A hypothesis is an educated guess, and this volume breaks down the necessary steps to forming a good one. Chapters focus on showing kids how to make scientific observations, how to find good sources for research, and tips for staying organized. Students will learn how to test and revise a hypothesis for a science project, and how this part of the process leads to scientific discovery.
When Sam brings his baby brother to school for Show and Tell, it provides Mr. Judd with an opportunity to teach the class some things about babies, including that even grown-ups were babies once.
The rules are simple. But the game is not. At eleven years old, Morgan Sheppard solved the murder of a teacher when everyone else believed it to be a suicide. The publicity surrounding the case laid the foundation for his reputation as a modern-day Sherlock Holmes. He parlayed that fame into a gig as TV’s “resident detective,” solving the more typical tawdry daytime talk show mysteries like “Who is the father?” and “Is he cheating?” Until, that is, Sheppard wakes up handcuffed to a bed in an unfamiliar hotel room. Around him, five strangers are slowly waking up, as well. Soon they discover a corpse in the bathtub and Sheppard is challenged to put his deductive skills to the test. One of the people in the room is the killer. He has three hours to solve the murder. If he doesn’t find the killer, they all will die. An ingenious, page-turning debut, Chris McGeorge’s Guess Who matches the high-wire plotting of classic “locked room” mysteries into the unstoppable pacing of the modern-day thriller.
Chronicles the story of two designer jeans companies involved in a bicoastal legal battle that employed heavyweight law firms, private investigators, and federal prosecutors.
The mother did not reply, and before Caroline could say another word or even ask the mother who or what the child was looking at that made the child stop crying, the mother quickly took off in the crowd. It was like she disappeared in thin air. Danielle Murphy and Caroline Spano are living a charmed life. They live in sunny Florida where the weather is beautiful and the only pressing activity is people-watching. In other words, they are bored out of their minds. That is, until they witness what looks like a kidnapping and get pulled into a whirlwind adventure to track down the kidnappers and restore a baby to its true family. Suddenly life isn't looking as simple as it used to, and throughout it all Caroline and Danielle must face what it means to be friends, what it means to be family, and how close is too close when it comes to other people's secrets. Will Danielle and Caroline solve the mystery and live to tell about it? Join author M.D. Tyszka for a thrilling whodunit that includes an unforgettable tale of love, loss, and blood that is thicker than water in her first, fast-paced novel, Watch and Guess.
When teenager Bobby Blume arrives home late one night to discover his parents blood-splattered bodies, police brand the midsummer tragedy a murder-suicide. But despite the couples long history of domestic abuse, one police detective isnt convinced, suspecting the boy himself may be the real killer. Unanswered questions about the double slayings linger into the fall when the enigmatic young teen transfers to Halcyon High School where hes immediately targeted by a gang of relentless bullies. Not long after, the school is shaken to its core when a posting on the internet threatens Halcyon with a Columbine-style bloodbath and the bullied Blume becomes a prime suspect. But Bobby is also a gifted athlete, finding solace in long distance running and an unlikely ally in high school teacher Mitchell Grey, a thirteen year veteran of the classroom trenches. Grey, long frustrated by the schools inept administrative bureaucracy, the onslaught of immigrant students, overcrowded classrooms, endless standardized testing, an escalating floodtide of learning disabled students, and the crippling effects of an overbearing ADHD industry, is himself a conflicted man in the midst of his own career and personal crises. Threats of violence and bloodshed still hang in the air at Homecoming and a climactic cross-country meet. If the hapless Bobby can somehow outrace the storied Cruiser Kasewort, the states premiere distance runner, he could win a college scholarship and, perhaps, the heart of fickle dream girl Becky Matthews. In the end its left to Grey, with help from wisecracking math teacher Stan Cassidy, jovial track Coach Tyrone Tonny, and starry-eyed young guidance counselor Katy OConner, to uncover the truth about the troubled teen and, in an action-packed finale, come to terms with the broken pieces of his own life in An Educated Guess.
