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Creepy crawlies and the scientific method : over 100 hands-on science experiments for children / Sally Stenhouse Kneidel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Publishing, c1993.Description: xiv, 224 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 1555911188
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QL52.6 .K58 1993
Contents:
Chapter 1: The scientific method -- Chapter 2: Attracting and maintaining critters -- CREATURES FOUND IN AND AROUND LOGS -- Chapter 3: Roly-poly or pill bug science -- Chapter 4: Wiggly earthworms -- Chapter 5: Chirping crickets -- Chapter 6: Many-legged millipedes -- Chapter 7: The fungus that creeps -- CREATURES THAT LIVE OR START LIFE IN THE WATER -- Chapter 8: Tadpoles to toads -- Chapter 9: Pond ecology in the classroom -- TERRESTRIAL PREDATORS -- Chapter 10: Ant lions -- terrors of the sand -- Chapter 11: Spooky spiders -- Chapter 12: Praying mantises -- the "smartest" insects -- Chapter 13: Baby mantises -- INSECT REPRODUCTION -- Chapter 14: The two-week life cycle of fruitflies -- Chapter 15: Aphids and their predators, ladybug beetles -- Chpater 16: Insect metamorphosis on a macro scale -- Postscript: Making connections among the chapters.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (7-Day Checkout) Books (7-Day Checkout) Nash Library Nash 301 Reserve Shelf QL52.6.K58 1993 1 Available 33710000828371

Reserves; Thomas, Peter

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-215) and index.

WAR, NEWBERY,

Chapter 1: The scientific method -- Chapter 2: Attracting and maintaining critters -- CREATURES FOUND IN AND AROUND LOGS -- Chapter 3: Roly-poly or pill bug science -- Chapter 4: Wiggly earthworms -- Chapter 5: Chirping crickets -- Chapter 6: Many-legged millipedes -- Chapter 7: The fungus that creeps -- CREATURES THAT LIVE OR START LIFE IN THE WATER -- Chapter 8: Tadpoles to toads -- Chapter 9: Pond ecology in the classroom -- TERRESTRIAL PREDATORS -- Chapter 10: Ant lions -- terrors of the sand -- Chapter 11: Spooky spiders -- Chapter 12: Praying mantises -- the "smartest" insects -- Chapter 13: Baby mantises -- INSECT REPRODUCTION -- Chapter 14: The two-week life cycle of fruitflies -- Chapter 15: Aphids and their predators, ladybug beetles -- Chpater 16: Insect metamorphosis on a macro scale -- Postscript: Making connections among the chapters.