The Mystery at Grizzly Graveyard is the winner of the 2015 Moonbeam Children's Book Award - Pre-teen Fiction Silver Medal.
1 Cub Conundrum! 2 Tooth Mark Clues! 3 Crushed Cabins! 4 Big Paw Footprints! When Avery, Ella, and Evan visit Yellowstone National Park, they just assume grizzlies are big bad bears. However, after a trip to a center that rescues orphaned grizzly cubs, where they learn how humans don't always play fair with wildlife, they begin to see a different side of the story. Mystery ensues, and the kids use high-tech STEM skills and high-tech gear to try to discover who or what is breaking into cabins across the region. Can they help without getting entangled in terrifying bear teeth?! Before they know it, the kids are mixed up in an adventurous mystery where clues require them to use their best science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills to find the answers! Mystery books have always been a great higher-order, critical-thinking genre, and the "real Kid characters" in this series eagerly get into using high-demand STEM skills to solve each mystery!
In this mystery, there are additional pages filled with STEM materials you can use to learn about and solve problems such as:
1. Impress your friends with your knowledge of Grizzly Facts
2. Learn what to do when you are in bear country
3. Explore the grizzly etymology
4. Learn how to convert square miles into acres and how to convert acres to square miles
5. Explore carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
6. Discover the bears in the U.S.
7. Learn about composting
8. Investigate bear hibernation
9. Examine Old Faithful in Yellowstone Park
This mystery is geared for boys and girls ages 7-14 and features bother and sister, Avery and Evan, who help their mystery book writer grandmother solve wildlife related mysteries. The Wildlife Mystery series has a strong focus on STEM.
This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! The Wildlife Mysteries will have an assigned Accelerated Reader reading levels, points and quiz numbers, Lexile Measures, Fountas & Pinnell level and a Developmental Reading Assessment.
This mystery is geared for boys and girls ages 7-14 and features bother and sister, Avery and Evan, who help their mystery book writer grandmother solve wildlife related mysteries. The Wildlife Mystery series has a strong focus on STEM.
This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more!
Below is the
Reading Levels Guide for this book:
Grade Levels: 3-6
Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.7
Accelerated Reader Points: 3
Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 165488
Lexile Measure: 730
Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q
Developmental Assessment Level: 40
Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters
HERE.
For additional resources, go to the Resources Tab. On the Resource Tab, you will find Common Core State Standards for Teachers, Where Have You Been map, and a video regarding the Wildlife Mysteries.
• Winner of the Moonbeam Children's Book Award - the 2015 Silver Medal Winner - Pre-teen Fiction Mystery
• Built-in Book Club
• Glossary
• SAT Words
• Reading Level Guide
• Cliff Hanger Chapters
• Educational Facts
• Humor and Fun
• History
• Geography
• People
• Culture
Get your
FREE Resources!
1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries
Wildlife Mysteries Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource HERE.
2. Download the
Where Have You Been map
HERE.
3. Christina talks about the Wildlife Mysteries in the video: