What Is a Scientist? - Softcover

Lehn, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761312986 ISBN 13: 9780761312987

Publisher: First Avenue Editions ™, 1998

Synopsis

Simple text and full-color photographs depict children engaged in various activities that make up the scientific process.

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Author of What Is a Scientist?.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2-In a deceptively simple style, this little gem introduces the scientific process. It begins on the verso with the statement, "A scientist is a person who asks questions and tries different ways to answer them." On the recto, a large, clear, colorfully bordered photo shows a first-grade scientist engaged in that investigative step. Hanna is seen wondering about fruits and vegetables. She asks, "Are there this many peas in every pea pod?" Other students are shown noticing details, drawing what they see, taking notes, measuring, designing experiments, etc. The last two pages explain that a scientist keeps trying things over and over and, perhaps best of all, has fun. A final spread repeats the photographs in miniature and sums up what a scientist does. Without chapters, further-reading ideas, or even an index, this title reads like a picture book while conveying a positive message. An accessible volume that will prove especially useful in the classroom.
Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: First Avenue Editions ™
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0761312986
• ISBN 13: 9780761312987
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32