What's Up in Science?: Puzzles and Problem-Solving Activities to Build Science Literacy, Grades 6-10

Packed with fun-filled word scrambles, categorization tasks, and writing activities, What's Up in Science? will develop critical thinking and analytical skills in your students. While solutions are provided for the puzzle exercises, some of the problems are open-ended and have no definitive answers, showing that scientific inquiry generates tough questions and that knowledge changes as new evidence becomes available.

Author: Robert G. Hoehn
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 09/21/2004
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.59lbs
Size: 10.86h x 8.40w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780787970031

About the Author
Robert G. Hoehn has taught earth science, physical science, and biology in the Roseville Joint Union High School District of California since 1963. He uses wit and humor daily as an educational tool. Author of numerous publications, including Science Puzzlers from Jossey-Bass, he counts seven National Summer Science grants from the National Science Foundation among his many accomplishments.