This book contains a wealth of innovative projects that can be completed at home or in the classroom. Each project is specifically geared toward the earth sciences and specially suited for science fair competitions. Each also includes a subject overview, materials list, problem identification, hypothesis, procedure, illustrations, and suggestions for further research. Softcover, 146 pages.
For an attention-getting way of teaching contour lines, have students work with plastic models of an actual Mexican volcano. As students submerge the model of Mt. Capulin in progressively shallower water levels, they draw lines around the model to record elevation. The kits study guide details several other exercises the components can be used for, such as liquid density and radioactive decay. Model size: 13″L x 7 1/2″W x 4″H.
Plate tectonics, the theory that 21 major plates form the land areas on our planet, is one of the hottest topics in geology today. Now your classes can study plate tectonics in depth with the Crustal Evolution Education Projects 33 lab activities, all provided in one convenient binder of teachers guides. WARDS is proud to be the exclusive distributor of the CEEP activity modules, developed by the National Association of Geology Teachers and extensively tested in geology classrooms nationwide to ensure success for your students. The CEEP Master Binder, containing all 33 teachers guides in one volume, is a concise, cost-saving resource. Each individual guide is bound and three-hole punched for easy removal or replacement. The activities provided in the binder focus on four areas of study with a variety of individual activities for each, listed by category below. — Lithospheric Plates and Tectonic Theory: — How Do Scientists Decide Which Is the Better Theory? — How Do Continents Drift Apart? — Introduction To Lithospheric Plate Boundaries — Lithospheric Plates and Ocean Basin Topography — Iceland: The Case Of the Splitting Personality — What Happens When Continents Collide? — When A Piece Of A Continent Breaks Off — Continents and Ocean Basins: Floaters and Sinkers — Why Does Sea Level Change? — Sea-Floor Spreading and Magnetic Reversals: — How Fast Is the Ocean Floor Moving? — How Does Heat Flow Vary In the Ocean Floor? — Movement Of the Pacific Ocean Floor — Plotting the Shape Of the Ocean Floor — Drifting Continents and Magnetic Fields — A Sea-Floor Mystery: Mapping Polarity Reversals — Drifting Continents and Wandering Poles — Which Way Is North? — Deep Sea Trenches and Radioactive Waste — Earthquakes and Volcanism: — Locating Active Plate Boundaries — Earthquakes and Plate Boundaries — Plate Boundaries and Earthquake Prediction — Quake Estate Board Game — Hot S
Youll get over 1,000 classic projects covering every field of science, all taken from the archives of Scientific Americans Amateur Scientist column. Each project is rated for difficulty, age appropriateness, safety, and materials cost. The CD also contains 1,000 additional pages of helpful science secrets and resources, all fully text searchable and indexed so you can find what you need quickly. Resource links to suppliers, such as WARDS, are also included to help you get what you need. An additional CD-ROM contains a library of demo programs, shareware, freeware, and other items of use to amateur scientists, including general tools, utilities, and teaching aids that can help the development of a hands-on project or experiment. — System Requirements — Browser: Netscape 3.1 or higher, or Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher — Mac: PowerPC, OS 8.1 to OS X, 32MB RAM — Windows: Pentium processor or higher, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, 32MB RAM
Wow them at the science fair with any one of the many projects featured in this one exceptional volume. The body of the book is divided into botany experiments, zoology experiments, and investigations concerning the human body; and is supplemented by illustrations, detailed instructions, charts, diagrams, and a glossary, as well as extensive appendices providing information on making microscope slides, preparing solutions and reagents, performing random sampling in an open ecosystem, preserving plants, and calculating falling rate. Softcover, 217 pages.
Do you need to come up with a good idea for the science fair or earn extra credit in your chemistry class? This step-by-step guide explores 30 different topics and offers dozens of experiment ideas that cover acid/base reactions, polymers, crystals, electrolytes, and denaturing proteins, just to name a few. The book also includes charts, diagrams, and illustrations. Each experiment uses materials that you can easily find around the house. Softcover, 240 pages.
This invaluable guide to physics projects explains how to put together experiments that showcase key physics concepts. It includes 30 comprehensive projects on measurement, force and motion, states of matter, energy, and electricity. Each project includes illustrations, charts, diagrams, and suggestions for original projects on related topics. Softcover, 240 pages.