Mason Jar Science

I’m a scientist and a mom. Nothing makes me cringe more than books for children and youth that oversimplify or just plain get science wrong. I also LOVE that this book teaches the scientific method. It’s real science! And I usually have most of the ingredients on hand. (Usually variations of water, oil, food coloring, etc)We had to ask Grandma if she had expired tablets of Alka-seltzer (she did) and we asked our optometrist if they had expired bottles of contact solution (they did). So there’s way to do these experiments very cheaply. My 3 and 5 year old LOVE doing these. My 5 year old actually understands the science (he’s fairly advanced, though) and we use it for bedtime reading. (Yes, we proudly fly our nerd flag.) My 3 year old just enjoys doing the experiments with us.As a bonus, my friend’s daughter had a science fair project and she couldn’t think of a simple way to show her chosen topic. Because I’ve read this book cover to cover I remembered there was an appropriate (SIMPLE!) experiment. And it worked!I recommend this book to everyone I can.

You need a lot of different size mason jars. One experiment uses 7 small jars. I love it though. My grandson loves to do experiments. Very inquisitive. This book is easy to follow. Has like 40 experiments!! Fun.

A practical book for my 4th grade daughter, who is ready for her first science project. We are doing each experiment one by one in the book together. Some of them really interesting and works. With some failures and more successes, she enjoys the whole process of exploring.

My granddaughter was marking pages within minutes of getting this book. She couldn't wait to get home and begged her mother to let her try one experiment even though it was late. She won, and I received a wonderful photo of my granddaughter's excited face as she watched a mini-tornado in a mason jar.

I am only giving it 4 stars due to the fact that it was crushed on one corner when it showed up. Other than that great book my son really loves it and we pick out something new to do every day.

I’m not a big science project fan, but my boys are. This book is practical, fun and you don’t have to go far for most of the materials needed! I would recommend this for any science loving kids! There are lots of options for simple projects too, which was great for me!!

This book is chock full of fun and easy projects for kids. (And adults, for that matter.) These have created lots of excitement in my house. My grand are always up for a fun project. I love that midst of these use ingredients on hand or easy to get.

Got this to do with my Kiddos and they love it.

This book is great! Worth every dollar. Easy ingredients for creative experiments with clear info to guide your budding scientist!

Cool book, loads of different things to do, kids are still enjoying it now 6 months later. Though be prepared to tidy up the mess after the experiments!!

My grandson who is 6 does experiments often so was excited to get this book. He and his Mom did 4 different ones and none of them worked. He told me to give the book 0 stars!