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Dingle, Adrian, 1967-

How to make a universe with 92 ingredients / How to make a universe with ninety two ingredients Adrian Dingle. - London : Scholastic, 2010. - 93 pages; colour illustrations; 30 cm.

This book. It's elementary -- The periodic table -- Using the periodic table -- When elements get together. Space, Earth and nature. I'm gonna make you a star -- Home, sweet home -- The atmosphere -- Let's rock -- Don't blow your top -- Lost in the desert -- Home decoration for cavemen -- Catch your comet! -- Oceans & seas -- Make your own human being -- Tree-mendous -- Water water everywhere -- What's your poison. Daily life. Illumination -- Strike a light -- How to make money -- The chemistry of fizz-ics -- Fast food -- A bedtime snack. Materials. Fun with fireworks -- Ba-ba boom -- Pottering about with paints -- Dazzling with diamonds -- Let's be clear about glass -- Dish the dirt on soap -- Burning questions about petrol -- The power of attraction -- Skyscrapers. Cool machines. Count on your computer -- Chill out -- Boom boom, shake the room -- Let's fly -- Pedal to metal -- Ready, set, change -- What's on television? -- Taking the temperature.

How to Make a Universe from 92 Ingredients takes on the impossible and triumphs - it makes chemistry fun! A unique and imaginative take on chemistry for children, with 'experiments' that show how all things are made from just 92 chemical elements - from trees to mobile phones, to humans and the Sun - kids will love this fascinating and entertaining approach to the periodic table. With periodic table poster!

Secondary.

ISBN: 9781407117911 (hbk.) 1407117912 (hbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Chemical elements--Juvenile literature.
Periodic law--Juvenile literature.
Chemistry--Experiments --Juvenile literature.

Dewey Class. No.: 546.8