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INDEX OF TOPICS IN CURRICULUM MATERIALS

INDEX OF TOPICS IN CURRICULUM MATERIALS

The Index of Topics in Curriculum Materials covers chapters 1-4. Major topics in each module and activity book are given. (See the Subject Index to locate information on Teacher's References in chapters 6-8, and in the Introduction, Overviews, and appendixes. See the Index of Ancillary Resources for information in chapters 9-10.)
A
Abiotic factors, 1.45
Acid rain, 2.3, 2.40, 4.6
Acids, 3.5, 3.45, 3.70
Adaptations, 1.3, 1.7, 1.11, 1.28, 1.31, 1.57, 1.60, 1.61, 1.62, 1.65, 1.90, 1.96, 1.98, 1.100, 1.103, 1.104, 1.111, 1.115, 4.9, 4.39, 4.47
Aerodynamics 3.31, 3.64, 4.52
Afterimage, 3.33
Agricultural pollution, 4.58, 4.59
Air, 1.46, 2.1, 2.15, 2.16, 2.41, 2.52, 2.59, 3.66, 3.67, 4.8, 4.26, 4.57,
4.60, 4.63, 4.69
Air pollution, 2.60, 4.25, 4.45, 4.61
Air pressure, 2.1, 2.15, 2.38, 2.42, 3.85, 4.61, 4.77
Air quality, 1.79
Airfoils, 3.51, 3.64
Airplanes, 3.51, 4.5
Algae, 1.5, 1.21, 1.24, 1.74, 1.114, 2.3, 4.59
Altitude, 3.51
Amphibians, 1.65
Anemometer, 2.1
Animal behavior, 1.26, 1.33, 1.68, 4.39
Animal classification, 4.35
Animal communication, 1.39
Animal movements, 4.20
Animal sounds, 1.97, 1.100
Animal studies, 1.1
Animals, 1.1, 1.16, 1.22, 1.26, 1.28, 1.33, 1.41, 1.43, 1.44, 1.64, 1.67, 1.74, 1.75, 1.85, 1.111, 2.3, 4.1, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.20, 4.27, 4.44, 4.60, 4.61, 4.64, 4.66, 4.72
Animal sounds, 3.55
Ants, 1.14, 1.74, 1.100, 1.109
Aphids, 1.5, 1.24, 1.63
Apples, 4.57, 4.69
Aquariums, 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 1.21, 1.22, 1.24, 1.44, 1.59, 1.69, 1.74, 1.76, 1.98, 1.114, 2.3, 4.1, 4.47, 4.73
Aquifers, 2.58
Art, 1.36, 1.49, 1.61, 1.64, 1.77, 1.87, 1.95, 2.18, 2.23, 2.54, 3.52, 4.12, 4.37, 4.38, 4.46, 4.82
Arthropods, 1.41, 4.43
Astronomers, 2.25, 2.51
Astronomy, 2.46, 4.66, 4.80
Athletics, 4.52
Atmosphere, 2.60, 2.61, 3.68, 4.9

B
Bacteria, 2.3, 3.61, 4.58, 4.59
Balance, 3.1, 3.2, 4.26
Balances, 2.5, 3.2, 3.43, 4.69
Balloon rockets, 2.1, 3.51, 3.54, 3.63, 4.77
Balloons, 3.17, 3.67, 4.77
Balls, 3.3, 3.54, 3.82, 4.69
Bargraph, 3.29
Barometric pressure, 2.38
Basalt, 2.7, 2.9
Bases, 3.5, 3.45, 3.70
Basswood, 3.29
Bats, 1.31, 4.53, 1.114
Batteries, 3.7, 4.3, 4.73
Beach erosion, 2.52
Beans, 1.26, 2.41
Bears, 1.85
Beavers, 1.114
Beetles, 1.6, 1.7, 1.22, 1.100, 1.113
Behavior, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.11, 1.32, 1.34, 1.36, 1.39, 1.60, 1.63, 1.69, 1.72, 1.94, 1.95, 1.97, 2.19
Benjamin Franklin, 2.48
Bernouli's principle, 3.31
Bess beetles, 1.22
Biodegradable polymers, 3.59
Biodiversity, 1.35
Biology, 4.80
Biomagnification, 1.104
Biotic factors, 1.45
Biotic potential, 1.24, 1.73
Birds, 1.36, 1.60, 1.71, 1.101, 1.111, 4.57
Black holes, 2.46
Boats, 3.10, 3.14, 3.38, 3.48, 3.89, 4.19, 4.51
Body movement, 4.28
Bogs, 1.88
Bolts, 3.74, 4.69
Bones 1.3, 1.12, 1.37, 1.82
Boomerangs, 3.63
Botany, 1.93
Brassica, 1.8, 1.20, 1.23, 1.50
Bridges, 3.24, 3.82, 3.88, 4.42
Brine shrimp, 1.6, 1.55
Bubbles, 3.30, 3.31, 3.38, 3.85, 4.63, 4.65
Bulbs, 3.6, 3.35, 4.3
Buoyancy, 3.10, 3.48, 4.51
Buoys, 3.38
Butterflies, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.38, 1.55, 1.60, 1.95, 1.100, 4.76
Buzzers, 3.36

