The book concerns an elephant named Horton, who is convinced by an irresponsible bird named Mayzie to sit on her egg while she takes a short "break", which proves to last for months. Naturally, the absurd sight of an elephant sitting atop a tree makes quite a scene. Horton is laughed at by his jungle friends, exposed to the elements, captured by hunters, forced to endure a terrible sea voyage, and finally placed in a traveling circus.
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Important organs, body areas and systems described in straightforward language for grade school children. Presentation kept interesting by constant reference to puzzling, familiar phenomena—coughing, curly hair, dental cavities, blushing, broken bones, taste areas on the tongue, baldness, puberty, reproduction. Enlivened with simple experiments children can do.
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103 projects demonstrate composition of objects, how substances are affected by various forms of energy—heat, light, sound, electricity, mechanical energy, etc. How a thermometer measures heat, how an electric bulb emits light, how shadows are formed, how to make a periscope, how to make a rainbow, etc.
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General background information on language of chemistry, basic concepts, symbols, starting a home laboratory, etc. Over 40 experiments include making a crystal garden, manufacturing oxygen, making a miniature volcano, home soap, toothpaste, etc.