DINAH ZIKE’S BIG BOOK of SCIENCE for middle school and high school features instructions for 29 manipulatives, with approximately 100 full-color photographed examples. Science topics include: Physical Science/Physics, Astronomy, Earth Science, and Life Science/Biology.
FREE with this purchase - a package of 60 wt, 8 1/2 x 11 pastel colored paper to begin making some of these projects.
Exceptional ideas and guides for Science Fairs!
Other products in the category Science and Health / Science (K - 8 ) / More Science:
An Insider’s Guide to Successful Science Fair Projects -- Inside this handbook you will find all the “insider’s secrets” toward creating and presenting a winning project. Includes:
What judges are looking for in a well done project.
The steps in selecting, implementing, and fine-tuning your project.
Checklists and ways to schedule your time.
Helpful websites
Suggestions for writing reports and abstracts.
Understanding the rules especially those of the ISEF.
Now you can be on your way to the thrill of victory: experiencing . . .
Backyard Ballistics -- What happens when you duct-tape a couple of potato chip tubes together, then add an energy source, a tennis balls, and a match? Well, not much - unless you know the secret to building the fabled tennis ball mortar. This step-by-step guide enable ordinary folks to construct 13 awesome ballistic devices using inexpensive household or hardware store materials. Clear instructions, diagrams, and photographs show how to build projects ranging from the simple - a match-powered rocket - to the more complex . . .
Big Book of Science K-6 with FREE Paper -- Dinah Zike’s Big Book of Science for Elementary K-6 features instructions for 35 graphic organizers, with approximately 270 full-color photographed examples. Fifty pages of Earth, Life, Astronomy, and Physical topic lists give thousands of ideas for using Foldables when teaching science. Along side each topic list there are approximately 4 blackline art examples of science Foldables. The back section of the book consists of 55 pages of reproducible science graphics that can be used with various Foldables. . . .
Bird Unit Study -- Author and home school Mom, Kim Sutter, has created these for busy moms who love the idea of unit studies but appreciate a simple, user-friendly approach. No extra materials are needed and read-aloud text is included. Kim leads you step by step through each unit with weekly objectives, supply checklists and daily lesson plans. Each unit contains resource lists, Scriptures, vocabulary words, field trip ideas, a suggested reading list, research topics, web sites, helpful teaching icons, clip art, and . . .
Bob Jones Physical Science Kit (4ed) -- Contains all 6 items needed to complete the Bob Jones Physical Science Course. The Kit contains:
Student Worktext
Teacher's Edition
Lab Manual
Lab Manual Teacher's Edition
Test
Test Answer Key
Bugs Activity Fun Kit -- A big world of bug activities!
59 stickers -- many glitter or glow in the dark
31 tattoos and stencils
"Insects Coloring Book" plus 4 stained glass coloring sheets
"How to Draw Insects"
A glitter spider. A great hands-on collection for your busy, budding, entomologist!
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD–Small parts. Not for children under 3 years. CAUTION–Staples contain functional sharp points.
Butterflies Coloring Book -- 43 finely detailed, accurately rendered illustrations of the pipevine swallowtail, monarch, buckeye, white admiral, olive hairstreak, California dogface, mourning cloak, great spangled fritillary, fiery skipper, painted lady, and many others. Captions provide data on coloration, range, habitat, special characteristics, and more.
Butterfly Activity Fun Kit -- Contains 114 stickers including many that glitter, 23 tattoos and stencils, Butterflies Coloring Book plus 4 stained glass coloring sheets, and 3 beautiful butterfly masks.
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD–Small parts. Not for children under 3 years. CAUTION–Staples in book contain functional sharp points.
Christian Kids Explore Biology -- This consumable biology for grades 3 - 6 will take one year to complete if you follow the suggested track of teaching twice a week, while still allowing time for projects, exploration of resource books, field trips, etc. The conversational style gives students the basic information needed, making this an ideal first course in life science. Lessons are supplemented with coloring pages, hands-on activities, experiments, review sheets, memorization lists, appendices, and most importantly, all of the . . .