C
Cabomba, 1.22
Calcite, 2.2
Calcium, 2.13
Calcium carbonate, 3.39
Calendars, 2.1, 2.6, 2.14
Calibrating, 3.10
Cameras, 4.66
Camouflage, 1.28, 1.96, 1.100, 1.109, 4.60
Capacity, 2.5, 3.38, 3.40, 3.48, 4.21
Capillary action, 3.66, 4.51
Carbon cycle, 4.40
Carbon dioxide, 1.54, 1.99, 4.40
Carbon printing, 4.2
Carbonates, 2.32
Careers, 3.52
Carnivores, 1.3, 1.31
Carnivorous plants, 1.92
Cartilage, 1.82
Casts, 2.59
Catapults, 3.74, 4.5
Catenary curves, 3.85
Caterpillars, 1.15, 1.38, 1.55, 1.95, 1.101, 1.106
Cells, 1.13, 1.84, 1.93
Chain reactions, 4.42
Chameleons, 1.24, 1.52
Change, 1.17, 1.40, 1.59, 1.70, 1.111, 2.8, 2.28, 4.8, 4.9, 4.46, 4.68
Chemical change, 3.5,3.66,4.9, 4.78
Chemical composition, 3.31
Chemical property, 3.5, 3.19
Chemical reactions, 3.18, 3.70, 4.77
Chemical tests, 3.5, 3.11
Chemistry, 3.5, 3.18, 3.45, 3.58, 3.69, 3.70, 3.81, 4.30, 4.80
Chesapeake Bay, 2.3
Chicks, 1.33
Children's literature, 4.62, 4.76
Chlorine, 2.58, 4.74
Chromatograms, 3.58
Chromatography, 3.66, 3.69, 3.80, 4.2, 4.43, 4.73
Chrysalis, 1.15, 1.55
Circles, 3.57
Circuit boxes, 3.7
Circuit breakers, 3.60
Circuit diagrams, 3.56
Circuit testers, 3.7, 3.35, 4.53
Circulation, 4.28
Circulatory system, 1.13, 1.59, 1.84
Classification, 1.3, 1.41, 1.59, 1.61, 1.95, 2.19
Clay, 2.10, 4.21, 4.44
Climate, 2.16, 2.60, 4.9, 4.16, 4.20
Climatology, 2.54
Clinometer, 2.47
Clocks, 2.6
Clouds, 2.1, 2.14, 2.38, 2.42, 2.48, 2.54, 2.60, 2.61
Coal, 4.14
Cohesion, 3.43
Color, 2.57, 3.31, 3.32, 3.33, 3.38, 3.66, 3.73, 3.81, 3.82, 4.1, 4.65, 4.71, 4.78
Color filters, 3.32, 3.33
Communication, 1.39, 3.55
Communities, 1.4, 1.43, 1.44, 1.45, 1.59, 1.104, 4.11, 4.46
Compass, 3.16, 4.3
Competition, 1.35
Compost, 4.8, 4.10
Composting, 2.10, 3.59, 4.81
Compound machines, 3.75
Compression, 3.27
Concentration, 3.18, 3.45
Condensation, 1.5, 2.13, 2.37, 3.4
Conductors, 3.6, 3.7, 3.15, 3.35, 3.56, 3.60, 3.66
Conservation, 1.46, 1.49, 1.90, 1.109, 1.110, 4.41, 4.50
Constellations, 2.34
Construction, 3.88, 4.4, 4.21, 4.26, 4.42
Consumers, 1.4, 1.43, 1.76, 3.59
Controlled experiment, 1.7, 1.8, 1.52, 2.11, 2.12, 3.8, 3.16, 3.28, 4.17, 4.24
Convection, 2.17, 2.21, 2.49
Conveyor-belt system, 3.83
Cooperative learning, 2.50, 4.43
Copper, 4.74
Core sampling, 2.32
Counterbalance, 3.1
Cranks, 3.75
Crayfish, 1.26, 1.33
Creeks, 1.113
Crickets, 1.14, 1.16, 1.24, 1.33, 1.41, 1.52, 1.68, 3.55, 4.76
Crystallization, 3.5, 3.39
Crystals, 2.27, 2.40, 3.66, 3.69, 4.65
Currents, 2.52

D
Dams, 2.26
Damselflies, 1.24
Daphnia, 1.5, 1.21, 1.24
Dead load, 3.27
Decomposers, 1.4, 1.43, 1.52, 3.59
Decomposition, 1.48, 1.73, 1.92, 4.10, 4.15, 4.46, 4.82
Defense mechanisms, 1.32
Deforestation, 1.77
Deltas, 2.35
Density, 2.13, 3.2, 3.14, 3.34, 3.66, 4.77
Deposition, 2.22, 2.35, 4.39
Depth perception, 1.99
Desalination, 2.52
Deserts, 4.11, 1.103
Design, 3.46, 3.65, 3.71, 3.77, 3.83, 3.88, 3.90, 4.4, 4.26, 4.27, 4.28, 4.48, 4.83
Dew, 2.52
Dew point, 2.42
Diet, 4.27, 4.28
Diffraction gratings, 3.32
Digestive system, 1.13, 1.59, 1.84
Dinosaurs, 1.32, 1.75, 2.18, 2.19, 2.53, 4.57
Diodes, 3.7
Disinfectants, 2.58
Dissolving, 3.18, 3.39, 3.89, 4.3
Diversity, 1.14, 1.29, 1.57, 1.77, 4.46
Dolphins, 4.47
Drag, 3.51
Drama, 1.49, 1.95, 4.32
Ducks, 1.114
Duckweed, 1.24, 1.114
Dwarf African frog, 1.1

