Microscopic Monsters and the Scientists Who Slay Them : Inquiry-Based Science Lessons for Advanced and Gifted Students in Grades 4-5

Cover\nHalf Title\nTitle Page\nCopyright Page\nTable of Contents\nINTRODUCTION\nLESSON 1 Preassessing Perseverance\nLESSON 2 Epic Epidemiology\nLESSON 3 Justifying the Existence of Germs\nLESSON 4 Making a Microscope\nLESSON 5 Manufacturing a Microbe\nLESSON 6 Master Planning a Metropolis\nLESSON 7 A Serious Scenario\nLESSON 8 Engineering an Epidemic\nLESSON 9 Managing Malaria\nLESSON 10 Planning for a Potential Pandemic\nLESSON 11 Contrasting the Causes  Is It Bacterial or Viral?\nLESSON 12 Scripting an S.O.S. Signal\nLESSON 13 Nitpicking Your Newscast\nLESSON 14 How Our Bodies Fight Off Foes\nLESSON 15 Heredity or Health Habit\nLESSON 16 Practicing a Predicament\nLESSON 17 Confidential Case Files\nLESSON 18 Gadgets and Gizmos\nLESSON 19 Doling Out Donated Dollars\nLESSON 20 Broken Into Branches\nLESSON 21 Pandemics of the Past\nLESSON 22 GDP Population Patterns\nLESSON 23 Are All Germs Bad?\nLESSON 24 Symbiotic Synergy and Pathogenic Pariahs\nLESSON 25 Cultivating a Cure\nLESSON 26 Vaccination Vexation\nLESSON 27 Paying for the Potion\nLESSON 28 Engineering Ethical Eradication Efforts\nLESSON 29 Personal Pillars of Perseverance\nLESSON 30 Pondering Our Progress\nREFERENCES\nAPPENDIX A Recommended Reading\nAPPENDIX B Master Materials List\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nCOMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS ALIGNMENT\nNEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS ALIGNMENT