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Gutsy Girls Go For Science: Paleontologists: With Stem Projects for Kids
Hands-on science projects pair up with inspiring biographies of female paleontologists in a full-color book for ages 8 to 11 that will have kids digging in their own backyards and making real-world learning connections!
Who were the first people to walk upright? What kind of life existed millions of years ago? How have organisms changed through the eons? These are the kinds of questions that keep paleontologists awake at night! In Gutsy Girls Go for Science: Paleontologists with STEM Projects for Kids , readers ages 8 to 11 meet five female paleontologists who made breakthrough discoveries of ancient life from millions of years ago, including Mary Anning, Mignon Talbot, Tilly Edinger, Zofia Kielan-Jaworoska, and Mary Leakey. These women all led fascinating lives while working in the field and in the lab, often facing challenges because of their gender and race.
- Through hands-on STEM projects such as creating a paleontology diorama, modeling an excavation, preparing specimens and finding clues in teeth, kids gain critical thinking skills just like the ones necessary to succeed in field.
- Essential questions, cool facts about female scientists, and links to online resources all reinforce high-level learning.
- Using a fun narrative style, engaging illustrations combined with photography, fascinating facts, essential questions, and hands-on projects, this book deepens readers' creative thinking skills.
About the Gutsy Girls Go for Science set and Nomad Press
Paleontologists is part of a set of four Gutsy Girls Go for Science books that explore career connections for young scientists. The other titles in this series include Programmers , Engineers , and Astronauts .
Nomad Press books in the Gutsy Girls Go for Science series integrate content with participation, encouraging readers to engage in student-directed learning. Combining content with inquiry-based projects stimulates learning and makes it active and alive. Nomad's unique approach simultaneously grounds kids in factual knowledge while allowing them the space to be curious, creative, and critical thinkers.
Who were the first people to walk upright? What kind of life existed millions of years ago? How have organisms changed through the eons? These are the kinds of questions that keep paleontologists awake at night! In Gutsy Girls Go for Science: Paleontologists with STEM Projects for Kids , readers ages 8 to 11 meet five female paleontologists who made breakthrough discoveries of ancient life from millions of years ago, including Mary Anning, Mignon Talbot, Tilly Edinger, Zofia Kielan-Jaworoska, and Mary Leakey. These women all led fascinating lives while working in the field and in the lab, often facing challenges because of their gender and race.
- Through hands-on STEM projects such as creating a paleontology diorama, modeling an excavation, preparing specimens and finding clues in teeth, kids gain critical thinking skills just like the ones necessary to succeed in field.
- Essential questions, cool facts about female scientists, and links to online resources all reinforce high-level learning.
- Using a fun narrative style, engaging illustrations combined with photography, fascinating facts, essential questions, and hands-on projects, this book deepens readers' creative thinking skills.
About the Gutsy Girls Go for Science set and Nomad Press
Paleontologists is part of a set of four Gutsy Girls Go for Science books that explore career connections for young scientists. The other titles in this series include Programmers , Engineers , and Astronauts .
Nomad Press books in the Gutsy Girls Go for Science series integrate content with participation, encouraging readers to engage in student-directed learning. Combining content with inquiry-based projects stimulates learning and makes it active and alive. Nomad's unique approach simultaneously grounds kids in factual knowledge while allowing them the space to be curious, creative, and critical thinkers.
112 pages, Paperback
First published September 24, 2019
About the author
Karen Bush Gibson
75 books6 followersKaren Bush Gibson (also known as K.B. Gibson and Karen Gibson) has been writing, well, forever. She has written a little bit of everything, but got her start writing articles and features for magazines. Karen began writing children's nonfiction in 2001 with Capstone and loves bringing nonfiction to life for kids. Since then, she has worked with several publishers, including Chicago Review Press and Nomad Press. Karen has more than 30 books published (stopped counting at 30) and stays so busy that she's having trouble returning to her other love, mystery writing. "A Class on Murder" was released in 2012.
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October 29, 2021
This book was interesting. I learned about many new female paleontologists, like Mary Leakey and many more! I also learned about some fun and interesting experiments I could do to make me a better paleontologist. I reccomend this book to all the girls who enjoy science and paleontology. Happy Reading!
March 4, 2022
I LOVED this book! My 7-year-old had a class assignment to study paleontologists, so we checked many books out from the library, including Dinosaur Lady & Stone Girl Bone Girl (both about Mary Anning), and Fossil Huntress (about Mary Leakey). This was the only book that balanced the good with the bad, the accomplishments and the setbacks, the personal lives and the professional lives. On the page that explains about Mary Anning not getting credited for the discoveries she made, there is a 'Wonder Why' bubble which says: "Why does it matter that all people receive recognition for the work they do and the things they accomplish?" Wow! I'm so excited to see an author who believes 8-year-olds (the target audience is 8- to 11-year-olds) can tackle such a question. THAT brings me joy! Other great 'Wonder Why' bubbles: "What do scientists, and the world, gain through collaboration?" And "Why should we try to protect museums and libraries during war?"
I also felt that the chapter on Mary Leakey was FAR superior to the Fossil Huntress book we checked out from the library. It gave SO much more context, both about Leakey's personal life and about her scientific findings.
Oh, and the projects are really cool too! These projects will get you interested not only in paleontology, but in linguistics, chemistry, biology, and even political science!
I also felt that the chapter on Mary Leakey was FAR superior to the Fossil Huntress book we checked out from the library. It gave SO much more context, both about Leakey's personal life and about her scientific findings.
Oh, and the projects are really cool too! These projects will get you interested not only in paleontology, but in linguistics, chemistry, biology, and even political science!
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