The Scientific American Book of Great Science Fair Projects

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ASTRONOMY; Making a Sundial; Photographing Lunar Eclipses; Tracking Artificial Satellites; Demonstrating Orbits; BIOLOGY; Hydroponics; Stimulation of Plant Growth; Sensitive Plants; Growing Algae; Cultivating Slime Molds; Learning Behavior in Sow Bugs; Breeding Butterflies; Hummingbird Studies; Raising Reptiles; Stereoscopic Vision; Binocular Vision and the Reversing Cube Illustration; CHEMISTRY; Paper Chromatography; Freezing and Thawing of Water and Salt; Growing Crystals; Non-Newtonian Fluids; Measuring the Thickness of an Oil Slick; EARTH SCIENCE; Backyard Archaeology; Building a Rock and Mineral Collection; Fossil Models; Making Clouds; Measuring Raindrops; Making a Hygrometer; Building an Anemometer; The Coriolis Effect; PHYSICS; Experiments in a Wind Tunnel; Test-Flying Planes Underwater; The Cartesian Diver; Color Addition; Studying Wave Properties in a Ripple Tank; Wave Interference; Studying Liquid Vortices; Gravitational Field Demonstrated in a Soap Bubble; Building a Periscope; Kite Flying; A Rubber Band Heat Engine; Electric Circuits; Making an Electroscope; Electric Pendulum; Glossary; Sources; Index