E
Ears, 3.26
Earth, 2.20, 2.23, 2.24, 2.31, 2.45, 3.22
Earth science, 2.52, 4.3, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.13, 4.15, 4.20, 4.39, 4.53, 4.62, 4.73, 4.75, 4.79, 4.80. See also 48-67.
Earthquakes, 2.21, 2.23, 2.28, 2.40, 2.43, 2.44, 3.23, 4.19, 4.73
Earthworms, 1.2, 1.47, 1.83, 1.96, 1.111, 2.29, 4.9, 4.15
Echoes, 3.55
Echolocation, 1.97, 4.53
Eclipses, 2.30, 2.52, 3.22
Ecocolumns, 1.92, 2.3
Ecology, 1.48, 1.50, 1.64, 1.79, 1.86, 1.88, 2.26, 4.11, 4.35, 4.50, 4.73
Economics, 2.55
Ecosystems, 1.5, 1.45, 1.70, 1.76, 1.97, 1.104, 2.3, 4.10, 4.31, 4.47, 4.73
Effort, 3.12, 3.74, 3.77
Electric circuits, 3.6, 3.7, 3.15, 3.23,
3.28, 3.35, 3.36, 3.52, 3.60
Electric meter, 4.14
Electricity, 3.6, 3.7, 3.15, 3.37, 3.56, 3.81, 3.82, 3.87, 4.22, 4.35, 4.45, 4.68, 4.73
Electromagnetism, 2.49, 3.16, 3.36, 3.60
Electromagnets, 3.15, 3.36, 3.52
Elodea, 1.22
Endangered species, 1.49, 1.91
Energy, 1.59, 2.49, 3.8, 3.37, 3.49, 3.54,3.56,3.60,3.74, 3.87, 4.9, 4.14, 4.21, 4.26, 4.27, 4.28, 4.37, 4.38, 4.39, 4.41, 4.45, 4.50, 4.52, 4.67, 4.68, 4.72
Engineering, 4.83
Environment, 1.6, 1.7, 1.11, 1.17, 1.35, 1.51, 1.70, 1.90, 2.8, 2.43, 2.55, 4.10, 4.12, 4.21, 4.36, 4.40, 4.46, 4.55, 4.60, 4.61, 4.67, 4.68
Environmental awareness, 1.98
Environmental biology, 1.6
Environmental education, 1.28, 1.44, 1.45, 1.46, 1.75, 1.104, 1.109, 1.110, 4.14, 4.46
Environmental factor, 1.6, 1.7
Environmental impact statement, 1.48
Environmental preference, 1.6
Environmental range, 1.6
Environmental science, 2.43, 2.50, 4.50, 4.55, 4.62
Environmental scientists, 2.50
Equilibrium, 4.42
Erosion, 1.114, 2.8, 2.22, 2.26, 2.28, 2.29, 2.35, 2.40, 2.52, 3.54, 4.39
Evaporation, 1.5, 1.7, 2.13, 2.16, 2.37, 2.49, 3.4, 3.5, 3.18, 3.28, 3.39, 3.89, 4.3
Evolution, 1.40, 1.59
Excretory system, 1.59
Exhibits, 3.62, 3.72, 3.91, 4.70
Expansion, 2.13
Experimental design, 1.99, 4.17
Extinction, 1.40, 1.49, 1.75
Eyes, 4.57

F
Fabrics, 2.14, 3.9, 4.66
Fats, 1.9, 1.89, 3.11
Faults, 2.44
Feathers, 1.90
Feet, 4.57
Fermentation, 1.54, 1.92
Ferns, 1.107
Fertilizers, 1.115, 2.3, 4.58, 4.59
Fibers, 4.27
Fiddler crab, 1.1
Field of view, 1.18
Filters, 3.23
Filtration, 3.5, 3.18, 3.28
Fingerprinting, 3.66, 4.29, 4.49, 4.56
Fish, 1.69, 1.110
Flight, 3.22, 3.51, 3.63, 3.67
Flight distance, 3.87
Flight performance, 3.64
Floating, 2.41, 3.10, 3.14, 3.17, 3.48
Flowers, 1.42, 1.107, 4.9
Fluids, 3.54
Fluorite, 2.2, 2.9
Flywheels, 3.77
Fog, 2.52
Food, 1.9, 1.81, 1.82, 1.89, 3.11, 4.8
Food additives, 4.40
Food chains, 1.21, 1.43, 1.44, 1.45, 1.46, 1.52, 1.76, 1.90, 1.96, 4.8, 4.10, 4.14, 4.31
Food chemistry, 3.11
Food distribution, 4.18
Food preservation, 4.18
Food production, 4.18
Food webs, 1.4, 1.45, 1.48, 1.52, 1.104, 4.10, 4.12, 4.31, 4.43
Food-mineral cycle, 1.5
Forces, 3.44, 3.47, 3.54, 3.74, 3.75, 3.81, 3.87, 4.21, 4.22, 4.42, 4.78
Forensic tests, 3.80
Forestry, 4.58
Forests, 1.77, 1.86, 4.55
Fossil fuel generator, 4.50
Fossilization, 2.32
Fossils, 1.35, 1.40, 2.8, 2.18, 2.19, 2.23, 2.52, 2.53, 2.59, 4.62, 4.76
Freezing, 2.13, 3.4, 3.89
Freezing point, 3.53
Friction, 3.3, 3.47, 3.74, 3.75, 3.77, 3.90, 4.66
Frisbees, 4.52
Frogs, 1.16, 1.114, 3.55
Frost, 2.52
Fruit flies, 1.16, 1.59, 1.73
Fruits, 1.101
Fungi, 1.41, 1.54, 1.107, 2.3
Fuses, 3.6, 3.35

