Chemistry for kids : homemade science experiments and activities inspired by awesome chemists, past and present

著者

• Heinecke, Liz Lee

書誌事項

Chemistry for kids : homemade science experiments and activities inspired by awesome chemists, past and present

Liz Lee Heinecke

（The kitchen pantry scientist）

Quarry Books, 2020

• : pbk

注記

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

* 2021 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in Middle Grade Longlist * 2021 NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book  * 2021 EUREKA! Nonfiction Children’s Honor Book Aspiring young chemists will discover an amazing group of role models and memorable experiments in Chemistry for Kids, the debut book of The Kitchen Pantry Scientist series. Replicate a chemical reaction similar to one Marie Curie used to purify radioactive elements. Distill perfume using a method created in ancient Mesopotamia by a woman named Tapputi. This engaging guide offers a series of snapshots of 25 scientists famous for their work with chemistry, from ancient history through today. Each lab tells the story of a scientist along with some background about the importance of their work, and a description of where it is still being used or reflected in today’s world. A step-by-step illustrated experiment paired with each story offers kids a hands-on opportunity for exploring concepts the scientists pursued, or are working on today. Experiments range from very simple projects using materials you probably already have on hand, to more complicated ones that may require a few inexpensive items you can purchase online. Just a few of the incredible people and scientific concepts you’ll explore: Galen (b. 129 AD) Make soap from soap base, oil, and citrus peels. Modern application: medical disinfectants Joseph Priestly (b. 1733) Carbonate a beverage using CO2 from yeast or baking soda and vinegar mixture. Modern application: soda fountains Alessandra Volta (b. 1745) Make a battery using a series of lemons and use it to light an LED. Modern application: car battery Tu Youyou (b. 1930) Extract compounds from plants. Modern application: pharmaceuticals and cosmetics People have been tinkering with chemistry for thousands of years. Whether out of curiosity or by necessity, Homo sapiens have long loved to play with fire: mixing and boiling concoctions to see what interesting, beautiful, and useful amalgamations they could create. Early humans ground pigments to create durable paint for cave walls, and over the next 70 thousand years or so as civilizations took hold around the globe, people learned to make better medicines and discovered how to extract, mix, and smelt metals for cooking vessels, weapons, and jewelry. Early chemists distilled perfume, made soap, and perfected natural inks and dyes. Modern chemistry was born around 250 years ago, when measurement, mathematics, and the scientific method were officially applied to experimentation. In 1896, after the first draft of the periodic table was published, scientists rushed to fill in the blanks. The elemental discoveries that followed gave scientists the tools to visualize the building blocks of matter for the first time in history, and they proceeded to deconstruct the atom. Since then, discovery has accelerated at an unprecedented rate. At times, modern chemistry and its creations have caused heartbreaking, unthinkable harm, but more often than not, it makes our lives better. With this fascinating, hands-on exploration of the history of chemistry, inspire the next generation of great scientists. Dig into even more incredible science history from The Kitchen Pantry Scientist series with: Biology for Kids, Physics for Kids, Math for Kids, and Ecology for Kids.

目次

INTRODUCTION   LAB 1 Tapputi-Belatikallim b. 1200 BCE* FRAGRANCE DISTILLATION   LAB 2 Galen b. 129 CE* SOAP   LAB 3 Jabir ibn Hayyan b. 815 CE* EVAPORATION   LAB 4 Joseph Priestley b. 1733 CARBONATION   LAB 5 Antoine Lavoisier b. 1743 OXIDATION   LAB 6 Alessandro Volta b. 1745 CHEMICAL BATTERIES   LAB 7 William Henry Perkin b. 1838 SYNTHETIC DYES   LAB 8 Dmitri Mendeleev b. 1834 THE PERIODIC TABLE   LAB 9 Svante August Arrhenius b. 1859 TEMPERATURE AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS   LAB 10 Agnes Pockels b. 1862 SURFACE TENSION   LAB 11 Marie Curie b. 1867 ELEMENTAL EXTRACTION   LAB 12 S. P. L. S rensen b. 1868 THE PH SCALE   LAB 13 Mikhail Tsvet b. 1872 CHROMATOGRAPHY   LAB 14 Alice Ball b. 1892 ORGANIC OIL EXTRACTION   LAB 15 Gerty Cori b. 1896 THE CORI CYCLE   LAB 16 Maria Goeppert-Mayer b. 1906 THE NUCLEAR SHELL MODEL   LAB 17 Rachel Carson b. 1907 DISPERSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS   LAB 18 Anna Jane Harrison b. 1912 ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT   LAB 19 Rosalind Franklin b. 1920 DNA STRUCTURE   LAB 20 Edith Flanigen b. 1929 MOLECULAR SIEVES   LAB 21 Tu Youyou b. 1930 MEDICINAL PLANT COMPOUNDS   LAB 22 Ada Yonath b. 1939 RIBOSOME STRUCTURE   LAB 23 Margaret Cairns Etter b. 1943 CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   LAB 24 Linda Buck b. 1947 OLFACTORY CHEMISTRY   LAB 25 Raychelle Burks b. 1975 COLORMETRIC SENSORS   GLOSSARY RESOURCES AND REFERENCES THE PERIODIC TABLE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR INDEX

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BC04057132
• ISBN:
  • 9781631598302
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Beverly, Mass.
• ページ数/冊数: 128 p.
• 大きさ: 28 cm
• 分類:
  • DC23 : 540.922
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Chemists -- Juvenile literature
  • LCSH : Chemistry -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature
  • LCSH : Chemistry -- History -- Juvenile literature
• 親書誌ID:
  • BC04056515