Muriel Mandell

Includes a variety of simple experiments involving food and cooking principles examining such questions as the effects of heat on different foods, the difference between baking powder and baking soda, and the role of salt.

In a small village in Anatolia, even the poorest villager is expected to pay tribute to a tyrranical Mongol ruler, but the wiseman, Nasreddin Hoca, finds a way to make an aged donkey seem most valuable.

Includes instructions for ninety-nine simple experiments that demonstrate basic scientific principles.

Presents a variety of activities, projects, and experiments that help to illustrate and explain all sorts of scientific principles.