Mummies Unwrapped!: The Science of Mummy-Making

24/7: Science Behind the Scenes

by N.B. Grace

- Background information to build content-area knowledge Scientific timelines, words to know, job descriptions, and seminal cases
- Chapter Summaries and questions that recap the You're The Medical Examiner
- Reading Cues and Prompts, call-outs, highlighted words, diagrams, and primary sources
- Field Guides and Bone Guides, Parasite Guides, Ghost-Hunter Technology, Spy gadgets
- Cool, bold, graphic CSI-like real-time graphic organizers
- Critical thinking and the Science behind identifying who, what, when, where, why
Curriculum Grades 5-8 and 9-12 Science Standards
Science 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.

Library Binding

First published March 1, 2008

Reviews

[Jc · Rating 3 out of 5]

How they created mummies in ancient Egypt is still fascinating all these years later.

[Manuel montes]

its cool book

[Jaguar · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a cool book on mummies and some mummified people they have found. Mummies are a very interesting and cool subject.