Fisher Scientific Hands-On Science Books

Description

• Easily integrated into any science course
• Correlate to the National Science Education Standards
• Grades 7 to 9
• Each book is 96 to 104 pages

ABCs of Chemistry

• Measure heat from a candle, make soap and build a simple battery
• Investigate factors affecting the speed of a reaction
• Learn to separate mixtures
• Plus 14 more activities

Atmosphere & Weather

• The state we're in: Air is a gas!
• What is weather? Lightning!
• Convection: temperature differences and the motion of air, highs, lows and winds
• Plus 14 more activities

Electricity & Magnetism

• Generate static electricity
• Explore magnetic fields, series circuits, conductors and insulators
• Create electricity from ice water
• Plus 11 more activities

Force & Motion

• Making and adding vectors
• Velocity and acceleration
• Newton's 1st Law: Inertia
• Newton's 2nd Law: F_net = ma
• Newton's 3rd Law: Action/reaction
• Pressure is not force
• Plus 11 more activities

Introduction to Biotechnology

• Get familiar with basic concepts, techniques and issues in biotechnology
• Making yogurt and kimchi
• Learn about gel electrophoresis and running a gel
• Investigate Building People and To Clone, or Not to Clone
• Plus 14 more acitivities

Light & Color

• What is the nature of light?
• How can we separate pigments?
• How do different materials affect the absorption of light?
• How light affects light-sensitive chemicals
• Plus 16 more activities

Nutrition, Mind & Body

• Covers a variety of human anatomy and physiology topics such as: Seeing can be deceiving; Can eating ice cream be painful?; What parts of the body are involved in maintaining balance?; How much water does a popcorn kernel contain?; and milk, hot dogs and nutritional math

Our Solar System

• The scale of the solar system: How big are the planets?
• How far apart are the planets?
• The shape of planetary orbits
• Plus 15 more activities

Plants

• Which way will the roots grow?
• Which color of light prevents chlorosis in geranium plants?
• How glucose content of a potato affects its use
• Plus 17 more activities

Rocks & Minerals

• Crystal structure of salt
• Mineral tests — hardness
• Rock types and mineral identification
• Weathering rates of rocks and minerals
• Plus 11 more activities

Simple Machines

• Investigate: What is force? What is work? What is power?
• Mechanical advantages in a bicycle
• How a wedge and pulley work
• Plus 14 more activities

Water

• How do ships float?
• When can water carry an electric current?
• How does water act like a lens?
• Investigate life in a pond
• Plus 16 more activities

Science Series
Earth Science Series includes one copy each of Atmosphere & Weather, Rocks & Minerals and Our Solar System.
Life Science Series includes one copy each of Arthropods, Nutrition, Mind & Body and Plants.
Physical Science Series includes one copy each of Chemistry, Electricity & Magnetism, Force & Motion, Light & Color, Simple Machines and Water.