G
Galileo, 2.25
Galvanometers, 3.60
Gardens, 1.56, 1.57, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 4.20
Gases, 2.17, 3.4, 3.17, 3.49, 3.68
Gears, 3.47, 3.65, 3.74, 3.77, 4.3, 4.28
Genetics, 4.49, 4.73
Geode, 2.32
Geography, 1.36, 1.77, 2.23, 2.54, 2.58
Geologists, 2.27, 2.50, 2.51
Geology, 2.23, 2.32, 2.40, 2.55
Geometry, 4.7
Geothermal energy, 2.49
Geotropism, 1.8, 1.107
Gerbils, 1.33
Glacial action, 2.32
Glaciers, 2.22
Gliders, 2.1, 3.51, 3.63, 3.64, 4.19
Glucose, 3.11
Glycerin, 3.31
Goldfish, 1.2
Granite, 2.2, 2.9
Graphing, 4.53
Grasshoppers, 1.100
Gravitropism, 1.92
Gravity, 2.20, 2.31, 2.52, 2.56, 3.3, 3.51, 4.68, 4.77
Greenhouse, 3.68, 4.48
Greenhouse effect, 2.52, 4.40, 4.50
Groundwater, 2.12, 2.43, 4.58
Growth and development, 1.4, 1.10, 1.16, 1.19, 1.23, 1.38, 1.50, 1.57, 1.59, 1.73, 1.101
Guinea pigs, 1.33
Guppies, 1.2, 1.5, 1.21, 1.22
Gypsum, 2.2

H
Habitat destruction, 1.49, 1.65, 1.75
Habitats, 1.1, 1.11, 1.21, 1.22, 1.28,1.35, 1.36, 1.44, 1.49, 1.58, 1.59, 1.69, 1.74, 1.75, 1.83, 1.87, 1.96, 1.98, 1.104, 1.109, 1.114, 2.19, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.15, 4.20, 4.46, 4.78
Hamsters, 1.33, 1.68
Hardness, 2.2, 2.27, 2.40, 2.57
Hardness (of water), 4.74
Harmonograph, 3.91
Hazardous chemicals, 4.40
Hazardous waste, 4.82
Health, 1.81, 1.82, 1.84, 1.87, 4.22, 4.27, 4.40, 4.62
Heat, 1.101, 2.49, 3.4, 3.37, 3.81, 3.82, 3.87, 4.26, 4.36, 4.63, 4.71
Helicopters, 3.63
Herbivores, 1.3
Hermit crabs, 1.7
Histograms, 3.28
Home range, 1.69
Honeybees, 1.23, 1.39
Hornwort, 1.5, 1.24
Hot-air balloons, 3.63
Human body, 1.12, 1.13, 1.37, 1.59, 1.81, 1.84, 1.89
Human ear, 3.55, 3.86
Human growth and development, 3.11
Humidity, 2.61
Humus, 2.10, 4.44
Hydrologic cycle, 2.58
Hydroponics, 1.26, 4.18

I
Ice, 3.89
Images, 3.33, 3.62, 3.72, 3.78, 3.79
Inclined planes, 3.13, 3.44, 3.47, 3.74, 3.77
Indicators, 1.5, 1.92, 3.19, 3.45, 3.70, 4.30
Indophenol, 4.30
Inertia, 3.3, 3.66
Insectivores, 1.31
Insects, 1.14, 1.41, 1.61, 1.62, 1.94, 1.95, 1.96, 1.100, 1.101, 1.111, 4.50, 4.51, 4.60, 4.66, 4.76
Insulation, 1.90, 4.9, 4.39, 4.71
Insulators, 3.7, 3.15, 3.56, 3.60, 4.36, 4.60
Interactions, 1.59, 4.3, 4.10, 4.37, 4.38
Inventions, 3.52, 4.2, 4.19, 4.54
Inventive thinking, 4.54
Inventors, 3.52
Iodine, 3.19
Iron, 4.74
Isopods, 1.6, 1.7, 1.33, 1.96

J
Jet propulsion, 4.19
Joints, 1.3, 1.12, 1.37, 1.82, 1.89
Jupiter, 2.25

K
Kaleidoscope, 3.78, 4.70
Kites, 2.1, 3.51, 3.64, 3.67

L
Ladybugs, 1.5, 1.58, 1.63, 1.74, 1.100
Land, 2.52, 2.59
Land use, 1.45, 1.79, 2.35, 4.46, 4.55, 4.58, 4.59
Landfills, 2.12, 2.59, 4.59
Landforms, 2.4, 2.23, 2.24, 2.35
Larvae, 1.38, 1.113
Latitude, 2.47
Leaves, 1.17, 1.27, 1.42, 1.102, 1.106, 1.107, 4.60, 4.66

