School Science

The research reported in this book provides reliable evidence on and knowledge about mathematics and science instruction that emphasizes student understanding–instruction consistent with the needs of students who will be citizens in an increasingly demanding technological world.

How do you make a clock out of an ice cube? Send messages using bubbles? Make money using a tube that waltzes? This collection of curious and offbeat science experiments provides the answers to these and thirty-six other fascinating questions.

This book presents lecture materials from the Third LOFAR Data School, transformed into a coherent and complete reference book describing the LOFAR design, along with descriptions of primary science cases, data processing techniques, and recipes for data handling.

This CD-ROM is a powerful teaching tools for 7-11 year olds, led by an energetic animated host who engages the player in discussion about the principles of science and responds intelligently to the player's answers and actions. With in depth coverage of the school curriculum, this disc teach the skills of a scientist, encouraging children to think and make hypotheses, draw conclusions from their experiments and print out their own progress reports. With 30 interactive experiments plus two bonus games players can discover important science principles at first hand, and they don't have to clear up the mess afterwards!
Investigate the properties of materials using this interactive chemistry set. Heat and cool them, mix and separate and test their strength to destruction in Al's chemical kitchen.