Introduction: The coolest science experiments of all time-that you can do at home
Level 1: Quick and amazing. The face that follows and the camera that watches ; The growing head illusion ; The needle through the balloon ; The self-crushing can ; The ivory volcano ; Yanking tablecloths and other near disasters ; The airplane that flies forever ; The spiderweb illusion
Level 2: Taking it up a notch. A word about tools and safety ; Coke and mentos geysers ; Fire wire ; The magnet motor chimes ; Air vortex guns and cannons ; Sticky-note waterfalls and stairwalkers ; Paper airplane squadrons and sharpshooters
Level 3: The big stuff. The leaf-blower hovercraft and its little cousins ; The pendulum wave machine ; The coke-and-mentos-powered minirocket car ; Shoot the monkey ; The mechanical water xylophone.
