In Rollo’s Experiments (1839), Jacob Abbott’s famous small boy discovers science the only way that ever really works: by trying things. Water wheels, siphons, freezing and floating — Rollo blunders, wonders and reasons his way to understanding, with the grown-ups supplying just enough guidance to keep the experiments honest.
Abbott’s genius was respecting a child’s reasoning, and these little investigations still model scientific thinking beautifully. Download the free EPUB for the gentlest possible schooling in the experimental method.