Leeches, 1.114
Lenses, 1.18, 3.23, 3.41, 3.91
Levers, 3.12, 3.13, 3.47, 3.71, 3.74, 3.75, 3.77, 4.20, 4.28
Life cycles, 1.8, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.20, 1.23, 1.26, 1.29, 1.38, 1.50, 1.55, 1.57, 1.59, 1.63, 1.73, 1.95, 1.98, 1.105, 4.15, 4.39, 4.76
Life science, 2.50, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.13, 4.15, 4.20, 4.39, 4.53, 4.62, 4.73, 4.75, 4.79. See also 14-47.
Lift, 3.51, 3.64
Ligaments, 1.3, 1.12, 1.82
Light, 1.58, 2.33, 3.23, 3.31, 3.32, 3.33, 3.37, 3.41, 3.54, 3.61, 3.62, 3.72, 3.73, 3.79, 3.81, 3.85, 3.87, 3.91, 4.10, 4.26, 4.36, 4.51, 4.63, 4.66, 4.68
Limestone, 2.2
Line graphs, 3.28
Liquids, 2.17, 2.41, 3.4, 3.14, 3.17, 3.24, 3.34, 3.42, 3.43, 3.49, 3.68
Literature, 4.23, 4.57
Lizards, 1.32
Load, 3.12, 3.27, 4.78
Load capacity, 3.48, 4.19
Longitude, 2.47
Lunar eclipse, 2.30
Lung capacity, 1.89, 4.52
Lungs, 1.84
Luster; 2.27

M
Machines, 3.13, 3.44, 3.75, 3.77
Magnesium, 2.13
Magnetic north, 2.47
Magnetic storms, 2.46
Magnetism, 3.15, 3.16, 3.61, 3.66, 3.87, 4.68
Magnets, 3.15, 3.16, 3.23, 3.36, 3.91, 4.3, 4.44, 4.63, 4.65, 4.69
Magnification, 1.78
Mammals, 1.30, 1.31
Mangrove swamps, 1.88
Mapping, 1.68, 1.69, 1.104, 2.4, 2.47, 4.32, 4.66
Marble, 2.2
Marbles, 3.76
Marine biologists, 2.50
Marshes, 1.88
Mathematics, 1.36, 1.49, 1.61, 1.64, 1.79, 1.87, 1.93, 1.95, 1.96, 1.108, 2.18, 2.23, 2.49, 2.54, 2.58, 3.40, 3.52, 3.54, 3.60, 3.74, 4.12, 4.23, 4.82
Matter; 3.4, 3.17, 3.49, 3.53, 3.66, 3.81, 4.67, 4.68
Mealworms, 1.14, 1.16, 1.34, 1.59, 1.64, 1.96
Measurement, 2.5, 3.8
Mechanical advantage, 3.47, 3.74
Melting, 3.38, 3.53, 3.89
Membranes, 4.77
Metal, 3.17, 3.24
Metamorphosis, 1.14, 1.15, 1.61, 1.95
Meteorologists, 2.39, 2.42, 2.51
Meteorology, 2.42, 2.60
Meters, 3.6
Microorganisms, 1.18, 4.28
Microscopes, 1.18, 1.78, 1.92, 1.99, 4.56
Milkweed bugs, 1.14
Minerals, 1.46, 2.2, 2.9, 2.23, 2.27, 2.40, 2.52, 2.55
Mining, 2.55, 4.58, 4.59
Mirror imagery, 4.2
Mirror images, 3.66, 4.78
Mirrors, 3.23, 3.41, 3.54, 3.62, 3.73, 3.78, 3.79, 4.70
Mixtures, 2.7, 2.10, 3.18, 3.24, 3.33, 3.34, 3.70, 4.63
Mobiles, 3.1, 3.2
Model airplanes, 4.19
Models, 1.84, 1.89, 2.4, 2.20, 2.25, 2.26, 2.27, 2.28, 2.30, 2.31, 2.32, 2.35, 2.36, 2.37, 2.44, 2.45, 2.48, 2.58, 2.59, 3.22, 3.44, 3.71, 3.88, 3.90, 4.4, 4.14, 4.19, 4.27, 4.48, 4.50, 4.69, 4.77, 4.83
Mold, 1.54, 1.58, 1.107, 4.51
Molds and casts, 2.32
Molecules, 1.43, 3.85, 4.43, 4.71
Momentum, 3.3, 4.77
Monerans, 1.41
Moon, 2.20, 2.31, 2.45, 3.22
Moons of Jupiter; 2.25
Mosquitoes, 3.55
Mosses, 1.107
Moths, 1.16, 1.38, 1.95, 1.100
Motion, 3.1, 3.3, 3.8, 3.22, 3.38, 3.44, 3.54, 3.87, 4.42, 4.80
Motors, 3.6, 3.16, 3.36, 3.62
Mount Shasta, 2.4
Mountain building, 2.21
Mountains, 2.4, 2.32, 2.35
Mouth, 1.84
Movement, 1.82, 4.78
Muscles, 1.3, 1.12, 1.37, 1.82, 1.89, 4.52
Muscular system, 1.59, 4.28
Mushrooms, 1.54, 1.114
Music, 1.49, 1.77, 1.87, 1.95, 2.18, 4.32, 4.46, 4.82
Musical instruments, 1.112, 3.21, 3.25, 3.26, 3.37, 3.86
Muskrats, 1.114

N
Natural resources, 2.35, 2.36, 4.55
Natural selection, 1.28, 1.40, 4.60
Nature, 1.106
Navigation, 2.47, 4.33, 4.35
Nervous system, 1.59
Neutralization, 3.45
Noise pollution, 4.25
Nonconductors, 3.35, 3.66
Nonpoint-source pollution, 4.58, 4.59
Nonrenewable energy sources, 4.14
North Star; 2.47
Noses, 4.57
Nutrients, 1.9, 1.13, 1.46, 1.48, 1.115, 3.11, 4.16, 4.58, 4.59
Nutrition, 1.9, 1.81, 1.89, 3.11, 4.30

