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There's plenty for you to choose from in this collection of forty terrific science project ideas from real kids, chosen by well-known children's science writer Janice VanCleave. Developing your own science project requires planning, research, and lots of hard work. This book saves you time and effort by showing you how to develop your project from start to finish and offering useful design and presentation techniques. Projects are in an easy-to-follow format, use easy-to-find materials, and include dozens illustrations and diagrams that show you what kinds of charts and graphs to include in your science project and how to set up your project display. You’ll also find clear scientific explanations, tips for developing your own unique science project, and 100 additional ideas for science projects in all science categories.
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ffirs.qxd 8/3/06 9:54 AM Page i Janice VanCleave’s Great Science Project Ideas from Real Kids Janice VanCleave John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ffirs.qxd 8/3/06 9:54 AM Page iv ffirs.qxd 8/3/06 9:54 AM Page i Janice VanCleave’s Great Science Project Ideas from Real Kids Janice VanCleave John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ffirs.qxd 8/3/06 9:54 AM Page ii This book is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright © 2007 by Janice VanCleave. All rights reserved. Illustrations © 2007 by Laurie Hamilton. All rights reserved. Published by Jossey-Bass A Wiley Imprint 989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1741 Design and composition by Navta Associates, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400, fax 978-646-8600, or on the Web at www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, 201-748-6011, fax 201-748-6008, or online at http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. The publisher and the author have made every reasonable effort to ensure that the experiments and activities in the book are safe when conducted as instructed but assume no responsibility for any damage caused or sustained while performing the experiments or activities in this book. Parents, guardians, and/or teachers should supervise young readers who undertake the experiments and activities in this book. Permission is given for individual classroom teachers to reproduce the pages and illustrations for classroom use. Reproduction of these materials for an entire school system is strictly forbidden. Jossey-Bass books and products are available through most bookstores. To contact Jossey-Bass directly call our Customer Care Department within the U.S. at 800-956-7739, outside the U.S. at 317-572-3986, or fax 317-572-4002. Jossey-Bass also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data VanCleave, Janice Pratt. [Great science project ideas from real kids] Janice VanCleave’s great science project ideas from real kids / Janice VanCleave. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN-13 978-0-471-47204-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10 0-471-47204-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Science projects—Juvenile literature. 2. Science—Experiments—Juvenile literature. I. Title: Great science projects ideas from real