Favorite Books & Places
 
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on my bookshelf . . . 

Science Experiments You Can Eat, by Vicki Cobb; J.B. Lippincott Company

The New Way Things Work, by David Macaulay; Houghton Mifflin Company

Uncle Tungsten,  by Oliver Sacks; Vintage Books

The Math Explorer, by Pat Murphy and others, Key Curriculum Press

Marie Curie and her Daughter Irene, by Rosalynd Pflaum, Lerner Publications

Tell me about your favorites!
web sites

The Exploratorium: art and science and lots of fun.  http://www.exploratorium.edu/index.html 

The Toymaker: folding paper toys you can make and books and ideas!  http:www.thetoymaker.com/ 

Neuroscience for Kids: models, games, songs, more!  http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html 

Women in science: 16 important contributers to math, science, and engineering.  http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/index.html http://www.exploratorium.edu/index.htmlhttp://www.thetoymaker.comhttp://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.htmlhttp://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/index.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1shapeimage_4_link_2shapeimage_4_link_3
fun places in the Twin Cities

Kiddywampus, a great toy store and art studio 
4400 Excelsior Boulevard, St. Louis Park.
http://www.kiddywampus.com/

Leonardo’s Basement, a workshop for kids
4103 Nicollet Avenue, S, Minneapolis.  Under the Anodyne Coffeehouse.
http://www.leonardosbasement.org/1home.php  

Wild Rumpus, a bookstore with animals underfoot and overhead
2720 West 43rd Street, Minneapolis
www.wildrumpusbooks.com 

Essence of Nonsense, a very fine toy and bookstore
1783 St. Clair Avenue, St. Paul
www.itsimplyworks.com/essenceofnonsense

Ax-Man surplus stores, stuff you thought you could do without
1639 University Avenue W, St. Paul
www.ax-man.com 
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 Jane Snell Copes
 2008-10
Science Outside the Box
 
 
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