0
Oceans, 1.97, 2.50, 2.52, 4.12, 4.34, 4.35, 4.47
Ocean currents, 2.17
Oceanographers, 2.50
Odor; 4.1
Oil spills, 2.52, 4.50
Omnivores, 1.3
Optical illusions, 3.61, 3.79
Orbits, 2.52, 4.9, 4.80
Oscilloscope, 3.91
Osmosis, 1.99
Overpopulation, 1.35
Owl pellets, 1.3, 1.52
Owls, 1.85
Oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle, 1.5

p
Packaging, 4.28, 4.46
Paper; 3.20, 3.84
Paper airplanes, 2.15, 3.22
Paper chromatography, 3.33, 3.58, 4.29
Paper gliders, 3.67
Paper towels, 4.24
Parachutes, 2.1, 2.15, 3.51, 3.63, 3.67
Parallax, 2.34
Parental care, 1.71
Particleboard, 3.29
Patterns, 3.85, 3.91, 4.7, 4.52, 4.70
Peas, 1.73
Pendulums, 2.6, 3.23, 3.54, 3.82, 4.5
Penguins, 1.71, 1.90, 3.55, 4.47
Periscope, 4.56
pH, 4.6, 4.25, 4.74
Phases of the moon, 2.6, 2.20, 2.30, 2.31, 2.45, 2.52, 3.22
Phenol red, 3.19
Phenolphthalein, 3.19
Phonograph, 3.86
Photosynthesis, 1.4, 1.43, 1.93, 4.14, 4.51
Phototropism, 1.8, 1.92
Physical change, 3.5, 4.9, 4.78
Physical education, 1.61, 1.95, 2.18, 4.46
Physical geography, 2.4
Physical properties, 3.5, 3.19, 3.46, 3.66, 4.12, 4.40
Physical science, 4.3, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.13, 4.15, 4.20, 4.53, 4.62, 4.73, 4.75, 4.79. See also 68-95.
Physics, 3.74, 4.43, 4.66, 4.80
Pigments, 3.33
Pillbugs, 1.2, 1.22, 1.72, 1.83
Pillow moss, 1.22
Pine seedlings, 1.22
Pinwheels, 2.1, 2.41
Pitch, 3.21, 3.25, 3.26, 3.50
Planets, 2.25, 2.30, 2.31, 2.56
Plankton, 1.113, 1.114
Plant distribution, 4.39
Plant growth, 1.10, 1.16, 1.20, 1.21, 1.26, 1.29, 1.43, 1.50, 1.52, 1.53, 1.55, 1.58, 1.75, 1.87, 1.105, 1.108, 1.111, 1.112, 1.115, 2.41, 4.6, 4.10, 4.17, 4.48, 4.72
Plant propagation, 1.20, 1.42, 1.106
Plants, 1.8, 1.10, 1.16, 1.20, 1.22, 1.23, 1.28, 1.41, 1.42, 1.43, 1.44, 1.53, 1.56, 1.57, 1.59, 1.64, 1.67, 1.74, 1.75, 1.93, 1.107, 1.108, 1.111, 1.115, 2.3, 4.1, 4.8, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.20, 4.27, 4.44, 4.48, 4.57, 4.60, 4.61, 4.66, 4.67, 4.72
Plastic, 3.17, 3.24, 3.59
Plastic bottles, 1.92, 3.68
Plate tectonics, 2.24, 4.73
Plywood, 3.29
Polar coordinates, 3.22
Pollination, 1.23
Pollution, 1.35, 1.49, 1.91, 2.3, 2.26, 2.29, 4.25, 4.50, 4.61
Polyhedrons, 3.85
Ponds, 1.76, 1.113, 4.31
Population dynamics, 1.21, 1.24, 1.74
Population growth, 1.78
Populations, 1.40, 1.104, 4.31, 4.50
Porosity, 2.10
Porpoises, 4.47
Precipitation, 1.7, 2.14, 2.37, 4.3
Predation, 1.65
Predator-prey relationships, 1.44, 1.45, 1.104
Predators, 1.90, 1.91
Prehistoric animals, 2.19
Primates, 1.31
Prisms, 3.23, 3.54, 3.73
Problem-solving, 3.19, 3.66, 3.80, 4.19, 4.29
Process-skill assessments, 4.69
Producers, 1.4, 1.43, 1.76, 3.59
Propellers, 2.1
Proportion, 4.3
Propulsion, 4.77
Protective coloration, 1.60
Proteins, 1.89, 3.11
Protists, 1.41
Pulleys, 3.12, 3.13, 3.44, 3.47, 3.54, 3.74, 3.75, 3.77, 3.83, 4.3, 4.28
Pulse rate, 1.84, 1.89
Pupae, 1.38

Q
Quartz, 2.2, 2.9

R
Raccoons, 1.85
Rain, 2.52
Rain forests, 1.77
Rain gauge, 2.1, 2.14
Rainbows, 3.73
Rainfall, 2.1, 2.14, 2.38
Ramps, 3.3, 3.8, 3.75, 4.42, 4.78
Range, 1.7
Ratio, 4.3
Reaction time, 1.89
Reading, 4.64
Recycling, 1.99, 1.104, 2.12, 3.59, 4.41, 4.81, 4.82
Red cabbage, 3.45, 3.70
Redwood, 3.29
Reflection, 3.41, 4.36
Refraction, 3.41, 3.72
Refrigeration, 3.68
Relative humidity, 2.42
Relative position, 2.45, 3.22, 4.1
Reptiles, 1.65, 1.114
Resistance, 3.74
Resource management, 4.46
Resources, 4.8
Respiration, 4.28
Respiratory system, 1.13, 1.59, 1.84
Response, 1.7
Response time, 1.12
Revolution, 2.45
Rivers, 2.26
Rocket launcher, 3.63
Rocks, 2.2, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.23, 2.27,
2.28, 2.32, 2.40, 2.52, 2.57, 3.54, 4.44, 4.61, 4.67
Rodents, 1.31
Roots, 1.42, 1.58, 1.67, 1.107, 1.115, 4.20
Rotation, 2.45
Rotoplanes, 3.8
Rye grass, 1.52

