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Motivate budding science detectives with this collection of 20 mysteries that students solve through hands-on investigations from the editors of SuperScience.
Designed as a seventh grade science course, these saddle-stitch texts cover Earth and life sciences, plus studies on the Periodic Table of the Elements and the solar system. Each scientific concept is enhanced by adventure vignettes in which young people help solve community crimes and mysteries by applying the scientific method and positive character traits, such as integrity, honesty, commitment, diligence, and kindness. Students learn how virtues and personal responsibility help communities reduce crime and upgrade community standards. The narrative, high interest approach of this series engages students so they progress through comprehensive scientific material with captivating engagement. Students are exposed to scientific evidence which explores traditional and contemporary theories about the origin of life and the formation of our planet and universe. Texts allow the student to evaluate these theories from a scientific perspective. Each text has a companion Activity Book designed to walk the student through the text in chronological order. Selected questions in each Activity Book also serve as preparation for state academic assessment exams. Activity Books are applicable in regular classrooms or in individualized learning programs in which students progress through the course with understanding and interest.
Designed as a seventh grade science course, these saddle-stitch texts cover Earth and life sciences, plus studies on the Periodic Table of the Elements and the solar system. Each scientific concept is enhanced by adventure vignettes in which young people help solve community crimes and mysteries by applying the scientific method and positive character traits, such as integrity, honesty, commitment, diligence, and kindness. Students learn how virtues and personal responsibility help communities reduce crime and upgrade community standards. The narrative, high interest approach of this series engages students so they progress through comprehensive scientific material with captivating engagement. Students are exposed to scientific evidence which explores traditional and contemporary theories about the origin of life and the formation of our planet and universe. Texts allow the student to evaluate these theories from a scientific perspective. Each text has a companion Activity Book designed to walk the student through the text in chronological order. Selected questions in each Activity Book also serve as preparation for state academic assessment exams. Activity Books are applicable in regular classrooms or in individualized learning programs in which students progress through the course with understanding and interest. AS A READING ENHANCEMENT TEXT Editors have prepared Basic Science Mysteries texts and Activities to accommodate high school students who struggled through science courses in another publishers text or who need elective credit in Reading Enhancement. (This is possible because of the manner in which the activity questions are structured.) Students may complete the five chapters of texts and companion activity books, section quizzes and chapter tests of BSM to learn essential science content and/or to earn one high school Reading Enhancement transcript credit. AS A GIFT! The five, magazine-style texts are excellent stand-alone gift books for teenagers who enjoy a dynamic mixture of science and Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys-type adventures
In Hands-On Science Mysteries for Grades 3-6, the authors connect science to real-world situations by investigating actual mysteries and phenomena, such as the strange heads on Easter Island, the ghost ship Mary Celeste, and the “Dancing Stones” of Death Valley. The labs are designed to encourage the development of science inquiry, in which students will observe, take notes, make diagrams, interpret data, and arrive at solutions, and include extensions for further investigation.
Readers can explore 16 of science's toughest mysteries through stories, activities, and examination of what scientists are doing to try to solve them.
In the fourth book of this award-winning series, author Richard Konicek-Moran explores 15 new mysteries children and adults encounter in their daily lives. Relating the mysteries to experiences familiar to elementary and middle school students, the stories show how science is part of everyday life and initiate inquiry-based learning by leaving each mystery without an ending. Students identify the problem to be solved, formulate questions, form hypotheses, test their ideas, and come up with possible explanations.
With more than 30 activities, this book offers opportunities for students to try their hand at solving common science problems and performing experiments while learning about real people from diverse backgrounds.
