100 Award-Winning Science Fair ProjectsScience is at work everywhere - in the kitchen, up in the sky down in the ground, and all around us in plants, animals, machines, even the mind. Here are 100 ways to show how it works and come out tops at school project time. - Stir up chemical magic - Turn a copper pot green with oxidation - Prove that computers emit radio waves - Show off medieval ballistics - - Create virtual 3-D with a polarised lens - Simulate rock abrasion - - Chemists & Cooks - Earth & Sky - Mechanics & Motion - Sparks & Waves - - Light & Sound - Eye & Mind - Plants & Animals - Stars & Planets - * Serious learning about real science is hidden in this away-from-school entertainment for 8-12 year olds. Impress your science teacher! |
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... diameter of the phonograph turntable . Set the com- pass at this diameter and draw a circle on the poster board . Cut out the circle and punch a hole in the center of the circle where the compass needle made a mark . 2. Cut a piece of ...
... diameter of the phonograph turntable . Set the com- pass at this diameter and draw a circle on the poster board . Cut out the circle and punch a hole in the center of the circle where the compass needle made a mark . 2. Cut a piece of ...
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... diameter of the largest superior planet , Jupiter , by the diameter of the smallest supe- rior planet , Pluto . Continue using Pluto to divide Saturn , Uranus , Neptune ... Diameter Pluto Diameter = 2.97 Mars is nearly 3 186 Stars & Planets.
... diameter of the largest superior planet , Jupiter , by the diameter of the smallest supe- rior planet , Pluto . Continue using Pluto to divide Saturn , Uranus , Neptune ... Diameter Pluto Diameter = 2.97 Mars is nearly 3 186 Stars & Planets.
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Glen Vecchione. Mars Diameter Pluto Diameter = 2.97 Mars is nearly 3 times wider than Pluto . Earth Diameter Pluto Diameter = 5.58 Earth is nearly 5.5 times wider than Pluto . Calculating Inferior Planet Sizes Continue using Pluto to ...
Glen Vecchione. Mars Diameter Pluto Diameter = 2.97 Mars is nearly 3 times wider than Pluto . Earth Diameter Pluto Diameter = 5.58 Earth is nearly 5.5 times wider than Pluto . Calculating Inferior Planet Sizes Continue using Pluto to ...
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