Creating Science Fair Projects with Cool New Digital Tools
Creating Science Fair Projects with Cool New Digital Tools

Author: Susan Henneberg

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2013-12-15

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1477718400

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A science fair project is an opportunity for teens to choose a subject of interest, investigate it using the scientific method, and share their findings. While the scientific method never goes out of date, much about science fair research and presentation has changed with the advent of digital tools. Readers learn how they can use digital tools to brainstorm a question, research and take notes, collaborate with teammates, record and organize data, and create presentations using multimedia. As required by the Common Core, readers learn to use technology to produce and publish their work and to collaborate with others.

Creating Book Reports with Cool New Digital Tools
Creating Book Reports with Cool New Digital Tools

Author: Gina Hagler

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2013-12-15

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1477718451

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With Web 2.0 tools, students have creative options for book reports that go beyond the traditional plot summaries and dioramas. Teens can use digital storytelling tools to share information about their books and generate enthusiasm for reading. The author discusses a variety of options for creating book reports with digital tools, including using movie-making programs to create exciting book trailers, crafting multimedia slide shows, making original animations starring an avatar, and more. Projects fulfill numerous Common Core Standards, including determining a text’s theme and showing how it is conveyed through details, and incorporating multimedia components in presentations to clarify information.

Writing Term Papers with Cool New Digital Tools
Writing Term Papers with Cool New Digital Tools

Author: Joe Greek

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2013-12-15

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1477718354

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In the not-too-distant past, students were expected to turn in only handwritten or typed papers. However, with today's ease of access to the Internet and free applications, teachers are now expecting students to go beyond the confines of text-only productions. Various online programs make it possible to create multi-layered term papers that are rich in images, audio, and even video. And most of these tools are free to use! Students can now access their work from nearly anywhere that has an Internet connection. In the case of collaborative research projects, this same technology allows team members to work with each other even when they are in different locations. A wide variety of online and offline tools, techniques, and tips to help students research, write, edit, prepare, and present term papers are discussed and explained here. This revelatory guidebook to the latest in term paper technology also supports Common Core Standards for the reading of technical accounts and texts.

Performing and Creating Speeches, Demonstrations, and Collaborative Learning Experiences with Cool New Digital Tools
Performing and Creating Speeches, Demonstrations, and Collaborative Learning Experiences with Cool New Digital Tools

Author: Susan Meyer

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2013-12-15

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1477718370

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A student doesn't have to be a programming whiz kid to use innovative technology and tools to make a great multimedia presentation, demonstration, or collaborative learning project. Many digital programs and software are easy to use and help students find the best way to package and present their information. New social networking tools can also help students reach a larger and more targeted audience with their message. There are so many cool new Web sites, software, apps, and other digital tools designed just for creating, improving, facilitating, and showcasing multimedia presentations, demonstrations, and collaborative learning experiences, and they are discussed in great detail here. Any student can create an amazing presentation or speech. All that is required is imagination, creativity, a little help from the latest digital technology, and this superb guidebook to the readily available tools and their astounding capabilities. This text supports Common Core Standards for the reading of technical accounts and texts.

Bicycle Science Fair Projects
Bicycle Science Fair Projects

Author: Robert Gardner

Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC

Published: 2015-07-15

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0766070166

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From demonstrating gravitational pull to measuring speed and efficiency, your bicycle is a great tool to use when planning your next science fair project. Diagrams, detailed instructions, and photographs make these projects easy to do, earning you that prize at the science fair!

Smelly Science Fair Projects
Smelly Science Fair Projects

Author: Leah M. Rybolt

Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC

Published: 2015-07-15

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0766070239

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Your sense of smell plays a huge role in how you taste, what you remember, what attracts you, and what repels you. Through photos, diagrams, and hands-on experiments, you'll discover how to find out your odor threshold, conduct a jelly bean smell and taste test, and learn what makes those feet so stinky.

Soda Pop Science Fair Projects
Soda Pop Science Fair Projects

Author: Dr. Thomas R. Rybolt

Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC

Published: 2015-07-15

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0766070255

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Who knew you could do more with soda pop than just drink it? This collection of hands-on experiments allows you to have fun while investigating the properties of carbonated beverages. What causes soda to go flat? Can you identify your favorite cola by smell alone? How can you remove the coloring from soda? Using everyday objects, readers will learn about liquids, gases, acids, sugars, and more. For a one-of-a-kind science fair project, just look in your fridge!

Science Fair Projects with Everyday Stuff
Science Fair Projects with Everyday Stuff

Author: Salvatore Tocci

Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC

Published: 2015-07-15

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0766070204

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There's science behind everything. From testing how effective sunblock is to finding out how skin cream works to learning what chemicals are in aspirin besides pain relievers, these unique experiments use items you already have around the house. Investigate your world while you conduct a prize-winning science fair project!

Janice VanCleave's Wild, Wacky, and Weird Earth Science Experiments
Janice VanCleave's Wild, Wacky, and Weird Earth Science Experiments

Author: Janice VanCleave

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2016-07-15

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1477789731

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In a series of fun and involving hands-on earth science experiments, kids learn why the Earth bulges at the equator, demonstrate the movement of the Earth’s axis, determine how the composition of the Earth affects its motion, and replicate the cause of the day-and-night cycle. They will also determine why the sky is not dark as soon as the Sun sinks below the horizon, learn how salt beds are formed, demonstrate how air takes up space, observe the effects of cool and warm temperatures on air movement, and replicate the formation of sea breezes. Featuring color illustrations and safe, simple step-by-step instructions, Janice VanCleave again shows just how much fun science can be.

Forensic Science Experiments in Your Own Crime Lab
Forensic Science Experiments in Your Own Crime Lab

Author: Robert Gardner

Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC

Published: 2015-07-15

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0766069567

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Ever wonder how forensics experts and law enforcement solve crimes? Learn how to build a crime lab of your very own with tools and supplies you can easily obtain. Then, following the step-by-step instructions, play the part of a forensic scientist by doing your own experiments, analyzing evidence and drawing conclusions.