How to Make Diamonds From Your Pencils

Bonkers dilemmas that can be solved with science and a bunch of brilliant chemistry experiments.

Survive at sea with pirates! Carry a dinosaur egg across the jungle! Send secret messages! Make diamonds from pencils!

Explore a bunch of ridiculous (and not-so-ridiculous) dilemmas - with solutions from the astonishing world of chemistry.

Sounds unbelievable? Test the science for yourself, with easy-to-follow experiments throughout!

What are you waiting for? Let's become millionaires!

Written by bestselling and award-winning author Swapna Haddow, with brilliantly funny colour illustrations from award-winning illustrator Jess Bradley.

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Experiments in How to Make Diamonds From Your Pencils:

Secret Messages Exploding rocket Chromatography detective Instant ice cream Static electricity Whole egg in a bottle Salt crystals pH indicator Green pennies Shiny pennies Collapse a bottle Chocolate crispy treats Oobleck 'Eco Plastic' Slime