Learn how to solve a case by creating a chromatogram.
This activity is just one of the many creative science experiments waiting for you in How to Make Diamonds From Your Pencils by Swapna Haddow and Jess Bradley. 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!

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