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Bug science, 20 projects and experiments about arthropods : insects, arachnids, algae, worms, and other small creatures, by Karen Romano Young ; illustrations by David Goldin

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Bug science, 20 projects and experiments about arthropods : insects, arachnids, algae, worms, and other small creatures, by Karen Romano Young ; illustrations by David Goldin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

980L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bug science

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

290468672

Responsibility statement

by Karen Romano Young ; illustrations by David Goldin

Series statement

Science fair winners

Sub title

20 projects and experiments about arthropods : insects, arachnids, algae, worms, and other small creatures

Summary

Provides instructions for experiments about bugs--including flies, microscopic insects, ants, bees, and others--and offers tips on science fair projects

Table Of Contents

Welcome to bug science -- Workshop 1: Raise your own (raise flies) -- Workshop 2: Swimming in it (observe microscopic bugs) -- Workshop 3: Ants come marching (try to make an ant get lost) -- Workshop 4: Honey, help me with this hay fever! (try to reduce hay fever by eating local honey) -- Workshop 5: Watching spiders (observe a spider in captivity) -- Workshop 6: The eye of the butterfly (figure out what color a butterfly favors) -- Workshop 7: X-ray vision (photograph the inside of an insect's head) -- Workshop 8: Catapult legs (demonstrate the properties of a flea's legs) -- Workshop 9: Arachnophobia! (design a questionnaire to study spider phobia) -- Workshop 10: Roly-poly maze (teach pill bugs by using their instinct to stay out of the light) -- Workshop 11: Composting: beyond worms! (get inside a compost heap) -- Workshop 12: I've got worms (find the reproduction rate of compost worms) -- Workshop 13: Food factory (learn about the business of raising insects for insect-eating reptiles) -- Workshop 14: Eating up the road (investigate ant tunnels) -- Workshop 15: Cricket- & moth-eaten socks (compare bugs' eating habits) -- Workshop 16: Striding on water (analyze how water striders stay afloat) -- Workshop 17: Sounds buggy (evaluate insect calls) -- Workshop 18: Strong as silk (test the stregth of fibers) -- Workshop 19: How to fly (build an insect-size airplane) -- Workshop 20: A cricket's sense of smell (train an insect to recognize smells) -- Present it!

Target audience

juvenile

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