Tundra Experiments: 14 Science Experiments in One Hour or Less

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Abstract

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Are You Running Late? -- Tundra Biomes -- The Scientific Method -- Science Fairs -- Safety First -- A Note About Your Notebook -- Chapter 1: 30 Minutes or Less -- Experiment 1: Using Maps (20 minutes) -- What's the Plan? -- WHAT YOU NEED -- What You Do -- What's Going On? -- MAP: The World's Land Biomes -- Experiment 2: A Climatogram of a City (20 minutes) -- What's the Plan? -- WHAT YOU NEED -- What You Do -- What's Going On? -- Keep Exploring-If You Have More Time! -- Experiment 3: Bowl-Shaped Leaves: An Adaptation of Tundra Plants (20 minutes) -- What's the Plan? -- WHAT YOU NEED -- What You Do -- What's Going On? -- Keep Exploring-If You Have More Time! -- Experiment 4: Finding the Energy (Heat) to Melt One Gram of Ice (30 minutes) -- What's the Plan? -- WHAT YOU NEED -- What You Do -- What's Going On? -- Experiment 5: Tundra's Permafrost: A Model (30 Minutes) -- What's the Plan? -- WHAT YOU NEED -- What You Do -- What's Going On? -- Keep Exploring-If You Have More Time! -- Experiment 6: Solar Heat and Leaf Color (30 minutes) -- What's the Plan? -- WHAT YOU NEED -- What You Do -- What's Going On? -- Keep Exploring-If You Have More Time! -- Experiment 7: Greenland's Melting Ice Sheet (30 minutes) -- What's the Plan? -- WHAT YOU NEED -- What You Do -- What's Going On? -- Keep Exploring-If You Have More Time! -- Experiment 8: Seasons in the Tundra (30 minutes) -- What's the Plan? -- WHAT YOU NEED -- What You Do -- What's Going On? -- Keep Exploring-If You Have More Time! -- Experiment 9: Camouflage: Present But Out-of-Sight (30 minutes) -- What's the Plan? -- WHAT YOU NEED -- What You Do -- What's Going On? -- Keep Exploring-If You Have More Time! -- Chapter 2: One Hour or Less -- Experiment 10: Why Is a Tundra Wet When It Receives Little Rain? (1 hour) -- What's the Plan? -- WHAT YOU NEED