| When Birds Get Flu and Cows Go Mad!: How Safe Are We? Contributor(s): DiConsiglio, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0531120694 ISBN-13: 9780531120699 Publisher: Franklin Watts OUR PRICE: $27.55 Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: - Background information to build content-area knowledge including: Scientific timelines, words to know, job descriptions, and seminal cases - Chapter Summaries and questions that recap the evidence: You're The Medical Examiner - Reading Cues and Clues: Prompts, call-outs, highlighted words, diagrams, and primary sources - Field Guides and Tools: Bone Guides, Parasite Guides, Ghost-Hunter Technology, Spy gadgets - Cool, bold, graphic design: CSI-like real-time graphic organizers - Critical thinking and analysis: the Science behind identifying who, what, when, where, why Curriculum Standards: Grades 5-8 and 9-12 Science Standards Science as Inquiry - Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations. - Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and models. - Communicate and defend a scientific argument. - Results of scientific inquiry emerge from different types of investigations and public communication among scientists. Science and Technology - Communicate the problem, process, and solution - Scientists use different methods of investigation, and accept different types of evidence to support their explanations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - General |
| Dewey: 616.959 |
| LCCN: 2006006810 |
| Lexile Measure: 810 |
| Series: 24/7: Science Behind the Scenes: Medical Files |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.35" W x 9.32" (0.57 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 118184 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 1.0 |