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The first step in starting a science fair project is to create a science journal, which is a written record showing all your work from start to the finish. Ssp is seeking funding to enable full deployment of these exciting projects, as early as 2017. How scientific illiteracy threatens our future by chris mooney. Reference books general supplies laboratory supplies. This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by chris mooney and sheril kirshenbaum in their book unscientific america. Our complete line of life science supplies include cell biology kits, molecular biology reagents, cell culture reagents. The best examples are climate models and climate change. Coauthor chris mooney is widely known for writing the republican war on science. The scientific american book of projects sciencemadness.