Christian Kids Explore Chemistry -- Unlock the mystery of chemistry with this series of 30 easy-to-understand lessons for grades 4-8. Each lesson helps develop a progressive understanding of chemistry that will build confidence Hands-on activities include building model atoms, breaking covalent bonds, and making gas expand. This awesome resource will fuel or create the interest in chemistry, as well as help build the foundation for high school, easily! Wrap-ups (quizzes), answer keys, a glossary, coloring pages, and a resource list . . .
Christian Kids Explore Earth & Space -- Christian Kids Explore Earth and Space breaks our universe into manageable bites, offering units about Earth and its structure, the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and weather, as well as a unit investigating the universe and its components. The 24 lessons and six unit reviews present the material in an easy-to-teach manner. Students are encouraged to keep a science notebook as they learn. Hands-on activities include building a model of Earth and its layers, using eggs to understand plate tectonics . . .
Considering God’s Creation
Extra Student Workbook -- Extra Student Workbook for Considering God’s Creation.
Considering God’s Creation Set -- A great science program for teaching from a Christian World View. Instead of a dry textbook you and your students will love this thoughtfully planned out unit study. Everything is laid out for you in the lesson plans down to what you do and say. Each lesson has a scripture to support its theme, hands-on project, vocabulary, questions, and assignments for a student notebook. Includes Teacher Guide, Student Notebook, and CD of songs. Order additional student workbook for each additional student. Recommended . . .
Electricity -- A powerful (hint, hint,) colorful, and engaging book from DK Publishing!
After two centuries of research and experimentation, electricity has revolutionized the way we live and become an indispensable part of scientific progress. Eyewitness Electricity brings vividly to life our exploration of this powerful natural force. It is a vital part of the living world. Our eyes receive light rays and turn them into tiny electrical signals that pass along our nerves to the brain. The chemicals in batteries . . .
Exploring Space -- The books in ScienceWorks for Kids, Grades 1-3, connect science with real life. Each book covers 8 science concepts that are supported by hands-on activities and ready-to-go resources. Each lesson relates to the National Science Education Standards.
Exploring Space covers these concepts:
Earth is part of a solar system in the Milky Way galaxy
stars are huge balls of hot, glowing gases
our sun is a star
groups of stars seen together are called constellations
each planet in our solar system . . .
Exploring the History of Medicine -- From surgery to vaccines, man has made great strides in the field of medicine. Quality of life has improved dramatically in the last few decades alone, and the future is bright. But students must not forget that God provided humans with minds and resources to bring about these advances. A Biblical perspective of healing and the use of medicine provides the best foundation for treating diseases and injury. This book reveals the spectacular discoveries that started with men and women who used their . . .
Fandex - Birds -- With its large images, bright colors, and die-cut profiles unmistakable the bird and the bird card could almost be one and the same. Birds: Wild Birds of North America is the ideal way to learn about North America's songbirds, backyard birds, shore birds, and birds of prey. From the diminutive Indigo Bunting, which navigates by starlight during its long migrations, to the fearsome Red-Tailed Hawk, Birds introduces 47 species and covers their habitat, range, diet, nests, eggs, and up-to-date conservation . . .
Fandex - Bugs -- A perfect marriage: bugs, kids, and Fandex. Meet South America's Hercules Beetle, as big as a dollar bill and the strongest creature on earth, able to lift 850 times its body weight. (That's like a 100-pound person lifting four school buses!) The Black Widow Spider, whose females, contrary to reputation, rarely eat their mates. And the wonderfully bizarre Walking Stick, sometimes called "Frankenstick" for its ability to reattach its own severed head. Plus Treehoppers and Leafhoppers, centipedes and . . .
Fandex - Butterflies -- A favorite subject of kids, nature lovers, scientists, and collectors, Butterflies takes full advantage of Fandex's unique full-color die-cut format to celebrate 50 butterfly species, from the enormous Queen Alexandra Birdwing, with its 11-inch wingspan, to the Blue Morpho, whose stunning metallic-blue color is caused by tiny prisms in its wings. Each entry includes the Latin name, range, plants used for laying eggs and drinking nectar, migration and mating habits, and how to recognize the species . . .
