Electric Pickle

(Paperback)

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This indispensable handbook that gives you detailed instructions on how to perform 50 science experiments to explore the properties of the elements. You'll learn how to conjure up a genie from a bottle (Mn, Manganese), shoot flames from a cornstarch-powered torch (O, Oxygen), cook up ghastly green eggs (S, Sulfur), and much more. The Electric Pickle is also sprinkled with mind-bending scientific facts and entertaining sidebars about historic experiments and less common, often dangerous, elements.

Reviews

"an incredibly fun and educational resource."--A Homeschool Mom blog
"AMAZING" and, "I HIGHLY recommend this for anyone who needs to teach periodic table chemistry."--NSTA.org
"The Electric Pickle is entirely original and quite honestly, fun."--Devoted Mommy of 3 blog
"Periodic table + puns galore = dozens of ways to wile away holiday break with hands-on fun. Definitely try this at home."--Discover magazine

Author Bio

Joey Green is the author of more than 30 books, including Clean It! Fix It! Eat It!, Joey Green's Magic Brands, The Jolly President, and Polish Your Furniture with Panty Hose, the coauthor of You Know You've Reached Middle Age if . . ., and a former contributor to National Lampoon. He has appeared on Dateline NBC, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and The View. Debbie Green is a former television commercial producer. Alan Corcoran is the CEO of Data Fusion and the coauthor of Senior Moments and You Know You've Reached Middle Age if . . .. They all live in southern California.