For more than thirty years, kids have loved visiting the Exploratorium, and for good reason: Its hands-on science explorations are incredibly fun—and educational to boot. Now all the action is captured in <I>Exploralab</i>, a book that reinvents the museum’s exhibits and activities to teach readers about the scientific wonder all around them.<P><I>Exploralab</i> opens the way every day does: With the instant we open our eyes. It then treats this moment as a “laboratory,” offering fascinating, fun activities that explore the forces at work around us—the science behind the sunlight that hits our eyelids, for instance, or the sound of the alarm clock that rouses us from slumber. Readers then embark on a journey through a typical day in the life of most kids—from walking down the sidewalk to riding the bus, from sitting in class to hanging out in the park—all while encountering and engaging many scientific principles along the way. <P> <P> But that’s not all: Most of the book’s “laboratories” contain special gizmos—such as mirrored inserts, spinning discs, polarized filters, and more—that help readers play with optics, physics, chemistry, earth science, astronomy, social behavior, and more. And a removable magnifying glass on the cover empowers kids with a tool of discovery that they can use inside the book and out.<P> <P> Table of Contents<P> <b>Prelims</b><P> Introduction<P> How to Use This Book<P> Pack A Portable Lab<P> Document Your Discoveries<P> About the Museum<P> <b>Lab # 01: Open Your Eyes</b><P> Sunrise in Your Eyes<P> Clock Take-apart<P> Ghosts Get in Your Eyes<P> The Sandman’s Presents<P> Morning Monster Breath<P> Phantasgamoric Phosphenes<P> Throw a Yawn Party<P> Lend Your Ears a Hand<P> Squawk, Chirp, Tweet, Croak!<P> <b>Lab # 02: Who’s That in the Mirror?</b><P> How Do You Look to Other People?<P> The Kid with Kaleidoscope Eyes<P> The Goo Inside You<P> The Goo That Makes You You<P> The Best Disguise Ever<P> Conjuring with Combs<P> Why Does the Floor Feel Cold When the Towel Feels Warm?<P> Static Magic<P> The Scoop on Poop<P> The Asparagus Aroma<P> Which Way Do the Toilets Go?<P> Birds Do It, Bees Do It…<P> Bubble-o-Rama<P> Behemoth Bubbles<P> Hair Dryer Gravity Defier<P> <b>Lab # 03: Time for Pants</b><P> Tactile<P> Ants in Your Pants<P> Harmonies in Your Head<P> The Tiny Pants Challenge!<P> Dance with Your Sweater<P> <b>Lab # 04: Eat Your Breakfast</b><P> The Juice-Tasting Challenge<P> Got a Genius Tongue?<P> Slice a Straw with Water<P> The Big Eggshell Breakdown<P> Fruit Salad Surprise<P> Color Drops Derby<P> Spin Your Teacup<P> <b>Lab # 05: The Street Underneath Your Feet</b><P> Walk in the Shadows<P> The Rad Shadow Sketch<P> That’s the Way the Sidewalk Crumbles<P> Science Meets Art: Andy Goldsworthy<P> Race along on Square Wheels<P> Create a Stride Ruler<P> The Colossal Cookie-Tin Race<P> <b>Lab # 06: Classroom Hijinx</b><P> The Dizzying Desk Chair Demo<P> Stack It Up<P> Chop Up Your Memories<P> Secret Agent Kid<P> Make a Fake Memory<P> Shake Up a Sentence Salad<P> Modern Memory Devices<P> Twist Your Brain with a Mobius Band<P> Little Paper, Great Big You<P> The Exponential Paper Fold<P> Math, Math Everywhere<P> <b>Lab # 07: Recess Fun with Friends</b><P> Bounce a Water Balloon<P> The Pendulum Swing<P> Drop It!<P> As Heavy as Air<P> It’s All at Your Fingertips<P> Put on Your Game Pace<P> Check Your Balance<P> What’s in a Baseball?<P> Pitch a Polar Baseball<P> Play Pirate Ball<P> <b>Lab # 08: Gaze Out the Window</b><P> Phenomenal Polarized Phun<P> Spin Your Sunglasses<P> Chase the Sun<P> Warp Light with Water<P> That’s Just the Way It Flows<P> Itty-Bitty Lightning Bolts<P> Make the Thunder Roar<P> Create a Cloud Chamber<P> Mini Grid of Clouds<P> Where Does the Wind Go?<P> Guess the Wind’s Speed<P> Bottle a Whirlpool<P> <b>Lab # 09: That Big Patch of Grass</b><P> Tear Up a Tulip<P> Get the Dirt on Dirt<P> Loop-the-Loop with a Hoopster<P> Spot Curious Specks in the Sky<P> The Size-and-Distance Illusion<P> Why the A