| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 186 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
An activity book centered on six data puzzles that foster critical-thinking skills in students and support science and math standards. Earth Science Puzzles presents professionally gathered Earth science data including graphs, maps, tables, images, and narratives and asks students to step into scientists shoes to use temporal, spatial, quantitative, and concept-based reasoning to draw inferences from the data. --from publisher description. |
| Contents |
How do we know what the climate was like in the past? / David McGee and Kim Kastens -- How do we decide "weather" or not to proceed with a trip? / Deena Kramarczyk and Kim Kastens -- What does an earthquake feel like? / Kim Kastens -- Is the Hudson River too salty to drink? / Margie Turrin and Kim Kastens -- Where did the water go? / Kim Kastens -- How much heat is released by a seafloor hydrothermal vent? / Rosemary Sanders and Kim Kastens. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Earth sciences -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Activity programs -- United States.
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Earth sciences -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Activity programs. |
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United States. |
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Earth sciences. |
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Environmental sciences -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Activity programs -- United States.
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Environmental sciences -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Activity programs. |
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Environmental sciences. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Turrin, Margie, 1952-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kastens, Kim, 1954- Earth science puzzles. Arlington, Va. : NSTA Press, ©2010 9781935155157 (DLC) 2010035833 (OCoLC)664258287 |
| ISBN |
9781936137565 (electronic book) |
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1936137569 (electronic book) |
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9781935155157 |
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1935155156 |
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