Science Fair Success Secrets: How to Win Prizes, Have Fun, and Think Like a Scientist

Bill Haduch

ISBN 10: 1439523584 / ISBN 13: 9781439523582

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Science Fair Success Secrets: How to Win Prizes, Have Fun, and Think Like a Scientist
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1439523584
• ISBN 13: 9781439523582
• Illustrator: Philip Scheuer
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Complete with science jokes, amusing illustrations, and twenty prizewinning projects from national competitions, a science fair book offers helpful tips and practical advice for developing and presenting a successful project.

From Booklist

Gr. 5-8. In this lively book, Haduch offers an excellent introduction to science fairs. After noting that a well-designed project gives the student a taste of actually doing science, he explains what the scientific method means in practical terms that will be useful to middle-schoolers. In other words, he doesn't start off by discussing the concept of a hypothesis; rather, he encourages a process of curious inquiry leading to questions that can be usefully addressed by a science fair experiment. In the largest section of the book, "Real Projects That Rocked the World," 20 award-winning science experiments are clearly presented in terms of the genesis of the ideas, the questions addressed, hypotheses, procedures, and "real world" implications. The book ends with a list of 101 award-winning project ideas, a bibliography, and metric conversion tables. The often jaunty tone of the text and the cartoon-style drawings make this an unusually appealing book on the topic, while the respect for science and the solid presentation make it a highly useful book as well. Carolyn Phelan
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