Synopses & Reviews
For more than thirty years, kids have loved visiting the Exploratorium, and for good reason: Its hands-on science explorations are incredibly fun—and educational to boot. Now all the intrigue and action is captured in
Welcome to the Wonderlab, a book that reinvents the museum’s exhibits and activities to teach readers about the scientific wonder all around them. This is the sequel to the museum's first book -
Explorabook -
which sold over 1 million copies lifetime.
Welcome to the Wonderlab opens the way every day does: With the instant we open our eyes. It then offers scientific activities that explore the forces at work around us at this moment—the science behind the sunlight that hits our eyelids, for instance, or the sound of the alarm clock that rouses us from slumber. Readers then embark on a journey through a typical day in the life of most kids, encountering and engaging many scientific principles along the way.
Synopsis
Let science blow your mind with the Exploratorium!Take a good look around: The ho-hum spots you inhabit every day are actually secret laboratories full of fascinating and eye-popping wonder—from the instant you wake up to the time you nod off at night! Discover these awe-inspiring scientific playgrounds with Exploralab—the hands-on, action-packed activity guide from the world’s most beloved and fun-filled laboratory of all, the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
Exploralab contains tons of way-cool tools of inquiry to help kids get in on the science fun, including:
• a magnifier
• reflective paper
• fabric swatches
• an erasable whiteboard
• textured paper
• a spinning disc
• polarizing filters
• colored acetate sheets
• and glow-in-the-dark ink!
About the Author
Internationally acclaimed as the first hands-on science museum of its kind, the Exploratorium is home to more than 475 interactive exhibits, all of which create an otherworldly and awe-inspiring experience of everyday physical forces. More than half a million people visit the museum annually, and several hundred thousand more interact with exhibits sent abroad. The Exploratorium was awarded National Science Board 2011 Public Service Science Award for its continued good works in heightening awareness of the intersection of art and science, and it has trained more than 6,000 teachers in learning through hands-on interaction.