Janice VanCleave's Help! My Science Project Is Due Tomorrow! Easy Experiments You Can Do Overnight
Easy Experiments You Can Do Overnight
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 30. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-471-33100-1 (ISBN)
Description
Caught in the Last-Minute Science Project Scramble?
Looking for Fun, Interesting Project Ideas?
You're in luck! With Janice VanCleave's Help! My Science Project IsDue Tomorrow! you can choose from a wide variety of ideas drawingfrom all the scientific disciplines. Just pick any topic you'reinterested in-stars, telescopes, cells, spiders, chemical change,solutions, the water cycle, energy, and many more-read thebackground information, gather a few simple materials, and startexperimenting!
Each chapter presents a simple scientific investigation thatincludes step-by-step instructions, a description of the desiredresult, and ideas on how to expand on the topic to make it yourvery own science project. And, as with all of Janice VanCleave'sexperiment books, the materials are safe, inexpensive, and easilyfound around the house. You'll not only find this book useful forany science project assignments all year round but a great resourcefor developing long-term science fair projects.
Looking for Fun, Interesting Project Ideas?
You're in luck! With Janice VanCleave's Help! My Science Project IsDue Tomorrow! you can choose from a wide variety of ideas drawingfrom all the scientific disciplines. Just pick any topic you'reinterested in-stars, telescopes, cells, spiders, chemical change,solutions, the water cycle, energy, and many more-read thebackground information, gather a few simple materials, and startexperimenting!
Each chapter presents a simple scientific investigation thatincludes step-by-step instructions, a description of the desiredresult, and ideas on how to expand on the topic to make it yourvery own science project. And, as with all of Janice VanCleave'sexperiment books, the materials are safe, inexpensive, and easilyfound around the house. You'll not only find this book useful forany science project assignments all year round but a great resourcefor developing long-term science fair projects.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Third Grade to Seventh Grade, Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Drawings: 50 B&W, 0 Color
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
348 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-33100-1 (9780471331001)
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Janice VanCleave's Help! My Science Project Is Due Tomorrow! Easy Experiments You Can Do Overnight
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JANICE VANCLEAVE is a former science teacher who now spends her time writing and giving science workshops. She is the author of over forty books that have sold over 2 million copies, and a resident science fair authority on Discovery.com
Content
Introduction.
ASTRONOMY.
Line Up (Solar System).Night Sky (Sky Measurement).
Star Clock (Stars).
How Far? (Star Distances).
Coverup (Eclipse).
Sun Path (Sun).
Escape (Satellites).
Morning Star (Venus).
Splat! (Meteorites).
Fill'Er Up (Telescope).
Moon Phase (Moon).
BIOLOGY.
Building Blocks (Cells).
Patterns (Leaves).
Water Loss (Transpiration).
In and Out (Osmosis).
Snares (Spiders).
Identify (Fingerprints).
Foamy (Microbes).
OOPS! (Reaction Time).
Tasty (Taste).
Inhale, Exhale (Lung Capacity).
CHEMISTRY.
Changes (Phases of Matter).
New Stuff (Chemical Change).
Glob (Fluids).
Soakers (Absorption).
Riser (Specific Gravity).
Mixers (Solutions).
Separator (Chromatography).
Meltdown! (Ice).
Cleanup! (Emulsifiers).
Brown Banana (Oxidation).
EARTH SCIENCE.
Wet or Dry? (Humidity).
How Fast? (Wind).
Fluffy (Snow).
Warmup (Temperature).
Around and Around (Water Cycle).
Airy (Soil).
Washout (Erosion).
Settling (Settling Rate).
Squirter (Water Pressure).
Overflow (Rocks).
PHYSICS.
Equal (Potential Energy).
Spreader (Diffraction).
Pickup! (Static Electricity).
Swingers (Pendulum).
Spinners (Inertia).
Spacey (Matter).
Trapped (Insulators).
Sliders (Heat).
Stretchy (Elasticity).
High or Low? (Sound).
Glossary.
Index.
ASTRONOMY.
Line Up (Solar System).Night Sky (Sky Measurement).
Star Clock (Stars).
How Far? (Star Distances).
Coverup (Eclipse).
Sun Path (Sun).
Escape (Satellites).
Morning Star (Venus).
Splat! (Meteorites).
Fill'Er Up (Telescope).
Moon Phase (Moon).
BIOLOGY.
Building Blocks (Cells).
Patterns (Leaves).
Water Loss (Transpiration).
In and Out (Osmosis).
Snares (Spiders).
Identify (Fingerprints).
Foamy (Microbes).
OOPS! (Reaction Time).
Tasty (Taste).
Inhale, Exhale (Lung Capacity).
CHEMISTRY.
Changes (Phases of Matter).
New Stuff (Chemical Change).
Glob (Fluids).
Soakers (Absorption).
Riser (Specific Gravity).
Mixers (Solutions).
Separator (Chromatography).
Meltdown! (Ice).
Cleanup! (Emulsifiers).
Brown Banana (Oxidation).
EARTH SCIENCE.
Wet or Dry? (Humidity).
How Fast? (Wind).
Fluffy (Snow).
Warmup (Temperature).
Around and Around (Water Cycle).
Airy (Soil).
Washout (Erosion).
Settling (Settling Rate).
Squirter (Water Pressure).
Overflow (Rocks).
PHYSICS.
Equal (Potential Energy).
Spreader (Diffraction).
Pickup! (Static Electricity).
Swingers (Pendulum).
Spinners (Inertia).
Spacey (Matter).
Trapped (Insulators).
Sliders (Heat).
Stretchy (Elasticity).
High or Low? (Sound).
Glossary.
Index.