{"id":1842,"date":"2016-05-09T22:51:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T12:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2016-05-09T22:58:57","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T12:58:57","slug":"11-experiments-that-failed-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/11-experiments-that-failed-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: 11 Experiments That Failed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Product Reviewed:<\/strong> 11 Experiments That Failed, by Jenny Offill & Nancy Carpenter<\/p>\n

Age Range:<\/strong>\u00a05-8 year olds<\/p>\n

Star Rating:<\/strong>\u00a04\u00a0\/ 5 Stars<\/p>\n

The Good:<\/strong>\u00a0A humorous story that introduces\u00a0kids to\u00a0the scientific method\u00a0in a fun and whimsical way.<\/p>\n

The Bad:<\/strong>\u00a0Slightly US-centric. May encourage kids to\u00a0try\u00a0a few experiments you wished they wouldn’t!<\/p>\n

The Verdict:<\/strong>\u00a0Would make a lovely gift for 5-7\u00a0year old girls.<\/p>\n

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11 Experiments That Failed<\/h2>\n

This delightful story book features a young female protagonist who, armed with safety goggles, a lab coat, and a curious mind, proceeds through a series of 11 increasingly outrageous\u00a0science experiments, each\u00a0of which fail spectacularly.<\/p>\n

The illustrations and layout are just delightful. They are quirky, with a mixed media feel, and add as much to the storyline as the words.<\/p>\n

Each experiment follows the scientific method<\/a>, listing the\u00a0question, hypothesis, materials list, step-by-step instructions,\u00a0and results.\u00a0Some of the experiments you could try at home (if you dare). Others are perhaps best left to the imagination.<\/p>\n

Whilst each experiment\u00a0fails to confirm the original hypothesis, the results are still documented factually. This method\u00a0helps kids to understand\u00a0that, in science, we can learn from all experiments, even those\u00a0that don’t work out how we’d planned.<\/p>\n

As a mother of two science-loving young girls, I love that this book features a young\u00a0girl\u00a0who clearly loves dressing up like a scientist,\u00a0doing science experiments and\u00a0using scientific materials (beakers, test tubes, pipettes, etc). Whilst her mother may be bewildered by it all, this young girl clearly thinks that science is awesome, leaping from experiment to (failed) experiment with enthusiasm. She’s infectious!<\/p>\n

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