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Reading, Writing, Math, Science, Social Studies
Grades: 3-6
Science
Full curriculum
The mind-building lessons and activities in these books teach topics and skills drawn from state and national science standards to prepare students for more advanced science courses and new assessments that measure reasoning, reading comprehension, and writing in science. Students read lessons that include a variety of charts, tables, and graphs. Then they answer critical thinking questions to improve their understanding of the science concepts and develop their reading comprehension and inferential and deductive thinking skills. Students can't just scan the story for answers—they must carefully analyze and synthesize the information from the text, charts, tables, and graphs to explain and support their answers.Many questions in these books ask students to use complete sentences to explain their thinking. The ability to express their thoughts—supported by evidence—in writing, is not only important in science assessment, it is essential when communicating with other people in school and work. It also promotes better understanding of the concepts being studied. The questions in Science Detective® are modeled after questions found on science assessments but require more critical thinking. There is a growing trend to evaluate responses to open-ended questions in the context of logical reasoning, and many science students score poorly on these test items. The carefully designed questions in in these books will not only develop thinking, reading, and writing skills, but will also familiarize your students with questions found on contemporary science assessments.Teaching SupportIncludes teacher and student introductions, a chart of topics and key ideas to help select activities, and detailed answers.Concepts covered in Science Detective® include:
Books or Software?Choose one or the other. Whichever one you choose, you can't go wrong. Please note that the software does not have questions that require writing. Review the features listed below for additional benefits offered by the software.Software/App Features - Includes 41-45 activities per app - Multi-user login (Win only) - Single-user login (App versions) - Self-tutoring: detailed instructions, hints, and explanations of answers - Saves students progress - Printable student scores (Win only) - Progress/Award certificates
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• The software version runs on Windows® operating system only at this time. See individual product's page for System Requirements details. • Downloadable software can be immediately downloaded from "My Account" under the "My Downloadable Product" section after you place your order.