100 Award-Winning Science Fair Projects - Softcover

Vecchione, Glen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806973773 ISBN 13: 9780806973777

Publisher: Sterling, 2002

Synopsis

Science is at work everywhere--in the kitchen, the sky, the ground,
and all around us in plants, animals, machines, even the mind. Here are
100 ways to demonstrate how science works and for you to come out
tops at your school fair. Stir up chemical magic and turn a copper pot
green with oxidation. Prove that computers emit radio waves; create
virtual 3-D with a polarized lens; and show off some "medieval ballistics."
Every experiment will impress the judges!

About this title

About the Author

Escondido, CA

From School Library Journal

Gr 7 Up-Students will find projects on physics, chemistry, biology, earth science, mechanics, astronomy, and more here. Vecchione prefaces his text with a description of the scientific method. For each experiment, he provides a list of materials needed, step-by-step instructions, caution notes where applicable, and a summary and scientific explanation of the typical result. Some of them require time to complete ("Do Dogs See in Color?" involves nine weeks, plant tropism takes two to three weeks, potato hormones three weeks). An experiment with a television screen requires a dark room and may be difficult to set up at a science fair. Directions on building a trebuchet (catapult) are useful for medieval studies. The accompanying black-and-white drawings range from helpful to merely decorative. A reliable, useful purchase.

Michael McCullough, Byron-Bergen Middle School, Bergen, NY

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Edition details

• Publisher: Sterling
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806973773
• ISBN 13: 9780806973777
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208