Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects The perfect science fair idea books ...Spectacular Science Projects Janice VanCleave's Solar System How is a comet like a dirty snowball? Does a planet's distance from the Sun affect its temperature? How can the Moon block the Sun's light? Figure out the answers for yourself with out-of-this world activities and experiments that help you learn about the wonders of the solar system. Janice VanCleave's Solar System: Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn into Science Fair Projects guarantees hours and hours of fascinating, hands-on, safe, low-cost science fun. Try these awesome projects at home or in the classroom: trace the Earth's path through the celestial sphere, create a comet in your own bedroom, and build a model of Saturn and its rings. Each experiment includes an illustration and simple, step-by-step instructions, as well as clear explanations of the astronomical concepts you're seeing at work. Children ages 8--12 Also available in the Spectacular Science Projects Series: Janice VanCleave's Animals Janice VanCleave's Earthquakes Janice VanCleave's Electricity Janice VanCleave's Gravity Janice VanCleave's Insects and Spiders Janice VanCleave's Machines Janice VanCleave's Magnets Janice VanCleave's Microscopes and Magnifying Lenses Janice VanCleave's Molecules Janice VanCleave's Plants Janice VanCleave's Rocks and Minerals Janice VanCleave's Volcanoes Janice VanCleave's Weather

 

This book is part of a book series called Spectacular Science Projects .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by John Wiley and Sons Ltd .

JANICE VANCLEAVE , the author of the popular Science for Every Kid series, is a former science teacher and a popular presenter at museums, schools, and bookstores nationwide.

This book has the following chapters: Line Up. Opposite. Bong! Moon Mapping. Shadows. Earth Shadows. Around and Around. Twirlers. Brighter. More or Less. How Hot? See-Through. Big and Bigger. Backward. Blinding. Ringed. Space Rocks. Dirty Snowballs. Shooting Stars. Splat! Appendix. Glossary. Index.