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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

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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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

009-012

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bug science

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

290468672

Responsibility statement

by Karen Romano Young ; illustrations by David Goldin

Series statement

Science fair winners

Sub title

20 projects and experiments about arthropods : insects, arachnids, algae, worms, and other small creatures

Table Of Contents

Workshop 1 : Raise your own (raise 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 raising insects for insect-eating reptiles) -- Workshop 14 : Eating up the road (investigate ant tunnels) -- Workshop 15 : Cricket- & moth-eaten socks (compare bugs' 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-size airplane) -- Workshop 20 : A cricket's sense of smell (train an insect to recognize smells)

Target audience

pre adolescent

resource.variantTitle

Science fair winners, Bug scienceBest science fair workshops -- bug science

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