The Science of Life: Projects and Principles for Beginning Biologists
(From Amazon): This activity book for budding biologists introduces kids to the five kingdoms of life through 25 engaging projects using materials commonly found around the house, yard, or classroom. Kids will learn how to conduct experiments using the scientific method in a carefully controlled environment. They’ll make their own culture media and determine which is more effective at inhibiting the growth of bacteria: an antiseptic, a disinfectant, or plain soap and water. They will delight in collecting and comparing night-flying versus day-flying insects and learn how to clone a mushroom from a piece of its own tissue. Plenty of background information is provided, along with fun facts, a glossary, and wonderful Web sites to explore.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1556523823
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 34
- Pages
- 144
- Suggested Grades
- 4th - 12th
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Copyright
- 2001
Chapters
- i. Introduction
- i.i What Is Biology?
- i.ii Understanding the Scientific Method
- i.iii Iron in Your Food
- 1 Bacteria are Everywhere (Kingdom Prokaryotae)
- 1.1 Growing Bacteria
- 1.2 Hand Washing
- 1.3 Antiseptics and Disinfectant
- 1.4 Bacteria and Antibiotics
- 2 Plans Grow, Move, and Respond to the Environment (Kingdom Plantae)
- 2.1 Transpiration
- 2.2 Germinating Seeds
- 2.3 Growing Grass
- 2.4 Gravitropism
- 2.5 Test Foods for Starch
- 2.6 Saliva Test
- 2.7 Carnivorous Plants
- 2.8 Species
- 3 Animals that Fly, Walk, and Wiggle (Kingdom Animalia)
- 3.1 Ant Food
- 3.2 Living Garbage Disposal
- 3.3 Trapping Flying Insects
- 3.4 Trapping Grasshoppers and Crickets
- 3.5 Spider Webs
- 4 There Is a Fungus Among Us (Kingdom Fungi)
- 4.1 Yeast Metabolism
- 4.2 Bread Mold
- 4.3 Mushroom Spores
- 4.4 Growing Fungi
- 4.5 Cloning
- 5 Last But Not Least: The Protozoans (Kingdom Protoctista)
- 5.1 Growing Protozoans
- 5.2 Protozoan Succession
- 6 Conclusion
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