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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... stars make up the Big Dipper , and each of your dowel - and - bulb pieces rep- resents a star . You must assemble the Dipper star by star by pushing the sharp end of each star into the Styrofoam on an X - Y coordinate of the grid . The ...
... stars make up the Big Dipper , and each of your dowel - and - bulb pieces rep- resents a star . You must assemble the Dipper star by star by pushing the sharp end of each star into the Styrofoam on an X - Y coordinate of the grid . The ...
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... star device in the center of the revolving platform . Position the star so that it's as close to the center of the platform as possible and doesn't wobble . 9. Dim the lights , place your face at the same level of the ball , and rotate ...
... star device in the center of the revolving platform . Position the star so that it's as close to the center of the platform as possible and doesn't wobble . 9. Dim the lights , place your face at the same level of the ball , and rotate ...
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... STAR View Disk ( same dimensions ) Cut out flaps and fold back . 5 3/4 " 2 " 111 110 22 21 20 19 18 Time Dial Assembly of Star Clock Glue back of flaps to back of disk ... Star Clock Procedure 1. Take your clock out 198 Stars & Planets.
... STAR View Disk ( same dimensions ) Cut out flaps and fold back . 5 3/4 " 2 " 111 110 22 21 20 19 18 Time Dial Assembly of Star Clock Glue back of flaps to back of disk ... Star Clock Procedure 1. Take your clock out 198 Stars & Planets.
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