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Kitchen Mystery . . . Solved!
By Melissa Wilson
Give It a Swirl
Art by Paul Montgomery
Water Beats Gravity
Pick Up Drops
By Lois Wickstrom
Sneaky Sounds
Candy Secrets
By Loralee Leavitt
Ice Cube on a Wire
Art by Brenda Pepper
One Penny's Time to Shine
By Carey Krieger
Mystery Fog
By Lois Wickstrom
Swirling Colors
By Ed Pessalano
A New Spin on Water
By Lois Wickstrom
Can you walk through an index card?
By Shannon Caster
Staying Warm
By Annette Gulati
Catch the Fizz from Soda Pop
Ice Cube Glue
Art by Ruth J. Flanigan
Zooming Toothpick
By Lois Wickstrom
Water Microscope
Make a Hovercraft
By Gina Napoli
Fill Them Up
Cool to the Touch
By Timothy Loftus
A Paper Worm Can Squirm
By Marileta Robinson
How Empty Is It?
By Carey Krieger
Make a Light Pipe
By James E. Hyer
Change the Flow
Iron Burns . . . Slowly
By Jack Myers, Ph.D.
Make a Simple Glider
Fast Math in Ancient Egypt
By Ali R. Amir-Moez, Ph.D
Water in the Air
By Edith Hope Fine
A True Acid Test
Which Way Will They Go?
How Cool Is This?
You’re on a Roll
By Carrie Silchenstedt Kirchner
Seesaw Moment
By Carrie Silchenstedt Kirchner
Air Has "Push"
By Edith Hope Fine
Taking Up Space
How You Judge Distance
By Nancy S. Holliday
The Möbius Strip: Math with a Twist
By Julie A. Swanson
Down the Drain
Which Bounces Higher?
By Tony Helies
A Cupful of Compass
By R.E. Matthews
Open Your Eyes
What Passes Through Here?
Make a kite that really flies!
Listen with Your Teeth
A Rainbow of Lace
By Jim Conrad
Room for More
It's a Squawker
Possibilities and Probabilities
How You Tear It
Into Thin Air
Salt, Water, and Ice
Spinning in the Wind
Nine Squares in One
Turn Sounds Around
Make a Static-Charge Finder
Make a Pinhole Camera
Mysterious Colors
The Hush of Snow
Can Tableware Float in the Air?
Do Eggs Float?
Trace the Shadows
Pepper Pickup
Two Pendulums Taking Turns
Trapped Water
Make a Mini Powerboat