Don't buy it!, 01 Sep 2008
This book simply does not engage and it doesn't use everyday materials - so I would say it doesn't do what it says on the tin.

Simply Magnificient!, 05 Mar 1999
I loved it! The experiments are so much fun! They were interesting and fascinating! A *Must* for any scientific youngster.

Don't buy it!, 01 Sep 2008
This book simply does not engage and it doesn't use everyday materials - so I would say it doesn't do what it says on the tin.

Simply Magnificient!, 05 Mar 1999
I loved it! The experiments are so much fun! They were interesting and fascinating! A *Must* for any scientific youngster.

We like it, 06 Mar 2008
Fun and educational book - lots of experiments inside that are clearly detailed, fun and straight forward to do. Shows children the basics of science and makes everyday things so much easier to understand.

Fun and educational!, 14 Jul 2004
This is a fantastic book for parents of children aged 4 upwards. It contains 15 experiments to carry out with the minimum of equipment, with simple step by step instructions and clear child friendly explanations of "what happened?".

Having looked at Janice VanCleave's "easy experiments for young children" before (and thought "they're OK"), I was bowled over with the ingenuity of some of these experiments.

For example, to explain where clouds come from, children put hot water in a jar and ice in a sieve above it to make clouds appear! The simple explanation was easy enough for my daughter aged 4 to get and yet there is so much going on.

Shining torches through water (and milk) to find why the sky is blue, making tornados in cola bottles, putting balloons in fridges to see how air contracts. Wonderful!

Great colour illustrations really complete this as an excellent resource, particularly for the parent of a young inquisitive child. We've had so much fun (and don't tell my daughter - but she's been learning loads without realising - and that's got to be good)!

If you also enjoy using fun games to teach reading, writing and maths then I highly recommend the books by Peggy Kaye: "Games for Learning", "Games for Reading", "Games for Writing" and "Games for Math".

Don't buy it!, 01 Sep 2008
This book simply does not engage and it doesn't use everyday materials - so I would say it doesn't do what it says on the tin.

Simply Magnificient!, 05 Mar 1999
I loved it! The experiments are so much fun! They were interesting and fascinating! A *Must* for any scientific youngster.

We like it, 06 Mar 2008
Fun and educational book - lots of experiments inside that are clearly detailed, fun and straight forward to do. Shows children the basics of science and makes everyday things so much easier to understand.

Fun and educational!, 14 Jul 2004
This is a fantastic book for parents of children aged 4 upwards. It contains 15 experiments to carry out with the minimum of equipment, with simple step by step instructions and clear child friendly explanations of "what happened?".

Having looked at Janice VanCleave's "easy experiments for young children" before (and thought "they're OK"), I was bowled over with the ingenuity of some of these experiments.

For example, to explain where clouds come from, children put hot water in a jar and ice in a sieve above it to make clouds appear! The simple explanation was easy enough for my daughter aged 4 to get and yet there is so much going on.

Shining torches through water (and milk) to find why the sky is blue, making tornados in cola bottles, putting balloons in fridges to see how air contracts. Wonderful!

Great colour illustrations really complete this as an excellent resource, particularly for the parent of a young inquisitive child. We've had so much fun (and don't tell my daughter - but she's been learning loads without realising - and that's got to be good)!

If you also enjoy using fun games to teach reading, writing and maths then I highly recommend the books by Peggy Kaye: "Games for Learning", "Games for Reading", "Games for Writing" and "Games for Math".

This review refers to the 'SPECIAL' edition of this title, please see the note below., 28 Feb 2007
n.b This review is for the 'SPECIAL' edition - Amazon are currently showing the reviews for both this and the 'Explosive Experiments Book + Cards' version as the same but the book that comes with the latter is regular sized and has 128 pages.

`Explosive Experiments gives you the red hot details of dodgy experiments that have set the world of science alight! Follow the wobbly path of scientific discovery and find out..... which scientist blew up his Barbie in an experiment who tried, and failed, to get rid of his fingerprints with acid. how scientists tracked down the chemical cause of cheesy socks. You'll also have a chance to meet `Horrible Science's' own team of oddball experts, and try some horribly exciting experiments. Find out how to make your own artificial sick....what you need to make the moon `shrink'....and,........if you've got the nerve to stand under a bucket of water. - all in the name of science! Science has never been so horrible!' Slightly more expensive than the regular `Horrible Science` series, `Explosive Experiments' is one of the `Specials' and stands slightly higher at c8.5" high. 192 pages, split over 8 chapters:- A testing time Murderous medical experiments Baffling brain experiments Nightmare nature experiments Curious chemistry experiments Frantic forces experiments Experiments with blasts and bangs Blazing light and electricity experiments with an introduction and an epilogue - An explosive tomorrow? Written in a variety of fonts in the usual Nick Arnold entertaining style. Black and white illustrations/cartoons throughout, as well as `Bet you never knew' fact-boxes, quizzes and `Horrible Danger Warnings`, e.g.:- `Kettle steam can scald you! Keep well away from the steam and get an adult to help you with this part of the experiment, otherwise your parents could get steamed up.'