Fandex - Dogs -- Each Fandex Family Field Guide is a hand-held deck of knowledge that contains 50 individually die-cut cards hinged together. Here are 47 favorite breeds. Discover the exemplary character of the Airedale, the working-class background of the aristocratic Yorkshire Terrier, the spiritual aura surrounding the Lhasa Apso, and the brave Rottweiler's ancient origins in the Romans' march across the Alps. Includes a complete guide to each breed's appearance and temperament.
Fandex - Trees -- It's the easiest and most foolproof tree identification guide available. Four visual keys--the die-cut leaf, bark pattern, distinguishing flower, seed or nut, and photo of the full tree--and descriptions of height, shape, habitat, and more combine to give a complete picture of North America's forest and backyard trees. In addition, Trees is a cultural history of the White Oak and California Redwood, the tree that grows in Brooklyn and the important White Ash, as useful for Native American bows as . . .
Fandex - Wildflowers -- Bringing the world of North American wildflowers to your fingertips, FANDEX presents a field guide that's as beautiful, practical and intriguing as the flowers themselves. Die-cut images are sharp, the colors true, shapes life-like—identification is guaranteed. Plus a quick chart of vital stats includes family name, life cycle, range, and habitat. Accompanying entries cover the history and cultural significance of each plant—Columbine's use as a love charm, the wars fought over Wild Hyacinth, the . . .
Food Chain Frenzy #17 - Magic School Bus Science Chapter Books -- Ms. Frizzle is the weirdest teacher around, and Arnold is her most reluctant student. A field trip on the Magic School Bus can be torture for Arnold, and there is just one thing that can make it worse: his cousin Janet. With his know-it-all relative's visit combined with an all-wheel learning adventure, it is sure to be a school day Arnold won't soon forget. The Friz is always hungry for adventure, and that's just what the class gets. With so much to learn about ecosystems, even Arnold finds himself . . .
How Your Body Works -- A great resource using log books, mini-books, hands-on discovery experiences, and reproducible activities. Nine self-contained concepts are covered, letting you choose which area you’d like to study first!
Human Anatomy Coloring Book -- Careful, scientifically accurate line renderings of the body’s organs and major systems: skeletal, muscular, nervous, reproductive, etc. Numerous views, cross-sections, diagrams. Suggestions for coloring. Complete text. 43 plates. This is a junior high/high school level book.
Human Body Unit Study -- Author and home school Mom, Kim Sutter, has created these for busy moms who love the idea of unit studies but appreciate a simple, user-friendly approach. No extra materials are needed and read-aloud text is included. Kim leads you step by step through each unit with weekly objectives, supply checklists and daily lesson plans. Each unit contains resource lists, Scriptures, vocabulary words, field trip ideas, a suggested reading list, research topics, web sites, helpful teaching icons, clip art, and . . .
Insect Unit Study -- Author and home school Mom, Kim Sutter, has created these for busy moms who love the idea of unit studies but appreciate a simple, user-friendly approach. No extra materials are needed and read-aloud text is included. Kim leads you step by step through each unit with weekly objectives, supply checklists and daily lesson plans. Each unit contains resource lists, Scriptures, vocabulary words, field trip ideas, a suggested reading list, research topics, web sites, helpful teaching icons, clip art, and . . .
Insects Coloring Books -- Color precise, carefully researched depictions of 45 species: the elephant stag beetle, earwig, giant desert scorpion, tiger beetle, desert tarantula, black widow spider, human flea, pleasing fungus beetle and many more. Informative captions offer fascinating facts about insect life.
Inside Your Outside! All about the Human Body -- What a great way to learn about the body, with The Cat in the Hat! This 45 page hardback book is a reader/science book that includes an index in the back of body parts and functions. Here’s an excerpt: There are bones down your back that are all in a line. They help you stand up andare known as the spine. The spine has a spinal cordrunning inside it-A bundle of nerves which helpmove it and guide it.
