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Science Buddies: Do Large Mammals Align Themselves With Earth's Magnetic Field? WebsiteScience Buddies: Do Large Mammals Align Themselves With Earth's Magnetic Field? Website
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Science Buddies
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Science Buddies: Do Large Mammals Align Themselves With Earth's Magnetic Field?

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In this science fair project, use Google Earth to determine if large mammals align themselves in respect to the earth's magnetic field. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction, followed by a section on terms, concepts, and questions, bibliography, list of materials and equipment, experimental procedure, suggestions on how to vary the experiment, and a focus on the sort of careers this experiment might relate to.

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animal behavior, mammals, google earth

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biomagnetism, declination, magnetic orientation, magnetoreception, senses, science buddies, science fair project, magnetic field

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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