A Brilliantly Written Book, 28 Mar 2002
A book that makes you think and laugh at the same time, a very rare quality in a science book. Full of educational experiments that don't make you think your doing "school work". I have read many of his books but it never ceases to amaze me how intelligently funny they are.

A fun filled book of experiments., 04 Jan 2002
The book is full of fun experiments. It covers all the aspects of science and includes guidelines for each of the experiments, it is also enjoyable to read and educational. The experiments include quizes after each section, to test your knowledge of the experiment covered. Overall, the book was very enjoyable and the experiments were very good. A good read all around.

Don't buy it!, 01 Sep 2008
This book simply does not engage and it doesn't use everyday materials - so I would say it doesn't do what it says on the tin.

Simply Magnificient!, 05 Mar 1999
I loved it! The experiments are so much fun! They were interesting and fascinating! A *Must* for any scientific youngster.

We like it, 06 Mar 2008
Fun and educational book - lots of experiments inside that are clearly detailed, fun and straight forward to do. Shows children the basics of science and makes everyday things so much easier to understand.

Fun and educational!, 14 Jul 2004
This is a fantastic book for parents of children aged 4 upwards. It contains 15 experiments to carry out with the minimum of equipment, with simple step by step instructions and clear child friendly explanations of "what happened?".

Having looked at Janice VanCleave's "easy experiments for young children" before (and thought "they're OK"), I was bowled over with the ingenuity of some of these experiments.

For example, to explain where clouds come from, children put hot water in a jar and ice in a sieve above it to make clouds appear! The simple explanation was easy enough for my daughter aged 4 to get and yet there is so much going on.

Shining torches through water (and milk) to find why the sky is blue, making tornados in cola bottles, putting balloons in fridges to see how air contracts. Wonderful!

Great colour illustrations really complete this as an excellent resource, particularly for the parent of a young inquisitive child. We've had so much fun (and don't tell my daughter - but she's been learning loads without realising - and that's got to be good)!

If you also enjoy using fun games to teach reading, writing and maths then I highly recommend the books by Peggy Kaye: "Games for Learning", "Games for Reading", "Games for Writing" and "Games for Math".

This review refers to the 'SPECIAL' edition of this title, please see the note below., 28 Feb 2007
n.b This review is for the 'SPECIAL' edition - Amazon are currently showing the reviews for both this and the 'Explosive Experiments Book + Cards' version as the same but the book that comes with the latter is regular sized and has 128 pages.

`Explosive Experiments gives you the red hot details of dodgy experiments that have set the world of science alight! Follow the wobbly path of scientific discovery and find out..... which scientist blew up his Barbie in an experiment who tried, and failed, to get rid of his fingerprints with acid. how scientists tracked down the chemical cause of cheesy socks. You'll also have a chance to meet `Horrible Science's' own team of oddball experts, and try some horribly exciting experiments. Find out how to make your own artificial sick....what you need to make the moon `shrink'....and,........if you've got the nerve to stand under a bucket of water. - all in the name of science! Science has never been so horrible!' Slightly more expensive than the regular `Horrible Science` series, `Explosive Experiments' is one of the `Specials' and stands slightly higher at c8.5" high. 192 pages, split over 8 chapters:- A testing time Murderous medical experiments Baffling brain experiments Nightmare nature experiments Curious chemistry experiments Frantic forces experiments Experiments with blasts and bangs Blazing light and electricity experiments with an introduction and an epilogue - An explosive tomorrow? Written in a variety of fonts in the usual Nick Arnold entertaining style. Black and white illustrations/cartoons throughout, as well as `Bet you never knew' fact-boxes, quizzes and `Horrible Danger Warnings`, e.g.:- `Kettle steam can scald you! Keep well away from the steam and get an adult to help you with this part of the experiment, otherwise your parents could get steamed up.'



A Brilliantly Written Book, 28 Mar 2002
A book that makes you think and laugh at the same time, a very rare quality in a science book. Full of educational experiments that don't make you think your doing "school work". I have read many of his books but it never ceases to amaze me how intelligently funny they are.

A fun filled book of experiments., 04 Jan 2002
The book is full of fun experiments. It covers all the aspects of science and includes guidelines for each of the experiments, it is also enjoyable to read and educational. The experiments include quizes after each section, to test your knowledge of the experiment covered. Overall, the book was very enjoyable and the experiments were very good. A good read all around.

Fantastic Book!, 28 Nov 2007
This is an absolutely fantastic book that will appeal to boys and girls alike! I combined it with a bug catcher and my daughter had hours of fun in the garden and then following up with ideas from the book.

Don't buy it!, 01 Sep 2008
This book simply does not engage and it doesn't use everyday materials - so I would say it doesn't do what it says on the tin.

Simply Magnificient!, 05 Mar 1999
I loved it! The experiments are so much fun! They were interesting and fascinating! A *Must* for any scientific youngster.

