Everything You Need to Ace Science in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide (Paperback)

Sharon Madanes

ISBN 10: 0761160957 / ISBN 13: 9780761160953

Published by Workman Publishing, New York, 2016

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Paperback. Everything You Need To Ace Science In One Big Fat Notebook takes readers from scientific investigation and the engineering design process to the Periodic Table; forces and motion; forms of energy; outer space and the solar system; to earth sciences, biology, body systems, ecology, and more.The Big Fat Notebook series is built on a simple and irresistible conceit borrowing the notes from the smartest kid in class. Each book in the series is the only book you need subjects taught from grades 7 to 9: Maths, Science, English, and World History. Inside the reader will find every subject's key concepts, easily digested and summarised: Critical ideas highlighted in marker colours. Definitions explained. Doodles that illuminate tricky concepts. Mnemonics for a memorable shortcut. And quizzes to recap it all. Part "CliffsNotes," part workbook, this Big Fat Notebook is a totally new kind of middle school study guide to help kids ace science. It's like getting to borrow the notebook of the best student in your class-with everything you need to know (even topic review!) presented in a fun and interactive style. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Everything You Need to Ace Science in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide (Paperback)
• Publisher: Workman Publishing, New York
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761160957
• ISBN 13: 9780761160953
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Help kids ace science with this revolutionary study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest.

Everything You Need to Ace Science ... takes readers from scientific investigation and the engineering design process to the Periodic Table; forces and motion; forms of energy; outer space and the solar system; to earth sciences, biology, body systems, ecology, and more.

The Big Fat Notebooks™ series is built on a simple and irresistible conceit―borrowing the notes from the smartest kid in class. There are five books in all, and each is the only book you need for each main subject taught in middle school: Math, Science, American History, English Language Arts, and World History. Inside the reader will find every subject’s key concepts, easily digested and summarized: Critical ideas highlighted in neon colors. Definitions explained. Doodles that illuminate tricky concepts in marker. Mnemonics for memorable shortcuts. And quizzes to recap it all.

The Big Fat Notebooks meet Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and state history standards, and are vetted by National and State Teacher of the Year Award-winning teachers. They make learning fun, and are the perfect next step for every kid who grew up on Brain Quest.

About the Author

Workman Publishing is a New York-based publisher of award-winning nonfiction for adults and children.

Sharon Madanes was Pre-Med at Yale University, received an MFA at Hunter College, and is currently in medical school at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. At Yale she taught a health curriculum to New Haven public school students and was awarded the Seymour Lustman Prize to make a documentary about a geological disaster in Indonesia. Sharon regularly exhibits her artwork and is a current resident at the Drawing Center in Manhattan, where she focuses on medical culture and aesthetics.