Weather Projects for Young Scientists.WEATHER PROJECTS FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS MARY KAY Mary Kay is a brand of skin care and color cosmetics sold by Mary Kay Inc. Mary Kay World Headquarters is located in the Dallas suburb of Addison, Texas. Mary Kay Ash (d. November 22, 2001) founded Mary Kay Inc. on Friday, September 13, 1963. CARSON Weather predictions affect us all the time, from our decision about whether to carry an umbrella to our knowledge that a snowstorm will close schools tomorrow. This engaging book for young people the science behind explains common weather phenomena and provides instructions for conducting relevant science projects. As a meteorology meteorology, branch of science that deals with the atmosphere of a planet, particularly that of the earth, the most important application of which is the analysis and prediction of weather. primer, the book explains how atmospheric changes result in weather, how hurricanes form, and how the seasons result from the positioning of the sun and Earth. Chapters are devoted to wind, weather watching, forecasting and clouds and the water cycle. Each chapter contains fast facts about its topic. Carson, a Iongtime children's book author, also explains important environmental issues related to weather, such as climate change, ozone depletion Ozone depletion describes two distinct, but related observations: a slow, steady decline of about 4 percent per decade in the total amount of ozone in Earth's stratosphere since around 1980; and a much larger, but seasonal, decrease in stratospheric ozone over Earth's polar regions , and acid rain. Throughout each chapter are step-by-step instructions for projects such as constructing a barometer and a sundial, creating a rainbow, and whipping WHIPPING, punishment. The infliction of stripes. 2. This mode of punishment, which is still practiced in some of the states, is a relict of barbarism; it has yielded in most of the middle and northern states to the penitentiary system. up a tornado tornado, dark, funnel-shaped cloud containing violently rotating air that develops below a heavy cumulonimbus cloud mass and extends toward the earth. The funnel twists about, rises and falls, and where it reaches the earth causes great destruction. in a bottle. Each experiment includes a "sci ence fair spin," which is a set of suggestions for expanding a given project into a presentation. The book ends with a weather glossary and a list of weather-related web sites. For age 9 and up. Chicago Review Press, 2007, 134 p., b&w illus. paperback, $14.95. |
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