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  • Published: 19 March 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241302200
  • Imprint: Dorling Kindersley
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $32.99

Outdoor Maker Lab



Step outside and discover the science that surrounds you


Experience the great outdoors as never before with the most exciting experiments on Earth.

This fun-packed, fact-filled book sees you out and about putting into practice 25 sensational scientific experiments.

Get out of the house and explore the science in your own surroundings as you use everyday household items in mind-blowing ways to build up your knowledge of biology, chemistry, and physics. Launch a water rocket to learn about air pressure or blow giant bubbles to reveal how surface tension works. Build your own wormery to watch the way worms tunnel underground or fly your own diamond kite to understand aerodynamics in action.

A fascinating foreword by science superstar Robert Winston ensures the readers are excited and enthusiastic from the start. Stunning specially commissioned photography results in a visual feast, together with step-by-step text, how it works explanations, scientific principles in action, and real-world examples.

Whether you want to impress your friends, create a cool school project, or become a budding scientist of tomorrow, pick this book up and get started.

  • Published: 19 March 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241302200
  • Imprint: Dorling Kindersley
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $32.99

About the author

Robert Winston

Lord Robert Winston is one of Britain's best-known scientists. As Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College, London, and an active researcher in reproductive physiology, he has made advances in fertility medicine and is a leading voice in the debate on embryo research and genetic engineering. His television series, which include Your Life in Their Hands, Making Babies, The Human Body, Child of Our Time, Human Instinct, The Story of God and A Child Against All Odds, have made him a household name. He became a life peer in 1995, and is the founder of the charity Women for Women.

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Praise for Outdoor Maker Lab

An exciting, new interactive science book.

Parent Talk

An excellent book which really supports and fosters a love for science.

Parents in Touch

This is the best experiment book I ever read

Child age 8, Toppsta

A must read for all science enthusiast!

Parent, Toppsta

This is a great way to get your children interested in science and nature and to get them outside

Parent with child age 7, Toppsta

The book is really full to the brim with great things to try

Child age 10, Toppsta

I enjoyed reading this book as it is very cool and creative

Child age 10, Toppsta

Excellent book, lots of great experiments for all ages and abilities

Parent with child age 5, Toppsta

So many fantastic ideas for little (and big) mind

Parent with child age 7, Toppsta

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