More like a science experiment book!
925983
This workbook surprised me a little, it has a lot of experiment-type activities that remind me more of science than Health.  I think I was expecting it to be reading and answering health related topics.  This book requires you to provide certain materials, although simple ones.  But some of them I do not have around the house so we will have to gather.
4099124
This kit is fun and teaches some important fundamentals, but it is not well designed. Many of the experiments just don't work out the way they are explained, so it takes a lot of reverse-engineering skills to get some experiments to work, which the average kid would NEVER do. Also, many of the pieces are very difficult for a child to handle and put together.

Overall, it has the feel of something that came out of a geek's head, but nobody actually tested it out. I've used it with my child to explain such concepts as 'design flaw.'
3125112
The title of the book is based on science illiteracy.

The author is obviously unfamiliar with the concept of the latent heat of vaporization.

To put it simply, water turning into steam foes not work the way he describes it.
4380451
If you have read this textbook, you will notice that it does not follow scientific method.  In my opinion, if u believe in god and all that ---- then send your kid to a christian school.  Overall,  THERE IS NO SCIENCE INVOLVED IN THIS TEXTBOOK!
2698790
Nice science book for kids. Imagines what it would be like to live on mars.
Sadly, the character development is a bit slow.
Also, the response of the people back home is a bit too shallow. Nobody could go for 600 days in space without it seriously affecting their home-life. I know my wife would freak if I was gone for a month on a business trip. I can't imagine people being gone for three+ years without their relationships suffering any ill effects.
1787816
This book was more like popular fiction, then true science. It had lots of fluff but not much substance. I would recommend this book only for those who are starting out in Physics. It read like a slow Science Fiction book.  The writing style was not bad, just overly redundant with no real lessons.
973700
I love this book because I bought of for my grandson and he couldn't wait to do the experiments in the book! He got right to work and made a list of the things he needed to get to do the experiments. He loves science and this book is giving him insight into science. I can't wait to see him and try out some experiments together!
2487765
In typical TAB fashion, this book is a real find IF you can locate the materials used in these projects.  I suppose an electronic experimenter that has a large outbuilding loaded with ancient parts could do well with this information, but I don't see where any of these projects is worthwhile to someone looking for something fun to do.  Sorry TAB,,, I should have known from past experience.
4118315
gave it to a friend- too much of a science project.
743068
Since this children's book had such great reviews and I love to encourage people to value their ideas and their creative inspirations, especially my 6-year-old great-niece, I bought this and expected to give it to her as a birthday gift. When I read it, though, I was disappointed because it didn't seem to actually have the substance I expected. A child's mind is open and ripe for development. Books, games and stories teach children about how life works and carve out patterns of emotion and logic in their minds as well as passing along wisdom and cultural expectations. So I'm particular about what I will give a child, making sure a teaching story will actually offer her developing mind some real guidance and insight along with entertainment. This story started out in a lovely way, but seemed rather unimaginative (for a story about what to do with ideas) and ended with everything just POOF! disappearing and "changing the world." Really?! It's as if the author just ran out of pages, ran out of time, ran out of ideas and quit. I felt cheated! I didn't want to leave a child with the same feeling, so I didn't give it to her!
1613921
After 3 weeks of use - I feel that if this is what we will introduce our kids as 'science' - we are taking them down the path of pop science - stupid science enclosed in a way to think that our kids will learn something awesome from this ...

The 'robot' does nothing else other than moving ... why call this a robot ?

disappointing - except that it is a 1 hour project which you will probably never touch again
1808400
This book's title should be, "All About my Experiment and ME!"

I bought this book expecting to learn a lot about how dogs think, how they think about their humans, and other general information as to the current scientific understandings of dog psychology.

What I got, was 22 chapters, before the author even begin to hint at anything having to do with revealing something interesting about DOGS. Instead of informative science news about mutt mentality, this was mostly a long trudge through arcane academic detail about how this guy's experiment was put together, a lot about him, himself, his family, his dogs, his staff, and he, him, and his,

Since I bought this listen for a road trip with my wife and my dog, and it was kind of all I had, we persevered and listened through to the end, but felt we got very little for our investment in time and patience.

If you are looking for a book about the fine details of one particular science experiment, then this is for you. If you were looking for a book which will reveal new information about science's understanding of canine thinking, then you will find very thin gruel in this book.
4689690
I would not recommend this.  It would be just as easy to google these fun projects and do them that way.  The bottle is needed for these projects, but it is so cheaply made that it doesn't withstand. The first project we tried to do was to launch vapor. You need a balloon for this project, and balloons come with this. So great, right? Well not exactly. The balloons must be old because they would not stretch over the bottle as needed to continue the project. So we were unable to complete the first project we set out to do.  So we went on to another one. We were going to create a cloud. For this you needed to put water into the bottle.  Warning!!!! The bottle leaks. The hot water, along with a burned match was supposed to create a cloud.  Since the bottle leaked, so did the air causing no cloud.  My son was not very interested in doing anymore after 2 failed attempts. I want my children to love science. My oldest does. He has won his science fair nearly every year. So I was very disappointed that this ruined my youngest sons excitement to do an experiment. As I mentioned above. I would recommend just saving your money and googling fun science projects for kids. I can't say do a test run first, because science is all about learning what may happen or may not. But you do want good material. That is key.
2417865
This is cute, but not all that educational. My 9-year-old was excited by the cover and idea of it, but never finished it. There are some try-it-out activities meant to help you understand what space is like-- like spinning around in your chair several times and then trying to see if you can complete activities, meant to show what astronauts have to deal with with "space sickness" (extreme motion sickness). Then there are memory games, puzzles, drawing activities, a place for a free-form "space diary," a page to chart the phases of the moon, etc.

Much of it is just creative busy work with a space theme, but some of it does teach (like the Morse code page). There is a lot to keep a kid entertained. Probably best for kids about 5-7.
842526
We bought this product so our daughter could do a mini science experiment since she's been getting interested in science more lately. However, what this product actually gives you is very misleading. It's not "cool looking crystals" as advertised. It is crystals, granted, but they're really sad looking, and just sort of form at random points around the bowl, instead of all in one central location like the box made it seem. Not a very engaging experiment overall.
2065862
I did not enjoy this book.  The author(s) jumped around too much without much background.  The science/genetics in the book needed more detail to be believable, it was almost comical.  I kept waiting for it to pull together at the end but it just ended awkwardly.  It didn't make me want to read the second book to find out what happens next.
4134601
A beginner's book which gives some projects that are interesting and may even inspire some to look into science further, but I did not get much from the book