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Young, Karen Romano, author.

Bug science : 20 projects and experiments about arthropods : insects, arachnids, algae, worms, and other small creatures / by Karen Romano Young ; illustrations by David Goldin.

Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, ©2009.

80 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.

It might be creepy, but entomology is one cool branch of science for kids! Bug Science is a funny, educational book filled with cool workshops that are ideal for science fairs. Sometimes it's all about the bugs, like an experiment to reroute ants. Sometimes it's about how we interact with bugs, like the workshop on spider phobias. You can even turn your friends into bug bait to see who has the sweetest skin. Bug Science is peppered with sidebars from entomologists and is sure to inspire a new appreciation for the buggy world we live in.

Science fair winners

Science fair winners.

Arthropoda -- Juvenile literature.

Entomology -- Juvenile literature.

Science projects -- Juvenile literature.

Goldin, David, illustrator.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Raise your own: Raise flies -- Swimming in it: Observe microscopic bugs -- Ants come marching: Try to make an ant get lost -- Honey, help me with this hay fever!: Try to reduce hay fever by eating local honey -- Watching spiders: Observe a spider in captivity -- The eye of the butterfly: Figure out what color a butterfly favors -- X-ray vision: Photograph the inside of an insect's head -- Catapult legs: Demonstrate the properties of a flea's legs -- Arachnophobia!: Design a questionnaire to study spider phobia -- Roly-poly maze: Teach pill bugs by using their instinct to stay out of the light -- Composting: Beyond worms!: Get inside a compost heap -- I've got worms!: Find the reproduction rate of compost worms -- Food factory: Learn about the business of raising insects for insect-eating reptiles -- Eating up the road: Investigate ant tunnels -- Cricket- & moth-eaten socks: Compare bugs' eating habits -- Striding on water: Analyze how water striders stay afloat -- Sounds buggy: Evaluate insect calls -- Strong as silk: Test the strength of fibers -- How to fly: Build an insect-size airplane -- A cricket's sense of smell: Train an insect to recognize smells.

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