Front-Page Science: Engaging Teens in Science Literacy

by Wendy Saul, Alan Newman, Angela Kohnen

Book Overview

The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force issued new guidelines for mammograms in 2009. What does this mean for someone with a family history of breast cancer? Congress periodically votes on a piece of legislation called the Farm Bill. What does its current iteration mean for the safety of supermarket eggs? Understanding how the latest science affects real people patients, consumers, voters, and taxpayers is at the heart of science literacy. From...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1936137143
• ISBN13: 9781936137145
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: National Science Teachers Association
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.