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A collection of hands-on crafts and activities designed to teach children about the natural world around them.

Presents experiments and related projects showing the science behind items found in a hardware store, covering such topics as atomic structure, electricity, chemical bonds, magnetism, and water analysis.

Presents step-by-step instructions for approximately fifty activities that teach about ecology, from making a solar water heater or planting a tree to building a wormery or a mini-landfill.

Provides projects, experiments, and hands-on applications to explore scientific principles.

Introduces the phases and other characteristics of the moon through a series of experiments, most of which can be used to start a science fair project.

Presents fifty-three simple experiments and projects revolving around space science, including topics such as seasons, the night sky, light, and flight.

Provides instructions for experiments about bugs, including flies, microscopic insects, ants, bees, and others; and offers tips on using the workshops as science fair projects.

From growing crystals to erupting a model volcano, Earth Science features fun earth science experiments that can be used to create an exceptional science fair project.

From growing plants to testing the health of a heart, Life Science features fun life science experiments that can be used to create an exceptional science fair project.

From making a telescope to launching a model rocket, Space Science presents fun space science experiments that can be used to create an exceptional science fair project.

Presents instructions for a variety of weather science projects, including making a glacier, forming a cloud, and cleaning an oil spill.

Presents projects and experiments that involve measuring, covering such topics as units of measure, accuracy, mass, measuring areas and volumes, temperature, heat, times, speed, and indirect measurements.

Introduces the circulatory system, muscles, digestion, senses, and other body parts and functions through a collection of activities and experiments which can be developed into science fair projects.

This book presents an introduction to the scientific method; instructions on setting up a chemistry lab; and step-by-step instructions on experiments that measure mass, create chemical reactions, and identify acids and bases.

This book describes how to build a weather station with simple materials found around the house and includes experiments to learn how clouds form, why the wind blows, how to predict tomorrow's weather, how gases are causing global warming, and much more.