Science skill builders
By: [author, Marge. Kennedy ; editorial director, Maureen Hunter-Bone]
Contributors: Hunter-Bone, Maureen
Publisher: Weekly Reader Corp.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9780837482132
Subjects: Science; Study and teaching; Experiments; Sciences; Étude et enseignement; Expériences
Notes: Cover title.

"From the pages of Current science."

Article in each lesson adapted from WR senior, Current science or Current health magazines.

"Teacher reproducibles"--Page 4 of cover.

Includes 20 reproducible science lessons; hands-on science activities for every lesson; science vocabulary and concepts students need to know; and covers earth, life, physical, and health science.

"WR 195."
Table of contents: title: Earth science. Earth rocks! ; Lab: Grow your own crystal, Find examples of erosion; title: Ice is nice ; Lab: Ice experiments; title: Wild weather ; Lab: Tracking the weather; title: Reef rescue ; Lab: Create coral reef creatures; title: Life on Mars ; Lab: Make a planet mobile; title: Life science. Animals of Australia ; Lab: How do special traits help animals survive?, Copying the traits of animals; title: Spooky spiders ; Lab: Create a spider web; title: The Bald Eagle makes a comeback ; Lab: Chart the comeback; title: The buzz about honey ; Lab: Take a taste test; title: Preparing for winter ; Lab: Make a compass; title: Health & fitness. Bare bones ; Lab: Hard and soft bones; title: Teeth: tools for the table ; Lab: Brush away stains; title: Your body and food ; Lab: Follow the food pyramid; title: Now hear this ; Lab: Reducing hearing loss, Shake it; title: Sleep: from A to Zzzzz ; Lab: Take a dream poll; title: Physical science. Science gives athletes a boost; Lab: Comparing materials; title: A toy story ; Lab: Does it float; title: What is a simple machine ; Lab: Make your own pulley, Build your own seesaw; title: Inventions: then and now ; Lab: Become an inventor; title: The pull of gravity ; Lab: Which falls fastest, Your weight on the moon.