Expose, Excite, Ignite!: An Essential Guide to Whizz-Bang Chemistry

Just when you thought you have seen it all . . . a book like this comes along and turns your science classes upside down. It's here - the flaming activities they never mentioned at the Chemistry Faculty or banned from your chemistry set.

In this one book you will get the explanations, the practical show-how, the safety issues and extension ideas to take your students to the next level. This is not a chemistry recipe book. It is a practical chemistry revelation. No boring recipes on making fizzy volcanic mountains (yawn) - this stuff sizzles.

The author focused on the triple S concept: All activities are SIMPLE, reasonably SAFE (hey, this is about combustion) and oh so SPECTACULAR. You'll get step-by-step instructions and photos and all can easily be implemented in your classroom and lab - instant student engagement.

For those who love safe, sizzling science excitement at home - you have found it! The tested activities will provide hours of solid Whizz-Bang edutainment in the backyard that should (due to the nature of the activities) be overseen by an adult.

This book will show you how to:
make a pencil sharpener burn white hot under water;
make an egg explode in an "eggsothermic" reaction;
make a wind-up toy car explode in a puff of smoke;
prepare hydrogen gas from kitchen chemicals;
launch a real rocket using sugar-based fuel;
make a tube whistle, bark and fly skywards;
do a sugar dust explosion in a coffee tin;
run a clock on a pencil sharpener;
extract silicon from beach sand;
set your hand (safely) on fire;
boil water in a paper pan? and more . . .

For: Middle & High School Science teachers
Home experimenters, tinkerers and amateur scientists