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Author Kastens, Kim A.

Title Earth science puzzles : making meaning from data / by Kim Kastens, Margie Turrin.

Publication Info. Arlington, Va. : NSTA Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 186 pages) : illustrations, maps
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.
Note Print version record.
Subject Earth sciences -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Activity programs -- United States.
Environmental sciences -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Activity programs -- United States.
Geology.
Science.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- General.
SCIENCE -- Physics -- Geophysics.
Earth sciences -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Activity programs. (OCoLC)fst00900775
Environmental sciences -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Activity programs. (OCoLC)fst00913527
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Turrin, Margie, 1952-
Other Form: Print version: Kastens, Kim, 1954- Earth science puzzles. Arlington, Va. : NSTA Press, ©2010 9781935155157 (DLC) 2010035833 (OCoLC)664258287
ISBN 9781936137565 (electronic bk.)
1936137569 (electronic bk.)
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