Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1: Theory Behind the Book
Chapter 2: Using the Book and the Stories
Chapter 3: Using the Book in Different Ways
Chapter 4: Science and Literacy

The Stories and Background Materials for Teachers

Chapter 5: Moon Tricks (Astronomy: looking for Moon patterns and finding reasons for phases)
Chapter 6: What’s the Moon Like Around the World? (Astronomy: the Moon as seen from all parts of the world)
Chapter 7: Daylight Saving Time (Astronomy: time and how it is measured)
Chapter 8: Sunrise, Sunset (Astronomy: how do the sunrise and sunset directions change over the year?)
Chapter 9: Now Just Wait a Minute! (Time: making a device to tell time)
Chapter 10: What’s Hiding in the Woodpile? (Energy: transfer of heat from wood to room air)
Chapter 11: Cool It, Dude! (Energy: cooling things off)
Chapter 12: The New Greenhouse (Energy: looking at the greenhouse effect)
Chapter 13: Where Did the Puddles Go? (Evaporation)
Chapter 14: The Little Tent That Cried (Evaporation-condensation cycle)
Chapter 15: Where Are the Acorns? (Astronomy: patterns in the daytime sky)
Chapter 16: The Coldest Time (Climate: finding the coldest time of the day)
Chapter 17: Frosty Morning (Microclimates around the school building)
Chapter 18: Master Gardener (Geology: rebuilding soil, erosion, weathering)
Chapter 19: A Day on Bare Mountain (Geology: rock cycle and diastrophism)
Chapter 20: What Are the Chances? (Geography: probability)
Chapter 21: Here’s the Crusher (Atmosphere: air pressure)
Chapter 22: Rotten Apples (Decay on the Earth and recycling)
Chapter 23: Is the Earth Getting Heavier? (Decay and decomposition, recycling)
Index

What are odds that a meteor will hit your house? Do you actually get more sunlight from Daylight Saving TIme? Where do puddles go? By presenting everyday mystries like these, this book will motivate your students to carry out hands-on science investigations and actually care about the results. There 19 open-ended mystries focus exclusively on Earth and space Science, including astronomy, energy, climate and The stories come with lists of science concepts to explore, grade-appropriate strategies for using them, and explanations of how the lessons align with national standards. They also relieve you of the tiring work of designing inquiry lessons from scratch.