Materials Required:l Wooden matchl Thumbtack, with a wide, flat surface Procedure:You can feel your heart beating, but did you know that you can also see it beating? All it takes is a simple device, which you can make in a few minutes. Press a wooden match onto the point of the thumbtack. Set your device […]
Materials Required:l ChairA friend Procedure: Ask a friend to relax in a chair. He should fold his arms and stretch his feet as far forward as possible. Tell him to lean far back so that his head faces upward. Now press a fingertip onto his forehead and challenge him to get up from the chair
Materials Required:l Soft-lead pencil, such as a No. 2 pencill 2 sheets of paperl Transparent tapeYour finger Procedure: Hold the pencil on its side and rub the lead on a sheet of paper. Continue rubbing the same spot over and over until it is covered with a heavy black coating. Now, press your index finger
Chapter-1The plot: This chapter is the presentation of the general situation of the story. Mr Hiram Otis, an American minister, buys an old castle in England, the Canterville Chase, even if the previous owner told him that the castle was haunted. Here, we discover the story of the Canterville ghost, Sir Simon. He feels guilty
Chapter 7 Four days after these curious incidents a funeral started from Canterville Chase at about eleven o’clock at night. The hearse was drawn by eight black horses, each of which carried on its head a great tuft of nodding ostrich-plumes, and the leaden coffin was covered by a rich purple pall, on which was
Materials Required:l Asparagusl BathroomYourself Procedure: The next time you have asparagus for dinner, note its distinctive odour and taste, and eat a generous helping. When you go to the bathroom the next morning, do you notice the same asparagus smell? Why does this happen when other foods that you eat do not produce their own
Chapter 6 About ten minutes later, the bell rang for tea, and, as Virginia did not come down, Mrs. Otis sent up one of the footmen to tell her. After a little time he returned and said that he could not find Miss Virginia anywhere. As she was in the habit of going out to
Materials Required: l 2 cherry cough dropsl 2 small jars, such as baby food jars, with lidsl Water Procedure: Place a cough drop in each small jar, then fill each about halfway full with water. Screw the lids on tightly. Gently shake 1 jar by turning it upside down and then right-side up, over and
Chapter 5 A few days after this, Virginia and her curly-haired cavalier went out riding on Brockley meadows, where she tore her habit so badly in getting through a hedge, that, on their return home, she made up her mind to go up by the back staircase so as not to be seen. As she
Chapter 4 The next day the ghost was very weak and tired. The terrible excitement of the last four weeks was beginning to have its effect. His nerves were completely shattered, and he started at the slightest noise. For five days he kept his room, and at last made up his mind to give up
Materials Required:l Unsweetened cracker Procedure: Place an unsweetened cracker in your mouth. Chew it thoroughly, but don’t swallow it. Continue to chew without swallowing for several minutes. Does the cracker now taste sweet? This Is What Happens:The moisture in your mouth is called saliva. Saliva contains chemicals that start to break down the food before
Materials Required:l 2 glass platesl 4 wood stripsl Plastic tapel Cottonl Shovell White clothl Spongel Sugar waterl Honeyl Black construction paperThe help of one of your parents Procedure:This experiment will be great fun during your summer vacation! Build an ant farm, with the help of an adult, from 2 plates of glass and wood strips.
Materials Required:l Spider webl White paperl Safety pins Procedure: Find an old spider web with some dead insects left in the threads—you might look in a garage, on a porch, or on some trees or bushes. Pull one of the dead insects from the web and place it on a sheet of white paper. With
Materials Required:l 2 plastic margarine tubsl Plaster of Parisl Old spoonl Waterl Petroleum jellyl Small seashellsProcedure: Fill a plastic margarine tub about ¼ full with plaster of Paris. While stirring with an old spoon, slowly add water until the mixture becomes creamy. Spread a thin coat of petroleum jelly onto the outside of several seashells.
Chapter 3 The next morning, when the Otis family met at breakfast, they discussed the ghost at some length. The United States Minister was naturally a little annoyed to find that his present had not been accepted. ‘I have no wish,’ he said, ‘to do the ghost any personal injury, and I must say that,