In
The Mystery of the Tarantula Trap, you will encounter... One big spider! Two LONG fangs! Eight CRAWLING legs! Sixteen flabbergasting facts! And a few bouts of arachnophobia! Tarantulas can be terrifying — or are they really that bad?! Join Avery, Ella, Evan, and Roo as they embark on an unexpected arachnid adventure! Tarantulas the size of a dinner plate? Seriously?? When tarantula traps keep appearing (and disappearing), the kids are drawn into a mystery they'll need all eight of their legs to solve!
Baffling clues abound — and launch the kids into a spider web of mystery that requires tech skills and high gear to solve! Once you get tangled up in this mystery, you won't want it to end!
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 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills to solve each mystery!
In this mystery, there are additional pages filled with STEM materials you can use to learn more and solve problems, such as:
1. Label a diagram of a Mexican red-kneed tarantula
2. Impress your friends with your tarantula facts
3. Learn about the differences between insects and arachnids
4. Discover the etymology of tarantulas
5. Learn how to make a pitfall tarantula trap
6. Explore the average growth of saguaro cacti
7. Expand your knowledge of the amazing spider silk
8. Memorize the words and definitions in the glossary
Like all of Carole Marsh's Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture, and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, a built-in book club, and activities.
Below is the
Reading Levels Guide for this book:
Grade Levels: 3-6
Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.5
Accelerated Reader Points: 2
Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 167205
Lexile Measure: 710
Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q
Developmental Assessment Level: 40
Want a sneak peek? Read the first three chapters
HERE.
For additional resources, go to the Resources tab. Under Resources, you will find "
Wildlife Mysteries Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource," a "Where Have You Been?" map, and a video regarding the
Wildlife Mysteries.
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1. Download the "
Wildlife Mysteries Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource" HERE.
2. Download the "
Where Have You Been?" map
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3. Watch Christina talk about the
Wildlife Mysteries in this
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