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(A+ Projects in Biology
By Janice VanCleave. Covers 30 important biology topics with hands-on projects ranging from fun-and-easy to challenging. Provides enough background information to use as a teaching manual or for science fair projects. Includes topics in botany, zoology, and the human body. Equivalent to 1 year of science. 224 pp. Ages 9-14.With these experiments you'll learn about nutrient differences in soil, hydroponics, seed parts, germination, geotropism, phototropism, chromatography, responses of segmented worms, conditions affecting bacterial growth, food preservatives, drosophila fly metamorphosis, effectiveness of sunscreens, digestive enzymes, cellular respiration, and more.
Most of the experiments in A+ Projects in Biology use household items. To do more of the projects in this book, you may want to order thymol blue, vinyl tubing, iodine solution, and 4 medicine droppers.
