Bug science : 20 projects and experiments about arthropods : insects, arachnids, algae, worms, and other small creatures / by Karen Romano Young ; illustrations by David Goldin.
Title
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Bug science : 20 projects and experiments about arthropods : insects, arachnids, algae, worms, and other small creatures / by Karen Romano Young ; illustrations by David Goldin.
By
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Young, Karen Romano.
Publication Date
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2009
Publication Information
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Washington, D.C. : National Geographic,
Edition
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1st ed.
Physical Description
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80 p. : ill.
Subject Term
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Arthropoda -- Juvenile literature.
Science projects -- Juvenile literature.
Series
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SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS
SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS.
Bibliographic Note
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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Which workshop? -- Finding bugs -- Keeping bugs -- Identifying bugs -- Workshop #1: Raise your own. . . grow flies! -- Workshop #2 : Swimming in it . . . observe microscopic bugs -- Workshop #3 : Ants come marching. . . try to make an ant get lost -- Workshop #4 : Honey, help me with this hayfever! . . . try to reduce hayfever by eating local honey -- Workshop #5 : Watching spiders. . . observe a spider in captivity -- Workshop #6 : The eye of the butterfly. . . figure out what color a butterfly favors -- Workshop #7 : X-ray vision . . . photograph the insides of insect head -- Workshop #8 : Catapult legs . . . demonstrate the properties of a flea's legs -- Workshop #9 : Arachnophobia! . . . design a questionnaire to study spider phobia -- Workshop #10: Roly-poly maze . . . teach pill bugs by using their instinct to stay out of the light -- Workshop #11: Composting: beyond worms! . . . get inside a compost heap -- Workshop #12: I've got worms . . . find the reproduction rate of compost worms -- Workshop #13: Food factory . . . learn about the business of growing food for insect-eating reptiles -- Workshop #14: Eating up the road . . . investigate ant tunnels -- Workshop #15 : Cricket-& moth-eaten socks . . . compare bug eating habits -- Workshop #16: Striding on water . . . analyze how water striders stay afloat -- Workshop #17: Sounds buggy . . . evaluate insect calls -- Workshop #18: Strong as silk . . . test the strength of fibers -- Workshop #19: How to fly . . . build an insect-sized airplane -- Workshop #20: A cricket's sense of smell . . . train an insect to recognize smells. Present it! Handing it in, showing it off, telling your story, getting the A.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781426305207
9781426305191
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