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

9781426305207
9781426305191
1426305206
1426305192

80 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

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

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