Title Does this make sense? : constructing explanations / Barbara A. Somervill.

Imprint

New York : Rosen Pub. Group's PowerKids Press, 2007.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction	J 507.2 SOM	Check Shelf

Edition	1st ed.
Description	24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Series	Think like a scientist
	Think like a scientist.
Note	Includes index.
Contents	Scientific method -- What is an explanation? -- Using data and observations -- Direct evidence -- Indirect evidence -- Taking a survey -- Population and random samples -- Averages and ranges -- Creating a summary -- What did you learn?
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	Discusses how to collect evidence for different explanations.
Subject	Science -- Methodology -- Juvenile literature.
	Observation (Scientific method) -- Evaluation -- Juvenile literature.
	Evidence -- Evaluation -- Juvenile literature.
	Technical writing -- Juvenile literature.
	Science -- Methodology.
	Observation (Scientific method)
	Evidence -- Evaluation.
	Technical writing.
	Science -- Methodology. (OCoLC)fst01108313
	Technical writing. (OCoLC)fst01144965
Genre/Form	Literature. (OCoLC)fst01921716
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Literature.
ISBN	1404234853 (lib. bdg.)
	9781404234857 (lib. bdg.)
	1404221948 (pbk.)
	9781404221949 (pbk.)
	9781435826816 (pbk.)
	1435826817 (pbk.)

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