the science concepts."
--Arthur Eisenkraft, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Science Education at University of Massachusetts, Boston; past president, National Science Teachers Association

"The activities in this book are not just a great set of investigations that encourages thought and problem solving for your students . . . it is a wonderful read. The anecdotal approach gives greater life to the content as well as enticing teachers to expand their repertoire and think and work outside the box with their students!"
--Susan M. Pritchard, PhD, National Board certified, early adolescence/science middle school teacher, La Habra, California; online university instructor, San Diego, California

"A wonderful set of resources and references. The comprehensive list of places to shop for supplies immediately gave me ideas for creating and adapting snacks to my classroom."
--Laura Reasoner Jones, school-based technology specialist, founder of GEMS (Girls Excelling in Math and Science), Herndon, Virginia

"This new Snackbook is an all-you-can-eat buffet of delights from San Francisco's world-famous 'museum of awareness.' These ingenious recipes show you how to create an Exploratorium in your classroom, or even in your living room. Delicious, nutritious, and absolutely zero calories. Bon appétit!"
--K.C. Cole, PhD, Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, Author, Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and the World He Made Up

The Exploratorium, established in 1969, is an internationally renowned museum of science, art, and human perception located in San Francisco, California. Its hundreds of hands-on exhibits are designed to promote science discovery. www.exploratorium.edu

The Exploratorium Teacher Institute has brought science and math teachers from middle and high schools all over the country to workshops at the Exploratorium since 1986.

About the Author

The Exploratorium, founded in 1969, is an internationally renowned museum of science, art and human perception, rated the "best science museum in the world" by Scientific American. Its hundreds of hands-on exhibits are designed to promote science discovery. It has an annual attendance of about 650,000 per year and its website attracts approximately 20 million visitors annually.
The Exploratorium Teacher Institute, which was organized in 1984, brings science and math teachers from middle and high schools all over the country to workshops at the museum and will be having its 25th anniversary in 2009. About 200 teachers participate each year, and about 3,000 teachers stay in touch as alumni. The institute also includes a mentor program for beginning teachers, a leadership training program, and an online curriculum and it offers professional development credits through local universities.
The editors of the Exploratorium have created numerous popular books on science, from the original Science Snackbook to the interactive Explorabook to their latest effort: Exploratopia.