Janice VanCleave's the Solar System: Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn into Science Fair Projects

By Janice VanCleave

Book Overview

Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects The perfect science fair idea books . . .Spectacular Science Projects Janice VanCleave's Solar System * How is a comet like a dirty snowball? * Does a planet's distance from the Sun affect its temperature? * How can the Moon block the Sun's light? Figure out the answers for yourself with out-of-this world activities and experiments that help you learn about the wonders of the solar system. Janice VanCleave's Solar System: Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn into Science Fair Projects guarantees hours and hours of fascinating, hands-on, safe, low-cost science fun. Try these awesome projects at home or in the classroom: trace the Earth's path through the celestial sphere, create a comet in your own bedroom, and build a model of Saturn and its rings. Each experiment includes an illustration and simple, step-by-step instructions, as well as clear explanations of the astronomical concepts you're seeing at work. Children ages 8--12 Also available in the Spectacular Science Projects Series: Janice VanCleave's Animals Janice VanCleave's Earthquakes Janice VanCleave's Electricity Janice VanCleave's Gravity Janice VanCleave's Insects and Spiders Janice VanCleave's Machines Janice VanCleave's Magnets Janice VanCleave's Microscopes and Magnifying Lenses Janice VanCleave's Molecules Janice VanCleave's Plants Janice VanCleave's Rocks and Minerals Janice VanCleave's Volcanoes Janice VanCleave's Weather

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471322040
• ISBN13: 9780471322047
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.3" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Good teacher resource

I am a 4th grade teacher who is applying for my National Board Certification. For my portfolio, I'm teaching a unit on the Solar System. I needed some fresh ideas for small group lessons so I got this book. It has some really great experiments and demonstrations and gives the background on the concept explored. I specifically needed lessons that integrated mathematics and I found them here! Highly recommended! My only regret is that it didn't have reproducibles/blackline masters. Whatever blacklines I needed from the book, I made myself on the computer and printed out.