Field Notebooks: How Scientists Record and Write About Observations - Softcover

Pattison, Darcy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1629441929 ISBN 13: 9781629441924

Publisher: Mims House, 2021

Synopsis

“…provides clear, understandable, but not oversimplified explanations in an attractively presented format. The notebook entries make for compelling study…” Kirkus Reviews

Put scientists out in the field—where they observe and learn from their subjects—and exciting things happen. Join fourteen American scientists as they watch sleeping hippos, avoid cactus thorns, hide snakes under their skirts, make jokes, and draw elephants, termites or squids.

Drawing from the original field notebooks of scientists, kids will learn about descriptive, informative, humorous, and expository writing. Scientists use notebooks to summarize data, draw maps, or draw specimen. Represented are scientists studying birds, cactus, zoo keeping, human diseases, termites, mollusks, fish, grasses, Mayan ruins, Chinese plants and animals, taxidermy, and peanuts. Kids will be inspired to create their own field notebooks.

The work is presented in a fun, browsable layout. Any time you want to pair observations with recording those observations, this is the right book.

Science or STEM Writing Prompts or Journal Prompts

After reading about a scientist and how each wrote in their journals, it should be easy to create writing prompts. Think about how the scientist used the writing to record information, data, or humor.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

What are Field Notebooks?
Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist
Joseph Nelson Rose, botanist
Bill and Lucile Mann, zookeeper and writer
Fred Lowe Soper, epidemiologist
Martin Moynihan, ornithologist
Margaret S. Collins, entomologist
William Dall, malacologist and naturalist
Donald S. Erdman, ichthyologist
Mary Agnes Chase, botanist
William Henry Holmes, anthropologist and artist
David Crockett Graham, missionary and naturalist
Watson M. Perrygo, taxidermist and exhibits specialist
George Washington Carver, chemist and agriculture professor
Start Your Own Field Book

About this title

About the Author

Children's book author and indie publisher Darcy Pattison writes award-winning fiction and non-fiction books for children. Her works have received starred PW, Kirkus, and BCCB reviews. Awards include the Irma Black Honor award, five NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books, Eureka! Nonfiction Honor book, two Junior Library Guild selections, two NCTE Notable Children's Book in Language Arts, and a 2021 Notable Social Studies Trade Books. She's the 2007 recipient of the Arkansas Governor's Arts Award for Individual Artist for her work in children's literature.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mims House
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1629441929
• ISBN 13: 9781629441924
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32