Materials Required:l Needlel Magnetl Scissorsl Index cardl Jarl Threadl Pencil Procedure: Magnetize a needle by stroking it several times with a magnet. Cut a small strip from an index card so that the strip will fit inside the jar. Push the needle into the card. Tie one end of a piece of thread to the […]
Materials Required:l Playing cardl Drinking glassl Coin Procedure: Set a playing card on top of a drinking glass, and place a coin in the center of the card. Form a tight circle with your thumb and index finger. Then quickly flick your finger outward, hitting the edge of the card. The card will shoot away
Materials Required:l 2 straight pinsl One Rupee coin Procedure: Place the points of 2 pins at directly opposite edges of a one Rupee coin. Keep the pins steady and straight, and gently lift. You may need to try several times before you can pick up the coin without it slipping. If someone is nearby, perhaps
Materials Required:l Heavy cordl Rock, weighing several kilograms but easy for you to liftl 2 pieces of light stringl Tree Procedure: Tie a piece of heavy cord around the middle of the rock. Tie a piece of light string to the cord (the string should be just strong enough to support the rock’s weight), and
Materials Required:l Scissorsl Spongel Mayonnaise jar with lidl Gluel Tin snipsl Carbon paperl Rubbing alcoholl Dry icel Slide projectorThe help of one of your parents Procedure: Cut a piece of sponge so that if fits into the bottom of a mayonnaise jar. Glue the sponge in place. Ask one of your parents to cut out
Materials Required:l Round balloonl Wide-tip felt marker Procedure: Inflate a round balloon partially full with air. Pinch the neck closed with your thumb and forefinger, but do not tie it closed. With a wide-tip felt marker, make several specks all over the surface of the rubber. Let them dry. Now blow more air into the
Chapter 5 While Perrault packed the camp outfit and loaded the sled, the dog-driver proceeded to harness the dogs. Buck trotted up to the place Spitz would have occupied as leader; but Francois, not noticing him, brought Solleks to the coveted position. In his judgement, Solleks was the best lead-dog left. Buck sprang upon Solleks
Materials Required:l String, about 40 inches longl Tapel Flashlightl A dark room Procedure: Tape one end of the string to a flashlight. Go into the room you have chosen and close the door. Tape the other end of the string to the center of the door at waist height, then turn off the light. (The
Chapter 4 It was inevitable that the clash for leadership should come. Buck wanted it. He wanted it because it was his nature, because he had been gripped tight by that nameless, incomprehensible pride of the trail and trace—that pride which holds dogs in the toil to the last gasp, which lures them to die
Chapter 3 The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the fierce conditions of trail life it grew and grew. Yet it was a secret growth. His newborn cunning gave him poise and control. He was too busy adjusting himself to the new life to feel at ease, and not only did he
Materials Required:l A sunny dayl Compassl PencilProcedure: On a sunny day, take a compass and pencil outdoors. Allow the compass needle to come to rest, then place the pencil’s eraser at the ‘S’. Tilt the pencil at a 45° angle in line with the needle. Imagine the compass face as the dial of a clock.
Chapter 2 The next he knew, he was dimly aware that his tongue was hurting and that he was being jolted along in some kind of a conveyance. The hoarse shriek of a locomotive whistling a crossing told him where he was. He had travelled too often with the Judge not to know the sensation
Chapter 1 Buck was a large and powerful St. Bernard-Scotch Shepherd. He lived at a big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. The House was called Judge Miller’s Place. It stood back from the road, half-hidden among the trees, through which glimpses could be caught of the wide cool veranda that ran around its
Materials Required:l An old nylon stockingl Plastic sandwich bag Procedure: With one hand, hold the toe of a nylon stocking (the shiny kind works best) on the edge of a table. Slip your other hand into the plastic sandwich bag and grip the stocking, starting at the toe and pulling along entire length, up to
Materials Required:l Blackboardl Piece of chalkl Glass windowl An old cloth Procedure:You have probably seen your teacher write with chalk many times, but have you ever thought about the chalk itself? Do you know what makes chalk stick to a surface? For the answer, try this experiment. If you are at school or have a