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Here's a list of recommended books for homechooling science
in an experimental manner, by topic and book title, chosen by
your Homeschooling Guide for their outstanding features and editorial
excellence. As a result of a commercial relationship between
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General Science
365 Simple Science Experiments With Everyday
Materials
E. Richard Churchill
New paperback by this favorite author of experiment books is
due out October 2000.
700 Science Experiments for Everyone
Scientific and Cultural Organization. United Nations Educational
Now revised and updated, 700 Science Experiments for Everyone
retains its emphasis on readily available materials, making this
an especially useful resource for home-schoolers and for anyone
with an urge to learn firsthand how the physical world works.
Handbook of Nature Study
Anna Botsford Comstock
Covers birds, fish, reptiles, wild animals, farm animals, pets,
trees, flowers, rocks, weather, stars, etc. Many labled diagrams.
Written to fit in wonderfully with a Charlotte Mason philosophy.
The Science Teacher's Book of Lists
Frances Bartlett Barhydt
Grades 4-12. Covers all major areas of the curriculum, including
plant science, animal science, health and nutrition, chemistry,
physics, earth science, meteorology, air and space science, scientists
and their contributions, measurements and number systems, science
education resources, and more.
Earth Science
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weather
Mel Goldstein
This fun book offers readers the principles of meteorology by
exploring the causes and changing patterns of the weather. Second
Edition. Paperback 2002.
Earth Science
49 Science Fair Projects (Science Fair Projects Series)
Robert L. Bonnet, G. Daniel Keen
Perfect for taking to a summer beach retreat for experiments
with sand, though most experiments suitable year around.
Janice Vancleave's Earth Science for Every
Kid
101 Easy Experiments That Really Work
Janice Pratt Vancleave
It provides hints as to what may be expected from a given experiment
and offers a full explanation of the outcome in understandable
terms for K-6 level students.
Science in Seconds at the Beach
Activities for Ponds, Lakes, and Rivers, Exciting Experiments
You Can Do in Ten Minutes or Less
Jean Potter
Now that the tourists are gone, take this book to the beach and
study "oceanography" while you are there. For elementary
aged children.
History and Science
The Ben Franklin Book of Easy and Incredible
Experiments/Activities, Projects, and Science Fun
Activities, Projects, and Science Fun
Lisa Jo Rudy (Editor), Cheryl Kirk Noll (Illustrator)
Activities and experiments related to some of Franklin's major
interests: weather, electricity, music, paper and printing, light,
and sound.
The Thomas Edison Book of Easy and Incredible
Experiments
James G. Cook
Combine history and science by recreating some of Edison's inventions
in your home.
Physics
Janice Vancleave's Physics for Every Kid
101 Easy Experiments in Motion, Heat, Light, Machines, and Sound
Janice Pratt VanCleave
This is a physics experiment book designed for children in grades
4 to 6. Young children will be able to complete the experiments
with adult supervision. Older children can easily follow the
step-by-step instructions with little or no assistance.
The
Standard Deviants - Physics Parts 1 & 2
Only the most intense science geeks have ever considered physics
entertaining, but the Standard Deviants, undaunted as ever, do
their best to make serious science fun to watch, and therefore
memorable, in this two-hour presentation.
Thinking Physics
Understandable Practical Reality
Lewis Carroll Epstein
In this book, as in real life, the questions come first. When
the explanation follows it gets to the central point fast. There
is an easy wat to explain anything, it's just hard to find it.
Why Toast Lands Jelly-Side Down
Zen and the Art of Physics Demonstrations
Robert Ehrlich
Also: Terminal Velocity of Falling Coffee Filters; Spinning a
Penny; Dropping Two Rolls of Toilet Paper; Avalanches in a Sand
Pile; When to Add the Cream to Your Coffee; Deep Knee Bends on
a Bathroom Scale; Recoil Force on a Bent Straw; Swinging Your
Arms While Walking; Estimating the Net Force on a Moving Book.
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