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A how-to is an informal, often short, description of how to accomplish some specific task. They are generally
meant to help non-experts, and may leave out details that are only important to experts, and may be greatly simplified from an
overall discussion of the topic. See procedural knowledge
for a discussion of what sort of knowledge is imparted, and how far it can be
imparted, in how-tos.
Other types of instructional documentation include FAQs, manuals and guides. Wikipedia contains some procedural knowledge, partially listed below. For a list of how-tos related to Wikipedia
itself, see Wikipedia:Help.
An alphabetical listing of How-tos.
Science and Teaching
- Constructing
school science lab equipment
- Making up solutions
- Care of living organisms in a school
Biology
- How to prepare an onion cell
slide
- Nail varnish impressions of
stomata
- Paper chromatography of amino
acids
- Testing leaves for starch
- Using water snails and pond weed to investigate the carbon
cycle
- Winkler test for dissolved
oxygen
- How to demonstrate osmosis
- Apparatus for demonstrating
osmosis using Visking tubing
- Bell jar model lungs
- Showing CO2 is produced by respiration using huff n puff apparatus
- Measuring transpiration with a potometer
- How to
distinguish a monocot from a dicot
Microbiology
Chemistry
Physics
Computer Science
- How to
program in object-oriented languages
Life Sciences (including Food Production)
See also: Wikibooks: First Aid for a textbook
Gardening/Agriculture
Cooking/Food Preparation
Language (and Geography/Culture?)
Literature (including Reference)
Extra-Curricular Activities
Outdoor Activities
- Hiking (see the section titled How to hike)
- How to light a fire
- How to obtain water in
the wilderness
- How to operate a canoe
- Cooking on a campfire
- How to catch a Pickerel
Arts and Crafts
Performing Arts and Music
Sports, Games, and Exercise
Miscellaneous
External Links
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