Understanding Viruses with Max Axiom, Super Scientist: 4D An Augmented Reading Science Experience

by Agnieszka Biskup, Nick Derington (Illustrator)

Overview

Join Max Axiom as he explores the science behind viruses. Max helps young readers understand how virus attack our bodies and what we can do to protect against them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781543560329
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/02/2019
Series:	Graphic Science 4D
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	8 - 14 Years

About the Author

Agnieszka Biskup is a writer and editor based in Chicago. She is a former science editor at the Boston Globe as well as a Knight Fellow at MIT, where she studied science journalism. She served as managing editor of the children's magazine Muse and has written numerous children’s books in addition to many articles for newspapers, magazines, and websites. Her books have received awards from Learning magazine, the Association of Educational Publishers, the Society of School Librarians International, and have been chosen as Junior Library Guild selections. She is also a winner of the 2015 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award in the Writing for Children category.

Table of Contents

A microscopic world — Bacteria and viruses — Attack and counterattack — Staying healthy — More about viruses — Build a bacteriophage — Discussion questions, Writing prompts, Take a quiz! — Glossary — Read more, Internet sites, Index.

Interviews

Targeted ATOS of 4.5-5.5; Critical thinking discussion questions and writing prompts match content from teacher’s guide Dialogue and text suitable to the graphic novel format Comic book-style art makes for fun science learning;