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Hands-On Science Books
Description
- Easily integrated into any science course
- Correlate to the National Science Education Standards
- Grades 7 to 9
- Each book is 96 to 104 pages
ABCs of Chemistry
- Measure heat from a candle, make soap and build a simple battery
- Investigate factors affecting the speed of a reaction
- Learn to separate mixtures
- Plus 14 more activities
Atmosphere & Weather
- The state we're in: Air is a gas!
- What is weather? Lightning!
- Convection: temperature differences and the motion of air, highs, lows and winds
- Plus 14 more activities
Electricity & Magnetism
- Generate static electricity
- Explore magnetic fields, series circuits, conductors and insulators
- Create electricity from ice water
- Plus 11 more activities
Force & Motion
- Making and adding vectors
- Velocity and acceleration
- Newton's 1st Law: Inertia
- Newton's 2nd Law: Fnet = ma
- Newton's 3rd Law: Action/reaction
- Pressure is not force
- Plus 11 more activities
Introduction to Biotechnology
- Get familiar with basic concepts, techniques and issues in biotechnology
- Making yogurt and kimchi
- Learn about gel electrophoresis and running a gel
- Investigate Building People and To Clone, or Not to Clone
- Plus 14 more acitivities
Light & Color
- What is the nature of light?
- How can we separate pigments?
- How do different materials affect the absorption of light?
- How light affects light-sensitive chemicals
- Plus 16 more activities
Nutrition, Mind & Body
- Covers a variety of human anatomy and physiology topics such as:
- Seeing can be deceiving
- Can eating ice cream be painful?
- What parts of the body are involved in maintaining balance?
- How much water does a popcorn kernel contain?
- Milk, hot dogs and nutritional math
Our Solar System
- The scale of the solar system: How big are the planets?
- How far apart are the planets?
- The shape of planetary orbits
- Plus 15 more activities
Plants
- Which way will the roots grow?
- Which color of light prevents chlorosis in geranium plants?
- How glucose content of a potato affects its use
- Plus 17 more activities
Rocks & Minerals
- Crystal structure of salt
- Mineral tests — hardness
- Rock types and mineral identification
- Weathering rates of rocks and minerals
- Plus 11 more activities
Simple Machines
- Investigate: What is force? What is work? What is power?
- Mechanical advantages in a bicycle
- How a wedge and pulley work
- Plus 14 more activities
Water
- How do ships float?
- When can water carry an electric current?
- How does water act like a lens?
- Investigate life in a pond
- Plus 16 more activities
Science Series
- Earth Science Series – Includes one copy each of Atmosphere & Weather, Rocks & Minerals and Our Solar System.
- Life Science Series – Includes one copy each of Arthropods, Nutrition, Mind & Body and Plants.
- Physical Science Series – Includes one copy each of Chemistry, Electricity & Magnetism, Force & Motion, Light & Color, Simple Machines and Water.
Specifications
Specifications
| Grade | 7 to 9 |
| Format | Book |
| Product Type | Our Solar System |
| Subject | Physics |
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