We like it, 06 Mar 2008
Fun and educational book - lots of experiments inside that are clearly detailed, fun and straight forward to do. Shows children the basics of science and makes everyday things so much easier to understand.

Fun and educational!, 14 Jul 2004
This is a fantastic book for parents of children aged 4 upwards. It contains 15 experiments to carry out with the minimum of equipment, with simple step by step instructions and clear child friendly explanations of "what happened?".

Having looked at Janice VanCleave's "easy experiments for young children" before (and thought "they're OK"), I was bowled over with the ingenuity of some of these experiments.

For example, to explain where clouds come from, children put hot water in a jar and ice in a sieve above it to make clouds appear! The simple explanation was easy enough for my daughter aged 4 to get and yet there is so much going on.

Shining torches through water (and milk) to find why the sky is blue, making tornados in cola bottles, putting balloons in fridges to see how air contracts. Wonderful!

Great colour illustrations really complete this as an excellent resource, particularly for the parent of a young inquisitive child. We've had so much fun (and don't tell my daughter - but she's been learning loads without realising - and that's got to be good)!

If you also enjoy using fun games to teach reading, writing and maths then I highly recommend the books by Peggy Kaye: "Games for Learning", "Games for Reading", "Games for Writing" and "Games for Math".

This review refers to the 'SPECIAL' edition of this title, please see the note below., 28 Feb 2007
n.b This review is for the 'SPECIAL' edition - Amazon are currently showing the reviews for both this and the 'Explosive Experiments Book + Cards' version as the same but the book that comes with the latter is regular sized and has 128 pages.

`Explosive Experiments gives you the red hot details of dodgy experiments that have set the world of science alight! Follow the wobbly path of scientific discovery and find out..... which scientist blew up his Barbie in an experiment who tried, and failed, to get rid of his fingerprints with acid. how scientists tracked down the chemical cause of cheesy socks. You'll also have a chance to meet `Horrible Science's' own team of oddball experts, and try some horribly exciting experiments. Find out how to make your own artificial sick....what you need to make the moon `shrink'....and,........if you've got the nerve to stand under a bucket of water. - all in the name of science! Science has never been so horrible!' Slightly more expensive than the regular `Horrible Science` series, `Explosive Experiments' is one of the `Specials' and stands slightly higher at c8.5" high. 192 pages, split over 8 chapters:- A testing time Murderous medical experiments Baffling brain experiments Nightmare nature experiments Curious chemistry experiments Frantic forces experiments Experiments with blasts and bangs Blazing light and electricity experiments with an introduction and an epilogue - An explosive tomorrow? Written in a variety of fonts in the usual Nick Arnold entertaining style. Black and white illustrations/cartoons throughout, as well as `Bet you never knew' fact-boxes, quizzes and `Horrible Danger Warnings`, e.g.:- `Kettle steam can scald you! Keep well away from the steam and get an adult to help you with this part of the experiment, otherwise your parents could get steamed up.'



A Brilliantly Written Book, 28 Mar 2002
A book that makes you think and laugh at the same time, a very rare quality in a science book. Full of educational experiments that don't make you think your doing "school work". I have read many of his books but it never ceases to amaze me how intelligently funny they are.

A fun filled book of experiments., 04 Jan 2002
The book is full of fun experiments. It covers all the aspects of science and includes guidelines for each of the experiments, it is also enjoyable to read and educational. The experiments include quizes after each section, to test your knowledge of the experiment covered. Overall, the book was very enjoyable and the experiments were very good. A good read all around.

Fantastic Book!, 28 Nov 2007
This is an absolutely fantastic book that will appeal to boys and girls alike! I combined it with a bug catcher and my daughter had hours of fun in the garden and then following up with ideas from the book.


Great fun!, 13 Jan 2008
Are you struggling on friction or changing state? Then look no further! How about solids, liquids and gases or gravity? Hard aren't they? The answer is not any more!
Hands on Science can help you with your homework as it explains science exceptionally and the book is full of experiments and tests to try! Make a compass and a filtering system. Try using a lemon to make a battery sort of system. Make a really easy recording system for sound or light! This book is suitable for children 7 and upwards. And don't worry, at the start of every section there is a very useful `Getting Started' section. Oh yeah and his book is great fun for tedious days.

The study of sound and light is part of what children study in science during Key Stage Two. Hands-On Science: Sound and Light is a colourful, detailed and safe book that contains more than 40 experiments to reinforce your child's learning. It contains many diagrams and detailed instructions, as well as small number of colour photographs. Suitable for ages 8 and above. --Amanda York

The study of electricity and magnetic forces is part of what children study in science during Key Stage Two. Hands-On Science: Electricity and Magnets is a colourful, detailed and safe book that contains more than 40 experiments to reinforce your child's learning. It contains many diagrams and detailed instructions, as well as a small number of colour photographs. Suitable for ages 8 and above. --Amanda York