Best science fair workshops -- bug science
Subtitle: 20 projects and experiments about arthropods: insects, arachnids, algae, worms, and other small creatures
By: by Karen Romano Young.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: National Geographic
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781426305191; 9781426305207
Subjects: Arthropoda -- Juvenile literature; Science projects -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Which workshop?; title: Finding bugs; title: Keeping bugs; title: Identifying bugs; title: Workshop #1: Raise your own. . . grow flies!; title: Workshop #2 : Swimming in it . . . observe microscopic bugs; title: Workshop #3 : ants come marching. . . try to make an ant get lost; title: Workshop #4 : Honey, help me with this hayfever! . . . try to reduce hayfever by eating local honey; title: Workshop #5 : Watching spiders. . . observe a spider in captivity; title: Workshop #6 : The eye of the butterfly. . . figure out what color a butterfly favors; title: Workshop #7 : X-ray vision . . . photograph the insides of insect head; title: Workshop #8 : Catapult legs . . . demonstrate the properties of a flea's legs; title: Workshop #9 : Arachnophobia! . . . design a questionnaire to study spider phobia; title: Workshop #10: Roly-poly maze . . . teach pillbugs by using their need to stay out of the light; title: Workshop #11: Composting: beyond worms! . . . get inside a compost heap; title: Workshop #12: I've got worms . . . find the reproduction rate of compost worms; title: Workshop #13: Food factory . . . learn about the business of growing food for insect-eating reptiles; title: Workshop #14: Space shuttle ants . . . investigate ant tunnels; title: Workshop #15 : Who ate my socks? . . . compare bug eating habits; title: Workshop #16: Striding on water . . . analyze how water striders stay afloat; title: Workshop #17: Sounds buggy . . . evaluate insect calls; title: Workshop #18: Strong as silk . . . test the properties of silk; title: Workshop #19: How to fly . . . build an insect-sized airplane; title: Workshop #20: A cricket's sense of smell . . . train an insect to recognize smells; title: Present it! Handing it in, showing it off, telling your story, getting the A.