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Download full textDashefsky, H. Steven – 1994
This book contains 23 suggestions for experiments involving environmental science that can be used to create a science fair project. Aimed at grades 10-12, a wide range of environmental topics is covered. These topics include soil ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems, applied ecology, global warming and the greenhouse effect, deforestation and…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, High Schools, Science Activities, Science Experiments
Hershey, David R. – 1995
This book contains science projects about seed plants that deal with plant physiology, plant ecology, and plant agriculture. Each of the projects includes a step-by-step experiment followed by suggestions for further investigations. Chapters include: (1) "Bean Seed Imbibition"; (2) "Germination Percentages of Different Types of Seeds"; (3)…
Descriptors: Fertilizers, Photosynthesis, Plant Growth, Plants (Botany)
Frankovits, Nicholas; Luton, Grant; Rabelo, Javier – 1999
This teacher module provides background information and resources to the Annual Duracell/National Science Teachers Association Scholarship Competition Invention Challenge for high school students. Contents include: (1) "Introduction to the Competition"; (2) "Tips for Motivating Students"; (3) "Preparing for Inventing"; (4) "Teaching Invention:…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Competition, High Schools, Inventions
Peer reviewedLustick, David – Science Teacher, 1996
Describes a project where students visit, evaluate, and report on chemistry web sites. Discusses implementing the project, problems with the process, and results and rewards. Includes the evaluation form used and lists students' top chemistry sites. (JRH)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Educational Resources, Internet, Science Activities
Peer reviewedFord, Brent A. – Science Activities, 1996
Presents an activity that demonstrates a crude method of mapping the sea floor and helps students appreciate some basic considerations that scientists face in working with a project of this type. Demonstrates the logistics of teamwork and the effects of time and cost limitations on science projects. (JRH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geology, Measurement, Oceanography
Peer reviewedValdez, Penelope S. – Science Teacher, 2001
Describes the use of monthly portfolio projects to track student progress and improve science performance in a 7th grade life science course. Students explain concepts they have learned, produce products to present what they have learned, and use the concepts to critique magazine articles, advertisements, or news stories. Provides an evaluation…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Portfolio Assessment, Science Instruction, Science Projects
Peer reviewedAntonelli, Jamie; Mahoney, Sean; Streich, Derek; Liebl, Michael – Science Teacher, 2001
Describes an ongoing project, the Cosmic Ray Observatory Project (CROP), being conducted by the University of Nebraska in partnership with several high schools. Each school group has installed cosmic ray detectors, and initial activities have included calibrating equipment, gathering preliminary data, and learning about cosmic ray showers. Aims to…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Light, Science Activities, Science Projects
Peer reviewedLarsen, Jamie – Science Teacher, 1995
Descriptors: Biology, Documentaries, Microscopes, Multimedia Instruction
Scali, Nancy – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1992
Describes a kindergarten science project that incorporates writing, mathematics, science, art, and technology as students investigate the question: what is the largest living thing to hatch out of an egg? (SR)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Integrated Activities, Kindergarten, Primary Education
Peer reviewedTracy, Julie; Glaser, Kathleen – Green Teacher, 1999
Describes an integrated nature-immersion program in which K-5 students meet all curriculum outcomes through investigating, monitoring, and restoring schoolground habitats and local ecosystems. (CCM)
Descriptors: Ecology, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning
Peer reviewedCherif, Abour; Gialamas, Stefanos – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2000
Introduces a semester-long project approach for science or mathematics nonmajor students and lists the objectives of the project. Lists criteria for student evaluation and provides examples of students' creative final projects. (Contains 18 references.) (YDS)
Descriptors: Creativity, Evaluation, Higher Education, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedDavies, Arthur; And Others – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1996
Describes a project that involves determining, by coulometry, the energy output of different types and makes of 1.5-volt AA cells as a function of EMF and time. Involves measuring the volume of hydrogen gas collected at the cathode from the reduction of hydrogen ions in aqueous sulfuric acid by a current produced by the discharge of an AA battery.…
Descriptors: Chemical Analysis, Chemistry, Electric Batteries, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedGrimnes, Karin A. – American Biology Teacher, 1996
Describes a project that helps students integrate biological concepts using both creativity and higher-order problem-solving skills. Involves students playing the roles of junior scientists aboard a starship in orbit around a class M planet and using a description of habitats, seasonal details, and a surface map of prominent geographic features to…
Descriptors: Animals, Biology, Creative Thinking, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSchafer, Melanie – Science and Children, 2001
Lists the awardees from the Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards Program and relates the stories behind the inventions. (MM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inventions, Science Fairs, Science Instruction
Peterson, Donald; And Others – 1994
This is the first program in the Science Safari series produced by the Fairfax Network of the Fairfax County Public Schools. The series and the accompanying print materials are designed to show students a broad spectrum of animal life, introduce students to a variety of people who work with animals, and help students become aware of the important…
Descriptors: Animals, Birds, Elementary Secondary Education, Ornithology
