Ben Franklin's Big Shock

by Judith Jango-Cohen

Book Overview

Describes Ben Franklins interest in and experiments with electricity, what he learned about electricity, and his famous experiment with lightning. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822564505
• ISBN13: 9780822564508
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: First Avenue Editions
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

My son, the six-year-old proto-scientist, loves it!

Really a great introduction to Benjamin Franklin's curiosity and the famous electricity science experiments. Check out when Franklin's hair stands on end -- funny! We read it together. I'm going to pick up more in this series -- On My Own Science. **** update May 2009 **** My son is using this for a school report on Ben Franklin. For a costume, we made him a tricorn hat out of poster board (you need two big sheets) and we found the directions at eHow. Turned out fine. We're also using "Now and Ben" and "John, Paul, George, and Ben" for more information.