Here is a word that we just learned today.The bones in your spince are called vert-e-brae.
From . . .
Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia -- This science book is fascinating! I finally have pulled it from my kids long enough to get a look at it myself and try to describe it in a few short sentences. This hardback reference tool is something you'll use all throughout your home schooling years. Incredible pictures and amazing details of all kinds of science concepts such as human biology, chemistry and the elements, technology, light and energy, forces and movement, along with hundreds of others. You'll even learn about microprocessor technology. . . .
Life In The Great Ice Age -- Learn the Biblical history of the world as you find yourself transported back in time. Discover what life would have been like during the Ice Age and find out the scientific reasons for it. Hardback
Men of Science, Men of God - by Henry Morris -- One of the most serious fallacies today is the belief that genuine scientists cannot believe the Bible.
BUT THE TRUTH IS that many of the major scientific contributions were made by scientists who were dedicated men of God. In Men of Science, Men of God, Dr. Henry Morris presents 101 biographies and Christian testimonies of scientists who believed in the Bible and in a personal Creator God…scientists who were pioneers and “founding fathers” of modern scientific disciplines.Paperback 107 pages
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My Body Workbook -- Describes body parts and their functions, using various work pages for hands on activities. Includes patterns for a life-size replica! This 38 page book has been a classroom favorite for years and a best seller for R.O.C.K. Solid. Grades 1 - 3
Ocean Unit Study -- Author and home school Mom, Kim Sutter, has created these for busy moms who love the idea of unit studies but appreciate a simple, user-friendly approach. No extra materials are needed and read-aloud text is included. Kim leads you step by step through each unit with weekly objectives, supply checklists and daily lesson plans. Each unit contains resource lists, Scriptures, vocabulary words, field trip ideas, a suggested reading list, research topics, web sites, helpful teaching icons, clip art, and . . .
Oh Say Can You Say What's the Weather Today?
Cat in the Hat Learning Library -- The Cat and company travel by hot air balloon up and into various weather phenomena. Along the way they learn about thermometers, cloud formations, humidity, fog, how to stay safe in lightning, and more.
Learn the weather Cat-In-The-Hat-Style!
A pine cone can forecast
the weather. Here's why.
It's closed when it's wet
Opened up when it's dry!
or
When a cloud touches down
on the ground, it's called fog.
If it mixes with smoke,
then the fog becomes smog.
Hardcover . . .
Oh the Pets You Can Get! Cat in the Hat Learning Library -- The Cat in the Hat introduces beginning readers to pets and how to care for them, in true "Cat in the Hat" style -
My first guest is a kitten
I gave him a hat.
In one year this kitten
Will turn into a cat.
Keep your toilet lid closed
So your pets do not think
That the water inside it
Is for them to drink!
Guinea pigs like to hide
In the grass or in hay
They eat all the time-
About six hours a day!
Hardcover, from the Cat In the Hat's Learning Library . . .
On Beyond Bugs -- Find out all you ever wanted to know about insects when the Cat and company get an up-close view of life as a bug. Kids will learn how insects—from the spittlebug to the honeybee to the moth—see, smell,
communicate, and pollinate, as well as sometimes pester and amaze and generally make life better for us humans. Catch the bug buzz with the Cat in the Hat and all his friends!
Hardcover
Pocketful of Pinecones -- Karen Andreola, renowned interpreter of the Charlotte Mason method of education, has written a unique sort of book in the home school world. This is a teacher's guide to nature study cleverly disguised as a heartwarming story written in the form of a mother's diary. You'll find more than fifty examples of what to look for on a nature walk, Latin names for the living things observed by the characters, study questions, nature poems and verses.
Reptiles and Amphibians Coloring Book -- Accurate line renderings of over 70 alligators, snakes, lizards, frogs, toads, etc. Concise captions give scientific name, size, habitat, coloring, distinguishing characteristics, other data. Total of 44 black-and-white illustrations, reproduced in authentic color on covers.
Snakes Of The World Coloring Book -- Over 40 species: king cobra, black mamba, boa constrictor, puff adder, Indian python, milk snake, garter snake, many more. Detailed captions describe each snake.
