Features
- Reading level: Young Adult
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 240 pages
- Published by: Wiley
- Edition: Revised Edition March 1996
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0471123781
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471123781
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Book Dimensions:
10.2 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 1.5 pounds
From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up-- Drawing on her own experience as a science fair participant, Bochinski offers useful information and hints on how to design, conduct, and present a science project. In addition, judging criteria are detailed, and an appendix lists numerous science supply companies. Unfortunately, this good advice is undermined by a lengthy section of 50 award-winning projects that could easily intimidate first-time entrants. How should readers react to sophisticated experiments that include a VAX computer or an "atomic absorption instrument," or a procedure that begins, "This experiment must be conducted under the supervision of a research scientist?" In fairness, many of the other experiments are simpler to perform and understand. However, the author never explains what made any of them winners. Black-and-white photographs of selected projects, along with illustrative, ink-line drawings, are scattered throughout the book. --Alan Newman, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Gr. 7^-12. This revised edition of Bochinski's 1991 book includes an explanation of the revised International Science and Engineering Fair rules governing what can be displayed and operated at science fairs, a chapter following one student's four-year research project, and ten new experiments replacing ten of the original 50. Libraries with a strong demand for books on science-fair projects will want to update their collections with this edition.
Carolyn Phelan
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