Experiments with soap /
by Salvatore Tocci.
- New York : Children's Press, c2003.
- 47 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
- A true book .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 44) and index.
How clean can you get? -- What does soap do? -- Experiment 1: breaking the tension -- Experiment 2: washing away the dirt -- Experiment 3: making suds -- What else can soap do? -- Experiment 4: changing colors -- Experiment 5: seeing colors -- What can you learn from soap bubbles? -- Experiment 6: measuring the air -- Experiment 7: following the breeze -- Fun with soap -- Experiment 8: making different shapes.
Projects and experiments use soap to explain such topics as surface tension and air currents, as well as why soap gets things clean.