Creating Science Fair Projects with Cool New Digital Tools


Book Description

A science fair project is an opportunity for teens to choose a subject of interest, investigate it using the scientific method, and share their findings. While the scientific method never goes out of date, much about science fair research and presentation has changed with the advent of digital tools. Readers learn how they can use digital tools to brainstorm a question, research and take notes, collaborate with teammates, record and organize data, and create presentations using multimedia. As required by the Common Core, readers learn to use technology to produce and publish their work and to collaborate with others.




Smelly Science Fair Projects


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Your sense of smell plays a huge role in how you taste, what you remember, what attracts you, and what repels you. Through photos, diagrams, and hands-on experiments, you'll discover how to find out your odor threshold, conduct a jelly bean smell and taste test, and learn what makes those feet so stinky.




Soda Pop Science Fair Projects


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Who knew you could do more with soda pop than just drink it? This collection of hands-on experiments allows you to have fun while investigating the properties of carbonated beverages. What causes soda to go flat? Can you identify your favorite cola by smell alone? How can you remove the coloring from soda? Using everyday objects, readers will learn about liquids, gases, acids, sugars, and more. For a one-of-a-kind science fair project, just look in your fridge!




Science Fair Projects with Everyday Stuff


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There's science behind everything. From testing how effective sunblock is to finding out how skin cream works to learning what chemicals are in aspirin besides pain relievers, these unique experiments use items you already have around the house. Investigate your world while you conduct a prize-winning science fair project!




Janice VanCleave's Wild, Wacky, and Weird Earth Science Experiments


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In a series of fun and involving hands-on earth science experiments, kids learn why the Earth bulges at the equator, demonstrate the movement of the Earth’s axis, determine how the composition of the Earth affects its motion, and replicate the cause of the day-and-night cycle. They will also determine why the sky is not dark as soon as the Sun sinks below the horizon, learn how salt beds are formed, demonstrate how air takes up space, observe the effects of cool and warm temperatures on air movement, and replicate the formation of sea breezes. Featuring color illustrations and safe, simple step-by-step instructions, Janice VanCleave again shows just how much fun science can be.




Creating Science Fair Projects with Cool New Digital Tools


Book Description

A science fair project is an opportunity for teens to choose a subject of interest, investigate it using the scientific method, and share their findings. While the scientific method never goes out of date, much about science fair research and presentation has changed with the advent of digital tools. Readers learn how they can use digital tools to brainstorm a question, research and take notes, collaborate with teammates, record and organize data, and create presentations using multimedia. As required by the Common Core, readers learn to use technology to produce and publish their work and to collaborate with others.




Janice VanCleave's Wild, Wacky, and Weird Astronomy Experiments


Book Description

In a series of fun and involving hands-on astronomy experiments, kids learn how distance from the sun affects atmospheric temperature, why the Earth is called the “Blue Planet,” why Jupiter’s ring shines, and how to reproduce Mars’ red soil and Jupiter’s stormy red spot. They will also determine why radio wave receivers are curved, how radio waves are sent around the Earth via satellite, how satellites enter into orbit, and how rockets achieve escape velocity. Featuring color illustrations and safe, simple step-by-step instructions, Janice VanCleave again shows just how much fun science can be.




Astronomy Experiments in Your Own Observatory


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Museums and colleges aren’t the only places that can have observatories. Now you can build your own observatory with easily accessible tools and supplies. Follow the directions in this book to use your observatory to view the stars and planets, develop hypotheses, and conduct experiments to test them out!




More of Janice VanCleave's Wild, Wacky, and Weird Astronomy Experiments


Book Description

In a series of fun and involving hands-on astronomy experiments, kids learn how distance from the sun affects atmospheric temperature, why the Earth is called the “Blue Planet,” why Jupiter’s ring shines, and how to reproduce Mars’ red soil and Jupiter’s stormy red spot. They will also determine why radio wave receivers are curved, how radio waves are sent around the Earth via satellite, how satellites enter into orbit, and how rockets achieve escape velocity. Featuring color illustrations and safe, simple step-by-step instructions, Janice VanCleave again shows just how much fun science can be.




More of Janice VanCleave's Wild, Wacky, and Weird Physics Experiments


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In a series of fun and involving hands-on physics experiments, kids charge an object with static electricity, demonstrate how static charges produce sound, use magnetic force to suspend a paper airplane, determine that objects in water have a different weight than they do in air, and learn how a substance’s buoyancy can be changed. They will also determine if shape determines the strength of an object, learn the effect that an object’s center of gravity has on motion, demonstrate how the length of a pendulum affects the time of each swing, and discover how the center of gravity is also the balancing point of an object. Featuring color illustrations and safe, simple step-by-step instructions, Janice VanCleave again shows just how much fun science can be.