Details

Subject(s)

• Earth sciences—Experiments [Browse]
• Earth sciences—Exhibitions [Browse]
• Science projects [Browse]

Related name

Keen, Dan [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Exhibition catalogs [Browse]
• Catalogs [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• exhibition catalogs [Browse]
• catalogs (documents) [Browse]

Series

Science fair project series [More in this series]

Summary note

Provides project ideas from beginning to end, including overviews, organizational direction, suggested hypotheses, materials, and procedures.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• How to use this book
• Science projects
• The earth's crust. Projects in the earth's surface. Plated guesses ; High in the sky ; Deep depression ; The breaking point ; Deep freeze ; Just passing through ; Seismograph experiment (lateral motion) ; Seismograph experiment (vertical motion) ; The magic lodestone ; The proof is in the pudding
• Minerals. Projects with minerals. Crystal clear ; Salt in the wound ; In hot water ; Rock garden ; Building up or down ; What you see is not what you get
• Rocks. Projects with rocks. Building your own building ; Castles made of sand ; The bigger the better? ; Can you feel the difference? ; I tumble for you ; The bubbling answer
• Fossils. Projects with preserved plants and animals. Shoe box archaeology ; Petrified paper towel ; Print evidence ; Cryogenic roses ; Heat from the past
• Erosion. Projects in soil and rock wear. Up the down staircase ; Inky dinky spider ; Chinese water torture ; Wind blown ; Throw in the towel ; Automatic sand castles ; Easy come, easy go ; Up on a pedestal ; Perfect pitch ; Potholes in the road
• Solar energy. Projects using the sun's energy. Solar distiller ; Keep warm ; Hang it up ; Good mirror, bad mirror ; Beyond the rainbow ; Hot colors
• Weather. Projects in weather measurement and forecasting. Observational weather forecasting ; The dews and don'ts ; How wet is the air? ; The pressure's on ; Jack's yard frost ; Pet snowflakes
• Glossary
• Resource list
• Index
• About the authors.

Show 12 more Contents items

Other title(s)

• 49 science fair projects
• Forty-nine science fair projects

ISBN

• 0830692878 :
• 0830632875 (pbk.) :

LCCN

^^^89039634^

OCLC

20354020

RCP

H - S

Statement on responsible collection description

Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...