Sci-Book: STEPS to STEM – Student Science Notebook

224 Pages·2017·11.56 MB·English

by  Aaron D. Isabelle

Sci-Book

Sci-Book
STEPS to STEM – Student Science Notebook
Aaron D. Isabelle and Gilbert A. Zinn
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ISBN: 978-94-6300-792-4 (paperback)
ISBN: 978-94-6300-793-1 (hardback)
ISBN: 978-94-6300-794-8 (e-book)
Published by: Sense Publishers,
P.O. Box 21858,
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The Netherlands
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ix
Chapter 1: Electricity & Magnetism 1
Step 1: Series Circuits 1
Step 2: Parallel Circuits 2
Step 3: Electricity and Heat 4
STEM Center 1.1 6
Science & Engineering Practices 9
Step 4: Static Electricity 10
Step 5: Electromagnetic Poles 12
Step 6: How Steady is Your Hand? 14
STEM Center 1.2 16
Science & Engineering Practices 19
Step 7: Charged Balloons 20
Step 8: Making Magnets 22
Step 9: Magnetism and Electricity 25
STEM Center 1.3 27
Science & Engineering Practices 30
Chapter 2: Air & Flight 31
Step 1: Air Pressure 31
Step 2: Out Goes the Candle 33
Step 3: Pop! 35
STEM Center 2.1 37
Science & Engineering Practices 40
Step 4: Which Way? 41
Step 5: Particles in the Air 44
Step 6: Propeller Flights 46
STEM Center 2.2 48
Science & Engineering Practices 51
Step 7: Oxygen and Burning 52
Step 8: Control of Flight 55
Step 9: Air in Your Lungs 57
STEM Center 2.3 59
Science & Engineering Practices 62
Chapter 3: Water & Weather 63
Step 1: Water to the Rescue 63
Step 2: Ice Cubes 65
Step 3: Measuring Rainfall 67
STEM Center 3.1 69
Science & Engineering Practices 72
Step 4: A Bathysphere 73
Step 5: Crystal Shapes 75
Step 6: Candy Wrapper Hygrometer 77
STEM Center 3.2 79
Science & Engineering Practices 82
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Step 7: Hard and Soft Water 83
Step 8: Water and Weight 85
Step 9: Water Finds Its Level 87
STEM Center 3.3 89
Science & Engineering Practices 92
Chapter 4: Plants & Animals 93
Step 1: Pollen Grains 93
Step 2: Mealworms 95
Step 3: Leaf Vein Patterns 97
STEM Center 4.1 99
Science & Engineering Practices 102
Step 4: Root Hairs 103
Step 5: Growing Molds 105
Step 6: Hatching Brine Shrimp 108
STEM Center 4.2 110
Science & Engineering Practices 113
Step 7: Salt and Cells 114
Step 8: Moth or Butterfly? 116
Step 9: Collecting and Preserving Flowers 118
STEM Center 4.3 120
Science & Engineering Practices 123
Chapter 5: Earth & Space 125
Step 1: The Good Earth 125
Step 2: Surface Changes 127
Step 3: The Earth’s Shape 129
STEM Center 5.1 131
Science & Engineering Practices 134
Step 4: Sunlight and Heat 135
Step 5: Limestone and Shale 137
Step 6: Satellites in Orbit 139
STEM Center 5.2 141
Science & Engineering Practices 144
Step 7: Star Sighting 145
Step 8: Mineral Streak Test 147
Step 9: A Simple Telescope 149
STEM Center 5.3 151
Science & Engineering Practices 154
Chapter 6: Matter & Motion 155
Step 1: Molecules in Motion 155
Step 2: Objects at Rest 157
Step 3: A Balancing Act 159
STEM Center 6.1 161
Science & Engineering Practices 164
Step 4: Testing for Starch 165
Step 5: Gears 167
Step 6: Roll Back 169
STEM Center 6.2 171
Science & Engineering Practices 174
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Step 7: Finding the Center 175
Step 8: Vinegar and Calcium 177
Step 9: Transfer of Energy 179
STEM Center 6.3 181
Science & Engineering Practices 184
Chapter 7: Light & Sound 185
Step 1: Vibrations and Sound 185
Step 2: Watch the Rebound 187
Step 3: Canned Sounds 189
STEM Center 7.1 191
Science & Engineering Practices 194
Step 4: Speed of Vibrations 195
Step 5: Seeing 197
Step 6: Up Periscope 199
STEM Center 7.2 201
Science & Engineering Practices 204
Step 7: Light and Water 205
Step 8: Groovy Sounds 207
Step 9: A Kaleidoscope 209
STEM Center 7.3 211
Science & Engineering Practices 214
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INTRODUCTION
This Science Notebook or Sci-Book serves as a companion to the STEPS to STEM program. Using this Sci-Book, you
should maintain a record of your completed activities so that you can share evidence, observations, results, and discoveries
with your classmates. Recording your ideas, plans, sketches, and questions are especially critical while working on a STEM
Center Team Challenge so that you can look back on your work, review your progress, and share your thinking with your
team and with your teacher. Adult scientists keep a record of all of their work so that nothing gets lost. Similarly, as a young
scientist, you should feel a sense of purpose and pride in using and maintaining your Sci-Book. Also, don’t worry about
grammar and spelling. A Sci-Book is meant to be single –draft writing. In other words, you should primarily focus on
recording your observations, ideas, and evidence carefully and accurately as adult scientists do. If your teacher wants you
to type or rewrite a particular STEP activity or a STEM Center into a more formal science report, then that would certainly
be appropriate. Lastly, we hope you enjoy working through the various STEP activities and STEM Centers: there are things
to do, discoveries to be made, and problems to solve. In addition, be sure to keep in mind that you and your team are young
scientists; you and your classmates form a community of scientists; and your teacher is part of that community to help guide
you along the way. Enjoy learning and making new discoveries!
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