Bibliograph

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

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 using the workshops as science fair projects

Table Of Contents

Which workshop? -- Finding bugs -- Keeping bugs -- Identifying bugs -- Workshop #1: Raise your own. . . grow 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 hayfever! . . . try to reduce hayfever 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 insides of insect 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 pillbugs by using their need 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 growing food for insect-eating reptiles -- Workshop #14: Space shuttle ants . . . investigate ant tunnels -- Workshop #15 : Who ate my socks? . . . compare bug 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 properties of silk -- Workshop #19: How to fly . . . build an insect-sized airplane -- Workshop #20: A cricket's sense of smell . . . train an insect to recognize smells -- Present it! Handing it in, showing it off, telling your story, getting the A

Target audience

juvenile

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