Gardner, Robert Genetics and Evolution Science Fair Projects
Enslow 2010 160p 34.60 978-0-7660-3422-8 elm/ms Biology Science Projects Using the Scientific Method (Enslow) This book begins by explaining the scientific method in painstaking detail, moves on to classification, and then discusses a number of major scientific breakthroughs and related experiments and projects that the reader can perform. The organization is meticulous, and the author goes through explanations of the scientific method very thoroughly ... the student may be tempted to skip some of this, and it is recommended that the teacher “assign” certain chapters to the student who is about to create a science project based on the topics in this book. The author is very careful to talk about things like the washing of hands, getting an adult to help with certain aspects of the experiments, etc., and the student may find this tedious. However, it is to the author’s credit that he points out these precautions and takes care to describe every step of each experiment so thoroughly. In the course of learning about the experiments, the student will learn a bit about Darwin, Mendel, genetics, and evolution. In addition to good illustrations and charts, and the bibliography and index, there is a helpful appendix that lists science supply companies. Kennedy, Carol
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