Discovering Graph Secrets: Experiments, Puzzles, and Games Exploring Graphs [Hardcover]

Sandra Markle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1997

Graphs make visual the relationships between numbers. Sandra Markle shows kids who to read and create line graphs, bar graphs, pictographs, and pie charts. In this book, she provides puzzles and mysteries to solve, plus entertaining activities which show the many ways graphs are used in today's world. Full-color photos & diagrams.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-8?Several activities that use brief puzzle or "mystery" stories are proposed to help children master the concept of graphs. These problems are lucid, and the above-average illustrations, consisting of a variety of graphs as well as color photos, are crisp and clear. If all else fails, the solutions are at the back of the book. The environmental activities, such as observing birds or graphing the family recycling, are especially helpful. Bar, line, and circle graphs are all included. This volume should be warmly received and as useful as Markle's earlier activity books. Though most helpful in an educational setting, the book will also appeal to families who enjoy learning together.?Jody McCoy, Lakehill Preparatory School, Dallas, TX
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From Booklist

Gr. 4^-6. It's unfortunate that most kids don't browse the math section for "fun" reading because Markle's book on graphs is as entertaining as it is informative. Markle describes four types of graphs, explaining why each kind is used and how to choose the right type to display information most effectively. This is a hands-on book: readers can solve mysteries using graphs, conduct surveys, perform experiments, and graph their results. As always, Markle writes in a lively style that immediately involves the reader, and her explanations are so well written that even children who avoid math will easily understand them. The attractive design of the book is also appealing, with full-color illustrations on every page and clearly labeled charts and diagrams. Be sure to suggest this to math teachers and include it in nonfiction booktalks. Chris Sherman

Product Details

• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Atheneum (November 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689319428
• ISBN-13: 978-0689319426
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,608,046 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

SANDRA MARKLE

Sandra Markle is the author of more than 200 books for children, such as A Mother's Journey (Charlesbridge, 2006), How Many Baby Pandas (Walker, 2009), The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs (Millbrook, 2011), Butterfly Tree (Peachtree Publishing, 2011). She has won numerous awards for this work, including Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices, NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book, SB& F finalist, John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers, Junior Library Guild Selection, Orbis Pictus Recommended Book, Charlotte Zolotow Award, and MORE.
She was honoured with the title of "Best of Children's Non-Fiction" Georgia Author Of The Year award five times and was named one of 1999's Women of the Year by Women in Technology International for her contributions to science and technology.

In addition to her books, Sandra Markle has developed science specials for CNN and PBS. She is also noted for developing On-Line Expedition: Antarctica, one of the first on-line educational programs and continued adding further on-line reports from Antarctica while working on book projects in 1996 and 1999 as a grantee for the National Science Foundation's Artists and Writers Program.

Reviewers have heaped praise on Markle's books, including:
Outside and Inside Bats "The author presents a particularly felicitous accord of words and pictures in an outstanding science book for the primary grades." The Horn Book Magazine
Outside and Inside Alligators "This newest installment of the Outside and Inside series adds another fine book to a top-notch series." Bookselling This Week, a Kid's Pick of the Lists
Outside and Inside Dinosaurs It's like sitting down with a dinosaur expert who happens to be a great teacher." The Horn Book Magazine

Sandra Markle remains proudest, though, of the praise she has received in fan mail from children. She's happy to fulfill the requests of the young readers that urge her to "please write more."