Science Detectives: How Scientists Solved Six Real-Life
Mysteries
Go behind the
scenes of some of science's biggest mysteries – solved!
From Typhoid Mary to the crash of Swissair 111, fearless
science detectives were on the scene putting two and two
together until they came up with answers. Activities also
let readers get some hands-on sleuthing experience of their
own.
Accolades
Science Detectives has been shortlisted for the following
reader’s choice awards: Silver
Birch (sponsored by the Ontario Library Association),
Hackmatack
(sponsored by library associations in Atlantic Canada) and
the Rocky Mountain Book
Award (based in Alberta).
Science Detectives was chosen by the National Science
Teachers Association in the U.S. as an Outstanding
Science Trade Book.
Reviews
"Children between the ages of eight and twelve may
actually believe that science only occurs in rooms called
laboratories.... The authors of Science Detectives
want young readers to know nothing could be further from
the truth." -- CM: Canadian Review of Materials, Sept
29, 2006
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"Books like this make science more interesting and
vital to young people." -- Fore Word magazine, Nov/Dec
2006
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the complete review
"Here's more proof that science isn't boring."
-- The Edmonton Journal, July 23, 2006 |
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by the Editors of YES Mag
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