Sneakier Uses for Everyday
Things -- Perfect for the science lovers, would-be inventors, or just those with inquisitive minds, this book is packed with quirky, fun, and educational projects that are easy to assemble, use common household items, and are sure to excite your inner MacGyver. This entertaining collection of over forty sneaky solutions and applications will prepare you for almost any situation! Sections include Sneaky Science Tricks (create a Sneaky Earphone or Hovercraft Toy), Sneaky Survival Techniques (Living on a Shoestring . . .
Space Unit Study -- Author and home school Mom, Kim Sutter, has created these for busy moms who love the idea of unit studies but appreciate a simple, user-friendly approach. No extra materials are needed and read-aloud text is included. Kim leads you step by step through each unit with weekly objectives, supply checklists and daily lesson plans. Each unit contains resource lists, Scriptures, vocabulary words, field trip ideas, a suggested reading list, research topics, web sites, helpful teaching icons, clip art, and . . .
Standard Deviant Astronomy DVD's - 2 pack -- Humor and academics fit together in all Standard Deviant DVD's and Video's. Use these supplemental materials to assist and entertain with teaching the various subjects. Astronomy Part One covers: ancient astronomy, The Celestial Sphere, Zenith, Nadir, Meridian, the history of astronomy, Aristarchus, Ptolemy, The Copernican Revolution, Keplers' Laws, p2=a2, Galileo, Newton, gravity, universal law of gravitation, other applications of gravity, light and the spectrum, emission spectra, absorption spectra . . .
The Kingfisher Illustrated
Horse & Pony Encyclopedia -- The Kingfisher Illustrated Horse & Pony Encyclopedia is a fantastic
gift for children who dream of having a horse or pony of their own.
There is a clear introduction to the horse followed by chapters
explaining horse and pony care, riding lessons, and breeds. The
encyclopedia is packed full of gorgeous photographs of horses and
ponies -- showing how they look, what they do, and where in the world
they are found. And of course every horse lover wants to ride, and The
Kingfisher Illustrated . . .
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses -- On a most sense-sational trip that takes them through an eye, an ear, a tongue, and even a dog's nose, Ms. Frizzle's class learns about the senses. Using their trademark sense of humor, Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen provide facts about the senses in both the human and animal worlds.
Paperback - 48 pages
Ages - 4 to 8
The Sneaky Book for Boys -- This clever book provides complete how-to instructions and diagrams for sneaky gadgets, survival skills, magic tricks, communication codes, and science projects. It also explores sneaky animals and insects and recycling and conservation techniques.
Specifically, sneaksters will learn about crows that crack their nuts using car tires; how to perform magic tricks with algebra; how to construct a compass and sneaky intercom; how to escape a grasp, safely start a fire (six different ways!) . . .
The Sneaky Book for Girls -- In addition to profiles of more than a dozen famous women, this clever book also provides complete how-to instructions, along with diagrams for sneaky gadgets survival skills, magic tricks, communication codes, science and crafting projects, as well as recycling and conservation techniques. Make sneaky backpacks and other sneaky accessories.
Soft cover by Cy Tymony
Weather Unit Study -- Author and home school Mom, Kim Sutter, has created these for busy moms who love the idea of unit studies but appreciate a simple, user-friendly approach. No extra materials are needed and read-aloud text is included. Kim leads you step by step through each unit with weekly objectives, supply checklists and daily lesson plans. Each unit contains resource lists, Scriptures, vocabulary words, field trip ideas, a suggested reading list, research topics, web sites, helpful teaching icons, clip art, and . . .
What Really Happened To The Dinosaurs? -- The book that rewrites the fiction of secular dinosaur lore. Beautifully
illustrated, highly imaginative. Takes young, inquisitive readers on a pre-flood
journey through God's creation. Travel side by side with Tracker John and his
pet dinosaur DJ! Children will love the heartwarming story and fun-filled
adventure. Adults will appreciate the scientific teaching of a biblical
alternative.
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Hardback, 32 pages.
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