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Scientific American great science fair projects / Scientific American and Marc Alan Rosner ; illustrated by Cheryl Kirk Noll.

New York : Wiley, ©2000.

iv, 124 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

A special collection of science fair projects from the science authority: Scientific American magazine. Learn how to make your own clouds, model a fossil, grow hydroponic plants, start a mineral collection, photograph a lunar eclipse, make non-newtonian fluids (slime!), and much more!

Science projects -- Juvenile literature.

Rosner, Marc Alan.

Noll, Cheryl Kirk, illustrator.

Scientific American, inc.

Great science fair projects

Includes bibliographical references (page 121) and index.

Astronomy -- 1. Making a sundial -- 2. Photographing lunar eclipses -- 3. Tracking artificial satellites -- 4. Demonstrating orbits -- Biology -- 5. Hydroponics -- 6. Stimulation of plant growth -- 7. Sensitive plants -- 8. Growing algae -- 9. Cultivating slime molds -- 10. Learning behavior in sow bugs -- 11. Breeding butterflies -- 12. Hummingbird studies -- 13. Raising reptiles -- 14. Stereoscopic vision -- 15. Binocular vision and the reversing cube illustration -- Chemistry -- 16. Paper chromatography -- 17. Freezing and thawing of water and salt -- 18. Growing crystals -- 19. Non-Newtonian fluids -- 20. Measuring the thickness of an oil slick -- Earth science -- 21. Backyard archaeology -- 22. Building a rock and mineral collection -- 23. Fossil models -- 24. Making clouds -- 25. Measuring raindrops -- 26. Making a hygrometer -- 27. Building an anemometer -- 28. The Coriolis effect -- Physics -- 29. Experiments in a wind tunnel -- 30. Test-flying planes underwater -- 31. The Cartesian diver -- 32. Color addition -- 33. Studying wave properties in a ripple tank -- 34. Wave interference -- 35. Studying liquid vortices -- 36. Gravitational field demonstrated in a soap bubble -- 37. Building a periscope -- 38. Kite flying -- 39. A rubber band heat engine -- 40. Electric circuits -- 41. Making an electroscope -- 42. Electric pendulum -- Glossary.

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