Use these easy science fair project experiment kits to help with any elementary, middle school or high school science fair projects.
More Winning Science Fair Projects, Hints, and Tips from Janice VanCleave! Includes: Complete rules and display tips, hundreds of exciting projects, helpful do's and don'ts and 50 fun and step-by-step experiments. Answer questions like: What can you do to create an extraordinary science project? How is a clear and easy-to-follow display organized? What are the do's and don'ts of science fair projects? Where will you find the best collection of science fair ideas?
Format: Soft Cover, 160 pages, 8 1/2 X 11 inches
Author: Janice VanCleave
Publisher: Wiley Publishers
Date Published: January, 2000
Recommended Ages: Children-Young Adult
The answers-and the fun-are all in this exciting book of innovative, easy-to-understand, show-stopping science fair projects. Discover how to develop a topic from your own idea; research, create, and assemble your project; then display it in a way that will make it stand out from the crowd.
Tackle some of Janice VanCleave's favorite experiments on topics ranging from astronomy, biology, and engineering to botany, geology, and oceanography. Then let your mind loose to explore whatever topic most interests you. Enjoy working on intriguing experiments while learning the secrets of science fair success!
Table of Contents:
- How to Use This Book.
- A Guide to Science Fair Projects.
- The Scientific Method.
- Topic Research.
- Categories.
- Project Research.
- A Sample Project.
- The Project Report.
- The Display.
- Presentation and Evaluation.
- 50 Science Fair Project Ideas.
- Brighter (Astronomy).
- Shadows (Astronomy).
- Building Blocks (Botany-Anatomy of Plants).
- Reflectors (Botany-Anatomy of Plants).
- Up and Down? (Botany-Behavior of Plants).
- With and Without (Botany-Physiology of Plants).
- Getting Started (Botany-Physiology of Plants).
- Clipped (Botany-Physiology of Plants).
- 3-D (Zoology-Anatomy of Animals).
- Face Forward (Zoology-Anatomy of Animals).
- "Hearing" Without Ears (Zoology-Anatomy of Animals).
- Oops! (Zoology-Behavior of Animals).
- Juicy (Zoology-Physiology of Animals).
- Break Out (Zoology-Physiology of Animals).
- Super Spout (Zoology-Physiology of Animals).
- Survivors (Ecology).
- Spotted (Microbiology).
- Jerky (Microbiology).
- Easy Over (Geology).
- Fiery Interior (Geology).
- Combined (Geology-Rocks and Minerals).
- Snap! (Geology-Minerals).
- Changed (Geology-Rocks).
- Splitters (Geology-Rocks).
- Long Enough (Geology-Seismology).
- Side-to-Side (Geology-Seismology).
- Riser Geology (Volcanology).
- Magma Flow (Geology-Volcanology).
- Windy (Meteorology).
- Stormy (Meteorology).
- Wash Out (Oceanography).
- Floaters (Oceanography).
- Indicators (Paleontology).
- How Old? (Paleontology).
- Flexible (Engineering).
- Windmill (Engineering).
- I.D. (Chemistry).
- Super Chains (Chemistry-Organic).
- Stickers (Physics-Electricity).
- Zap! (Physics-Electricity).
- Hot Box (Physics-Energy).
- Up and Down (Physics-Energy).
- Launcher (Physics-Gravity).
- Toys and Gravity (Physics-Gravity).
- Lifter (Physics-Machines).
- Uphill (Physics-Machines).
- Attractive (Physics-Magnetism).
- Back and Forth (Physics-Magnetism).
- Unchanged (Mathematics).
- Polys (Mathematics).
- Appendices.
- Glossary.
- Index.
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