Science Project Experiment and Activity Books

Showy Science, 328 Pages

Item Code :	GYB-0673360915

Brand:	GOODYEAR BOOKS

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Science project experiment and activity books are available for elementary, middle school or high school science. Here are more than 175 science demonstrations that work using nothing more than ordinary household objects. No special equipment or fancy apparatus needed, yet the results are dramatic and the learning is fun!

The activities in Showy Science are clustered around scientific concepts and principles that are closely related to elementary and junior high school science curricula. It is an excellent supplementary hands-on activity guide that can make science lessons fun and meaningful. Additionally, the principles taught have application to other common life activities. For example, simple siphon activities can lead to making a bean-sprout-growing device and self-watering devices for house plants.

Ordinary household objects are the major resource for these activities. Even a simple science apparatus costs some money, and many teachers, parents, and students are reluctant to buy an apparatus to conduct just one scientific investigation. Ordinary objects such as pop bottles and jars are economical, abundant, and easy to handle.

Even though this is a science project experiment book for elementary and intermediate grades, lay people will find it interesting. Various activities such as different methods of propagating house plants and building self-refilling bird baths are intriguing solutions to everyday problems. My ultimate goal was to present science in a fun and interesting way.

Author,
Hy Kim

Introduction

The activities in Showy Science cover a variety of science topics, allowing you to explore the air, water, earth, and animals around you, as well as forces that act upon you. You can do many of the activities alone or with adult help, but a great number of them will be more fun if you demonstrate them for your family, friends, or classmates.

Each activity includes:

A list of things you will need to perform the activity

Illustrations to help you as you as you work

The reasons behind the results of each activity

Information and terms to help you expand your scientific knowledge

Contents

Activities for Exploring Air
Activities for Exploring Water
Activities for Exploring Animals
Activities for Exploring Plants
Activities for Exploring Microbes
Activities for Exploring Gravity, Motion, and Other Forces
Activities for Exploring Earth
Activities for Exploring Light

Children will explore water, air animals, plants, microbes, gravity and motion, earth, and light as they "show off" scientific principles for their classmates and friends. There are step-by-step directions and careful explanations of the scientific principles--all written in everyday language so that children can understand and explain what they have produced and witnessed.