Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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(TM) 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. Vorwort 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. Hi! These are the notes from my science class. Oh, who am I? Well, some people said I was the smartest kid in class. I wrote everything you need to ace SCIENCE, from EXPERIMENTS to the ECOSYSTEMS and only the really important stuff in between-you know, the stuff that's usually on the test! I tried to keep everything organized, so I almost always: • Highlight vocabulary words in YELLOW • Color in definitions in green highlighter • Use BLUE PEN for important people, places, dates, and terms • Doodle a pretty sweet Charles Darwin and whatnot to visually show the big ideas If you're not loving your textbook and you're not so great at taking notes in class, this notebook will help. It hits all the major points. (But if your teacher spends a whole class talking about something that's not covered, go ahead and write that down for yourself.) Now that I've aced science, this notebook is YOURS. I'm done with it, so this notebook's purpose in life is to help YOU learn and remember just what you need to ace YOUR science class. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTSUnit 1: Scientific Investigation 1 1. Thinking Like a Scientist 2 2. Scientific Experiments 11 3. Lab Reports and Evaluating Results 31 4. SI Units and Measurements 37 5. Lab Safety and Scientific Tools 47Unit 2: MATT...

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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.

Klappentext

From the editors of BRAIN QUEST: America’s #1 educational bestseller!
 
This BIG FAT NOTEBOOK makes all the stuff you learn in school “SINK IN” with
key concepts
mnemonic devices
definitions
timelines
and doodles
to help you get BETTER GRADES!

Including:
Experiments
Matter, Chemical Reactions, and Solutions
The Periodic Table
Atoms
Forces and Work
Energy
Electricity and Magnetism
The Earth
Minerals and Rocks
Weather and Climate
Cells
Genetics
Fossils
The Solar System
Ecology and Ecosystems
Plants and Animals
The Human Body

Leseprobe

Hi! These are the notes from my science class. Oh, who am I? Well, some people said I was the smartest kid in class. I wrote everything you need to ace SCIENCE, from EXPERIMENTS to the ECOSYSTEMS and only the really important stuff in between-you know, the stuff that’s usually on the test!
 
I tried to keep everything organized, so I almost always:
• Highlight vocabulary words in YELLOW
• Color in definitions in green highlighter
• Use BLUE PEN for important people, places, dates, and terms
• Doodle a pretty sweet Charles Darwin and whatnot to visually show the big ideas
 
If you’re not loving your textbook and you’re not so great at taking notes in class, this notebook will help. It hits all the major points. (But if your teacher spends a whole class talking about something that’s not covered, go ahead and write that down for yourself.)
 
Now that I’ve aced science, this notebook is YOURS. I’m done with it, so this notebook’s purpose in life is to help YOU learn and remember just what you need to ace YOUR science class.

Inhalt

CONTENTS

Unit 1: Scientific Investigation 1

1. Thinking Like a Scientist 2
2. Scientific Experiments 11
3. Lab Reports and Evaluating Results 31
4. SI Units and Measurements 37
5. Lab Safety and Scientific Tools 47

Unit 2: MATTER, CHEMICAL REACTIONS, and SOLUTIONS 59
6. Matter, Properties, and Phases 60
7. Periodic Table, Atomic Structure, and Compounds 71
8. Solutions and Fluids 83

Unit 3: MOTION, FORCES, and WORK 91
9. Motion 92
10. Force and Newton’s Laws of Motion 99
11. Gravity, Friction, and More Forces in Everyday Life 109
12. Work and Machines 119

Unit 4: ENERGY 129
13. Forms of Energy 130
14. Thermal Energy 137
15. Light and Sound Waves 143
16. Electricity and Magnetism 159
17. Electrical Energy Sources 175

Unit 5: OUTER SPACE: The UNIVERSE and the SOLAR SYSTEM 183
18. The Solar System and Space Exploration 184
19. The Sun-Earth-Moon System 197
20. Stars and Galaxies 209
21. The Origin of the Universe and Our Solar System 219

UNIT 6: The EARTH, WEATHER, ATMOSPHERE, and CLIMATE 227
22. Minerals, Rocks, and the Earth’s Structure 228
23. Earth's Crust in Motion 239
24. Weathering and Erosion 251
25. The Earth’s Atmosphere and Water Cycle 259
26. Weather 269
27. Climate 281

Unit 7: LIFE: CLASSIFICATION and CELLS 291
28. Organisms and Biological Classification 292
29. Cell Theory and Cell Structure 303
30. Cellular Transport and Metabolism 313
31. Cell Reproduction and Protein Synthesis 321

Unit 8: PLANTS and ANIMALS 333
32. Plant Structure  and Reproduction 334
33. Animals: Invertebrates 345
34. Animals: Vertebrates 355
35. Animal and Plant Homeostasis and Behavior 365

Unit 9: The HUMAN BODY and BODY SYSTEMS 373
36. Skeletal and Muscular Systems 374
37. Nervous and Endocrin…