Backyard Science

Award winning authors Levine and Johnstone have previously cooked up science success in the kitchen and made a splash in the bathroom, all by showing children how to transform their homes into exciting science laboratories.

The new step is into the back garden where budding archaeologists can begin their study of nature: examine slug slime - test a slug's slime to see how sticky it is; find and germinate fern spores; get down and dirty in the earth to discover creatures that live in the soil.

Young readers aged 7 to 11 will love this collection of fun out door science activities.

Brightly coloured photographs and illustrations will help kids carry out each experiment perfectly.

The previous titles in this series are: "Kitchen Science" (1-4027-0332-5) and "Bathtub Science" (0-8069-7185-1).