Science Fair Projects for Elementary Schools

Science Fair Projects for Elementary Schools offers step-by-step instructions for a hands-on learning experience for children in grades 2-5 who are doing science fair projects. Curiosity Bug, a friendly companion, guides the student through every step of a science fair project: finding and researching a topic, developing a controlled experiment, making graphs, and designing a display. Curiosity Bug's sample project provides the child with a detailed example, and worksheets allow the child to work comfortably with his or her own data. Subsequent chapters include two sample projects in each field of science (animals and insects, plants, chemistry, the environment, and microscopes). These are perfect starter projects presented in cookbook style with complete instructions and resources. The child can choose one, follow the procedures given, and plug in his or her data and results. Science Fair Projects for Elementary Schools also provides examples of graphs, ideas for display, and opportunities for further research. Each chapter also includes ten other project ideas and a list of related children's books. A final section provides parents, teachers, and librarians with sample letters, forms, and layouts to facilitate setting up a science fair. This book is sure to spark any student's interest in the intriguing, absorbing world of science.

Children's Books

Wee, Patricia Hachten

Science, Nature & How It Works

Scarecrow Press

Independent Projects, Graduation Projects, Senior Projects, Culminating Projects ― how can students develop them and how can teachers, parents, librarians help? Across the United States and Canada, education reforms have led to a demand for demonstrations of competency as a requirement for high school graduation. In these schools, all students, of all abilities, must give evidence of the capacity to find and use specific information, to independently develop and organize a complex project, to speak and write clearly, and to think critically. Independent Projects is designed to provide students, teachers, librarians, and administrators with an easy-to-use method of incorporating independent projects into the high school curriculum. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 begins by defining an independent project as "a concentrated, in-depth study of a self-selected topic that falls outside the normal curriculum." It then describes the types of independent projects that can be employed, and guides teachers through the process of the project, defining their role; giving advice about how to get started and where to go for resources; and presenting step-by-step methods for the planning, development, and presentation of the project. It also clarifies the role of the librarian in researching the topic chosen for the project. The last chapter of this section gives the reader advice on how to best put the book to use. Part 2 is an easy-to-use handbook for students, teachers and parents to use to select topics and develop them into Independent Projects. The step-by-step design and the worksheets serve as guides to completing worthwhile projects with minimum frustration and procrastination. Part 3 follows two Independent Projects from topic selection to presentation. Part 4 provides twenty-five one-page synopses of sample Independent Projects in content areas including history, English, Tech. Ed. art, music, business, and foreign language. Each sample project page provides background, resources, and deve

Independent Projects: Step by Step

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Written to assist students interested in exploring the vast amount of literature dealing with the war years, 1939-1945, this volume provides annotated bibliographies of a broad sampling of books that will be of interest to high school and middle school students, their teachers and parents. Over 2000 of the best and most current volumes, as well as many out-of-print books available in libraries, are reviewed and categorized. Listings include biographies and autobiographies; fiction and essays; art, music, and movies; and topics such as the origins of the war and its aftermath; aircraft, ships and submarines, land vehicles, and weapons; technology; propaganda; war crimes; and campaigns and battles. Relevant Internet site, museums, organizations, movies, videos, and technical references are also provided. The authors have included some 400 topics for constructivist assignments, research papers, reports, and presentations aligned to the educational standards for social studies. In addition, the book abounds with subjects that encourage critical thinking and analysis such as differing American and German submarines strategies; the role of war production by companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Fisher-Price; the military experiences of authors such as Kurt Vonnegut, Ian Fleming, and J.D. Salinger; the effect of broken codes on the outcome of the war; the daily life of the Filipino people under Japanese occupation as viewed through period newspapers; and the Japanese American internment program. An extensive index provides easy access to the thousands of authors, titles, events, and topics.

World War II in Literature for Youth: A Guide and Resource Book (Volume 6) (Literature for Youth Series, 6)

Wee, Robert James

Teen & Young Adult

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