Books with author Prof Michael Teitelbaum

Oh, no. This is going to be the worst weekend ever! twelve-year-old Craig Hoffman moaned as he and his family arrived at a very historic and very run-down hotel. Instead of enjoying the monster slides at a waterpark with other kids, he was stuck at the Grand Inn at the Mountaintop with only his 11-year-old sister for company. Or was there also a ghostly presence in residence? Who was she, and what had happened to trap her spirit at the hotel so many years ago?The answers can be found in the spooky hallways, dark cellar, and mysterious top floor of the inn. Follow Craig and Melanie as they dare to explore this truly scary place and learn its terrible secrets.

- Background information to build content-area knowledge including: Scientific timelines, words to know, job descriptions, and seminal cases- Chapter Summaries and questions that recap the evidence: You're The Medical Examiner- Reading Cues and Clues: Prompts, call-outs, highlighted words, diagrams, and primary sources- Field Guides and Tools: Bone Guides, Parasite Guides, Ghost-Hunter Technology, Spy gadgets- Cool, bold, graphic design: CSI-like real-time graphic organizers- Critical thinking and analysis: the Science behind identifying who, what, when, where, whyCurriculum Standards: Grades 5-8 and 9-12 Science StandardsScience as Inquiry- Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations.- Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and models.- Communicate and defend a scientific argument.- Results of scientific inquiry emerge from different types of investigations and public communication among scientists.Science and Technology- Communicate the problem, process, and solution- Scientists use different methods of investigation, and accept different types of evidence to support their explanations.

- Background information to build content-area knowledge including: Scientific timelines, words to know, job descriptions, and seminal cases- Chapter Summaries and questions that recap the evidence: You're The Medical Examiner- Reading Cues and Clues: Prompts, call-outs, highlighted words, diagrams, and primary sources- Field Guides and Tools: Bone Guides, Parasite Guides, Ghost-Hunter Technology, Spy gadgets- Cool, bold, graphic design: CSI-like real-time graphic organizers- Critical thinking and analysis: the Science behind identifying who, what, when, where, whyCurriculum Standards: Grades 5-8 and 9-12 Science StandardsScience as Inquiry- Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations.- Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and models.- Communicate and defend a scientific argument.- Results of scientific inquiry emerge from different types of investigations and public communication among scientists.Science and Technology- Communicate the problem, process, and solution- Scientists use different methods of investigation, and accept different types of evidence to support their explanations.

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