How to be a Magician!

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Find out how to produce magic tricks!

Isabel Thomas Will Amlot

Browse the complete Collins catalogue at

www.collins.co.uk ISBN 978-0-00-835210-3

9 780008 352103

An instruction book

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Science trickery!

It’s easy to produce magic tricks if you know the science behind them.

Read the instructions carefully before your performance.

Have a practice session in advance.

Get ready to fascinate your friends and family!

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Requ ired items: ● Washable plastic straw ● Scrap of newspaper ● Bottle cap

The strange straw

Instructions: ● Wrap the paper around the straw. ● Rub the paper quickly up and down the straw. ● Balance the straw on the bottle cap. ● Put your thumb near one end. The straw will move!

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Secret science knowledge When you rub the paper wrapper along the straw, the motion causes static electricity to collect on the straw.

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Static electricity causes the lightweight straw to move to your thumb!

Static electricity is electricity that is stuck at the surface of an object.

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