S
Safety, 1.87, 3.5
Salinity, 2.52
Salt marshes, 1.88
Sand, 2.7, 2.10, 2.57, 4.21, 4.44
Sandstone, 2.2, 2.32
Satellites, 4.80
Saturated solutions, 3.18
Scientific model, 4.4
Scientific theories, 3.23
Scoria, 2.7
Screws, 3.47, 3.75, 4.69
Sea lions, 4.47
Sea otters, 4.47
Sea turtles, 1.91
Seabirds, 4.47
Seafloor spreading, 2.21
Seals, 4.47
Seasons, 2.42, 3.22, 4.9, 4.57
Sediment, 4.58, 4.59
Sedimentary rock, 2.32, 2.59
Sedimentation, 1.92
Seed germination, 1.8, 1.21, 1.23, 1.26, 1.43, 1.58, 1.73, 1.87, 1.92, 1.93, 1.99, 1.105, 1.112, 2.41, 4.6
Seeds, 1.4, 1.10, 1.23, 1.26, 1.42, 1.43, 1.53, 1.64, 1.67, 1.87, 1.93, 1.101, 1.102, 1.105, 1.107, 1.108, 1.112, 1.115, 4.15, 4.20, 4.48, 4.57, 4.65, 4.66, 4.69
Seismograph, 2.24, 4.73
Semipermeable membranes, 4.77
Senses, 1.25, 1.51, 1.89, 2.14, 3.19, 4.15, 4.27
Septic tanks, 2.36
Serial ordering, 2.2, 3.2, 3.17
Shadows, 1.111, 2.6, 2.11, 2.33, 3.72, 3.73, 3.81, 4.57, 4.61
Shape, 3.17, 4.1
Sharks, 4.47
Silkworms, 1.59, 1.96
Simple machines, 3.12, 3.13, 3.47, 3.74, 3.81, 3.82, 4.27, 4.39, 4.57
Sinking, 2.41, 3.10, 3.14, 3.17
Size, 3.10, 3.17, 4.1
Skeletal system, 1.59, 1.82, 4.28
Skeleton, 1.3, 1.12
Skin, 1.89
Sky phenomena, 2.54, 4.39
Slime, 3.81
Smog, 2.52
Smoking, 4.40
Snails, 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 1.22, 1.24, 1.33, 1.96, 1.114, 4.63
Snow, 4.39
Soap, 3.85, 4.74
Soap-powered boats, 3.69, 3.70
Social science, 4.12
Social studies, 1.36, 1.49, 1.61,1.77,
1.95, 2.18, 2.26, 2.49, 2.58, 3.52,
4.46, 4.82
Soil, 1.79, 1.83, 1.87, 1.111, 1.114, 2.7, 2.10, 2.28, 2.29, 2.52, 2.57, 4.9, 4.13, 4.15, 4.20, 4.44, 4.55, 4.60, 4.61
Soil column, 1.92
Solar cells, 3.91
Solar collectors, 2.11, 2.59
Solar eclipse, 2.30
Solar energy, 2.11, 4.45, 4.71, 4.72
Solar heating, 2.43, 4.17
Solar power, 4.17
Solar still, 2.36, 4.35
Solar system, 2.30, 2.31, 2.51, 2.56, 2.59
Solar water cleaner, 4.56
Solid waste, 2.12, 4.25, 4.81, 4.82
Solids, 3.4, 3.5, 3.14, 3.17, 3.24, 3.49, 3.68
Solubility, 3.5, 3.18
Solutions, 3.18, 3.28, 3.70
Songbirds, 3.55
Sound, 3.21, 3.25, 3.26, 3.37, 3.50, 3.55, 3.81, 3.84, 3.86, 3.87, 3.91, 4.1, 4.35, 4.36, 4.57, 4.68, 4.77, 4.78, 4.80
Sowbugs, 1.2, 1.66
Space, 2.25, 2.46, 2.51, 2.56, 2.59, 3.81, 4.28
Spacecraft, 3.46
Species, 1.40, 1.41, 1.62, 1.90
Speed, 3.67
Spiders, 1.94, 1.96
Spores, 1.108
Sports, 1.80, 4.52
Spring scale, 3.10
Squash, 1.55
Stability, 3.1, 3.27, 3.64, 3.88
Star clocks, 2.20
Star maps, 2.20
Starch, 1.81, 3.11, 4.14, 4.80
Stars, 2.20, 2.34, 4.71
Static electricity, 3.56, 3.60, 3.81, 4.3,4.56,4.77
Stomach, 1.84
Streak color, 2.27
Streak test, 2.32
Stream tables, 2.4, 2.22
Streamers, 2.1
Structure, 3.27,4.7, 4.20,4.27,4.28, 4.37, 4.38, 4.48
Sublimation, 3.4
Subsystems, 3.28, 3.76
Sugar, 1.9, 4.40
Sun, 2.30, 2.31, 2.45, 2.46, 3.22, 4.71,4.72
Sundials, 2.31
Surface area, 2.11, 3.4
Surface tension, 1.113, 2.13, 3.31, 3.43, 3.69, 3.85, 4.51
Suspensions, 3.70
Swamps, 1.88
Switches, 3.6, 3.7, 3.60
Symbiosis, 4.12
Symmetry, 1.100, 4.7, 4.70
Systems, 1.13, 1.37, 1.59, 2.26, 3.28, 3.76, 4.3, 4.10, 4.46

