Book
The Mystery of the Periodic Table
by Benjamin Wiker and Jeanne Bendick
- Published
- 2003
- Genre
- Science/Math
- Pages
- 165
- Words
- 28452
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/171647.The_Mystery_of_the_Periodic_Table?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 8.5
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Suggested reading age
- ages 9–14
- Ambleside year
- Year 6 onwards · ages 11–14
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
Leads the reader on a delightful and absorbing journey through the ages, on the trail of the elements of the Periodic Table as we know them today. He introduces the young reader to people like Von Helmont, Boyle, Stahl, Priestly, Cavendish, Lavoisier, and many others, all incredibly diverse in personality and approach, who have laid the groundwork for a search that is still unfolding to this day. The first part of Wiker's witty and solidly instructive presentation is most suitable to middle school age, while the later chapters are designed for ages 12-13 and up, with a final chapter somewhat more advanced. Illustrated by Jeanne Bendick and Ted Schluenderfritz.
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