Grasslands Experiments: 11 Science Experiments in One Hour or Less

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Abstract

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Are You Running Late? -- Grassland 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: Six Land Biomes of the World -- 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: Grassland and Compacted Soil (20 minutes) -- What's the Plan? -- WHAT YOU NEED -- What You Do -- What's Going On? -- Experiment 4: Reducing Wind Erosion (20 minutes) -- What's the Plan? -- WHAT YOU NEED -- What You Do -- What's Going On? -- The Great Dust Storm -- Keep Exploring-If You Have More Time! -- Experiment 5: Seasons in a Grassland (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: The Drying Effect of Prairie Wind (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: Cowboy Hats on the Prairie (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 8: Settling America's Prairie: The Homestead Act and Arithmetic (1 hour) -- What's the Plan? -- WHAT YOU NEED: -- What You Do -- What's Going On? -- Keep Exploring-If You Have More Time! -- Experiment 9: How Much of an Aquifer Is Water? (1 hour) -- What's the Plan? -- WHAT YOU NEED -- What You Do -- What's Going On? -- Experiment 10: A Model Wind Turbine (1 hour) -- What's the Plan? -- WHAT YOU NEED -- What You Do -- What's Going On?