Project-based inquiry science
Subtitle: Planetary forecaster
By: Janet L. Kolodner [and others]
Contributors: National Science Foundation (U.S.); It's About Time (Firm)
Publisher: It's About Time
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781585916023; 9781585916078
Subjects: Science; Textbooks; Study and teaching (Middle school); Life sciences; Earth sciences; Physical sciences
Other titles: Planetary forecaster; Project based inquiry science (PBIS)
Notes: Teacher's planning guide copyright date is 2009.

PBIS.

"This project was supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation."--Page 4 of cover.

Includes English and Spanish glossaries.

Grades 6-8.
Table of contents: title: Learning Set 1: What is Temperature and How Does It Differ Across Earth's Surface?; title: Learning Set 2: How Does a Planet's Shape Affect Surface Temperature?; title: Learning Set 3: How Does a Planet's Tilt Affect Surface Temperatures?; title: Learning Set 4: How Do Land and Water Affect Surface Temperatures?; title: Learning Set 5: How Does Elevation Affect Surface Temperatures?; title: Learning Set 6: What Types of Weather Might the Planet X Colony Experience?