T
Tangrams, 4.7
Technology, 3.31, 3.51, 3.55, 4.26, 4.27, 4.28, 4.83
Tectonic plates, 2.21
Teeth, 1.3, 1.89
Telegraph, 3.15, 3.36
Temperature, 1.58, 2.1, 2.5, 2.14, 2.38, 2.61, 3.53, 4.36, 4.48, 4.51
Temperature-sensitive cards, 3.28
Tendons, 1.3, 1.12, 1.82
Tension, 3.27
Terrariums, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.11, 1.17, 1.22, 1.24, 1.43, 1.45, 1.58, 1.59, 1.74, 1.83, 1.92, 2.3,4.1, 4.10, 4.47
Tessellations, 4.7, 4.70
Texture, 1.51, 2.57, 3.17, 4.1
Thermal energy, 2.61
Thermometer, 2.1, 4.72
Thrust, 3.51
Tides, 2.52
Time, 2.45, 3.81, 4.57
Timekeeping, 2.6
Timers, 2.6
Titration, 4.30
Toads, 1.59, 1.114
Tolerance, 1.6
Tools, 3.13, 3.77, 4.20
Topographic maps, 2.4
Tops, 3.1
Tornados, 4.76
Torque, 3.74
Towers, 3.24, 3.88, 4.42
Toxic waste, 2.26
Toxicity, 4.40
Toxics, 4.58, 4.59
Toxins, 4.10
Toys, 3.87
Traction, 3.47
Transpiration, 2.37, 4.60
Trees, 1.17, 1.27, 1.85, 1.86, 1.107, 4.57, 4.62, 4.66
Tuff, 2.7
Tunnels, 3.24
Turtles, 1.32, 4.47

U
Universe, 2.20, 2.34

V
Variables, 2.11, 2.22, 3.10, 3.21, 3.28, 3.48, 3.50, 3.53, 4.5, 4.10
Variation, 1.7
Velocity, 3.81
Vibration, 3.87, 4.52
Viscosity, 3.43, 3.54
Vision, 3.41, 4.26
Vitamin C, 1.9, 1.99, 4.30
Vitamins, 3.11
Voice prints, 3.55
Volcanoes, 2.21, 2.23
Voyager spacecraft, 2.25

W
Waste, 2.12, 4.22, 4.40, 4.81
Wastewater, 2.36
Water, 1.101, 2.13, 2.22, 2.36, 2.41, 2.52, 2.58, 2.59, 2.61, 3.4, 3.38, 3.89, 4.8, 4.15, 4.21, 4.26, 4.55, 4.60, 4.63, 4.65
Water analysis 4 74
Water channels 2 35
Water cycle l 5 2 13 2.16, 2.37, 2.42 34 439 458
Water distribution 2 58
Water filters 2 36
Water filtration l 79 4.25
Water hardness 2 13
Water pollution, 1.5, 2.12, 2.40, 4.25, 4.58, 4.59
Water pressure, 2.58
Water quality, 2.12, 2.13, 2.36, 2.58, 4.58, 4.59, 4.74
Water striders, 1.113
Water tolerance, 1.6
Water treatment, 1.46, 2.12, 2.58
Water tunnels, 2.36
Waves, 2.22, 2.52, 3.54
Waxworms, 1.14
Weather, 2.14, 2.16, 2.38, 2.39, 2.42, 2.48, 2.52, 2.54, 2.60, 2.61, 4.9, 4.13, 4.15, 4.20, 4.21, 4.22, 4.39, 4.57, 4.61, 4.66, 4.67
Weather forecasting, 2.38, 2.42, 2.54
Weather instruments, 2.1, 2.14, 2.42, 4.66
Weather maps, 2.38, 2.42
Weathering, 2.8, 2.24, 2.28, 2.35, 2.52 275
Wedges, 3.47, 3.74
Weight, 2.5, 2.57, 3.2, 3.10, 3.34, 4.5
Wetlands, 1.88, 1.114, 4.46
Whales, 1.97, 1.110, 3.55, 4.32, 4.33, 4.34, 4.35, 4.36, 4.47, 4.57
Wheel-and-axle Systems, 3.1, 3.74, 3.77, 3.90
Wheels, 3.47, 3.74, 3.90, 4.28, 4.78
Whirligig beetles, 1.113
Wildlife, 1.49, 1.88, 1.109, 1.110, 1.114, 4.55
Wind, 2.1, 2.14, 2.17, 2.22, 2.29, 2.38, 2.42, 2.52, 2.60, 3.82, 4.26, 4.45
Wind gauges, 2.15
Wind speed, 2.14, 2.15, 2.61, 3.51, 3.64, 4.61
Windbreaks, 2.22
Windchill, 2.42
Windmills, 4.83
Windsocks, 2.1, 2.60
Wire stripper, 3.7
Wood, 3.17, 3.24, 3.29, 4.45
Work, 3.75

X
X-rays, 1.82

Y
Yeast, 1.54, 3.59

Z
Zero gravity, 2.52

 


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