Walker. Pam & Elaine Wood. Ecosystem Science Fair Projects, Revised and Expanded Using Scientific Method.
Enslow 2010 160p 34.60 Biology Science Projects Using Scientific Method
978-0-7660-3419-8 ms/hs E-BN
Biology Science fair projects about our Earth’s ecosystem. The projects are simple and fun and if you do not mind getting dirty you will enjoy working with soil in these interesting earth projects. Biology Science fair projects about our Earth’s ecosystem. The projects all use the scientific method of experimenting and writing up the results. If you follow the process you will find how simple and how much fun you will have and you will be surprise at how well your project will look. Some of the experiments include: comparing life-forms in different ecosystems, studying how animals protect themselves from extreme cold, discovery how sunlight affect living things and the ecosystem. These mentioned are only a few of the experiments included in this book.
This earth book will get kids thinking about how the earth around us give us so much and we barely know how to take care of it. All of the experiments have suggestions that could make your project a potential winning science fair project.
Includes:science project ideas, plenty of illustrations,appendix, glossary,further reading, internet addresses, and index. Diaz, Magna
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Friday, April 9, 2010
Ace Your Ecology and Environmental Science Project
Gardner, Robert Ace Your Ecology and Environmental Science Project
Enslow 2009 112p 31.93 978-0-7660-3216-3 ms/hs
Ace Your Science Project (Enslow)
The authors provide information on choosing and planning a science experiment using different aspects of local ecology. They begin with a brief discussion of ecosystems and how their study leads to a practical understanding of the influence of biology and other factors on relationships in nature. The authors provide information on choosing and planning a science experiment using different aspects of the local ecology and other "stuff." They begin with a brief discussion of ecosystems and how their study leads to a practical understanding of the influence of biology and other factors on relationships in nature. They describe how to examine the different living and nonliving pieces of the ecosystem to discover how they interact with each other and affect life. They then discuss how to set up experiments that may be used later for a science fair project. These are open-ended and may lead to actual discovery. Basic knowledge of ecology and environmental factors increase as each experiment is completed. The material is very clearly explained, with suggestions on how to get started, how to choose the proper type of project, what supplies are needed to fulfill the requirements necessary to do correct research, and what materials to use to present the project. The author offers a succinct description of scientific method and how to use it correctly to support the research. They consider safety aspects and are very clear about the necessity for careful work. The book contains very clear diagrams of experiments, illustrations, charts, graphs, and tables. It has an excellent glossary with clear explanations of the scientific terms. It ends with an appendix of science supply companies, an index, and a bibliography of books for further reading and Internet resources. Ogintz, Susan
Enslow 2009 112p 31.93 978-0-7660-3216-3 ms/hs
Ace Your Science Project (Enslow)
The authors provide information on choosing and planning a science experiment using different aspects of local ecology. They begin with a brief discussion of ecosystems and how their study leads to a practical understanding of the influence of biology and other factors on relationships in nature. The authors provide information on choosing and planning a science experiment using different aspects of the local ecology and other "stuff." They begin with a brief discussion of ecosystems and how their study leads to a practical understanding of the influence of biology and other factors on relationships in nature. They describe how to examine the different living and nonliving pieces of the ecosystem to discover how they interact with each other and affect life. They then discuss how to set up experiments that may be used later for a science fair project. These are open-ended and may lead to actual discovery. Basic knowledge of ecology and environmental factors increase as each experiment is completed. The material is very clearly explained, with suggestions on how to get started, how to choose the proper type of project, what supplies are needed to fulfill the requirements necessary to do correct research, and what materials to use to present the project. The author offers a succinct description of scientific method and how to use it correctly to support the research. They consider safety aspects and are very clear about the necessity for careful work. The book contains very clear diagrams of experiments, illustrations, charts, graphs, and tables. It has an excellent glossary with clear explanations of the scientific terms. It ends with an appendix of science supply companies, an index, and a bibliography of books for further reading and Internet resources. Ogintz, Susan
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The Eco-Diary of Kiran Singer
Alderson, Sue Ann. The Eco-Diary of Kiran Singer.
Orca, 2007. 66p $15.95 978-1-896580-4-70
Kiran writes to her grandmother worrying about the disappearing rain forests, pollution, terrorists, and other man-made and natural concerns. She says, “We have to do something. Sometimes I’m scared. But what can I do? I’m just a kid.” Grandma replies with an invitation to join her work party for a “bit of the planet right here practically in our backyard that needs looking after – it’s a little bog.” She also gives Kiran a diary for her twelfth birthday. Kiran replies that she will use the diary for poems she writes at the bog.
Following the table of contents the rest of the book is written in verse. Each section opens with a small picture of the diary open to a new page with just the day of the week written on it. Four, five, or six poems follow, each is accompanied by a soft painting that illustrates something mentioned in the poem. Many of the poems are about animals or plants that live in the bog; others are about the sounds heard or the people in the work party.
The introduction tells us that the bog and the “Crazy Boggers” working on the restoration of the bog are real. “Camosun bog is an unusually small bog in an unusual locale at the edge of a public park in the middle of Vancouver, British Columbia.”
A web site for more information about the bog is included. Readers interested in a similar environmental project are told to contact their local natural history or Audubon Club. MT
Orca, 2007. 66p $15.95 978-1-896580-4-70
Kiran writes to her grandmother worrying about the disappearing rain forests, pollution, terrorists, and other man-made and natural concerns. She says, “We have to do something. Sometimes I’m scared. But what can I do? I’m just a kid.” Grandma replies with an invitation to join her work party for a “bit of the planet right here practically in our backyard that needs looking after – it’s a little bog.” She also gives Kiran a diary for her twelfth birthday. Kiran replies that she will use the diary for poems she writes at the bog.
Following the table of contents the rest of the book is written in verse. Each section opens with a small picture of the diary open to a new page with just the day of the week written on it. Four, five, or six poems follow, each is accompanied by a soft painting that illustrates something mentioned in the poem. Many of the poems are about animals or plants that live in the bog; others are about the sounds heard or the people in the work party.
The introduction tells us that the bog and the “Crazy Boggers” working on the restoration of the bog are real. “Camosun bog is an unusually small bog in an unusual locale at the edge of a public park in the middle of Vancouver, British Columbia.”
A web site for more information about the bog is included. Readers interested in a similar environmental project are told to contact their local natural history or Audubon Club. MT
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