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Timeline
Introduction: Big Data Predicts a Global Health Crisis
Chapter 1: What Is Data and Where Does It Come From?
Chapter 2: The Transition from Paper to Computers
Chapter 3: How Computers Store Data
Chapter 4: What Is Big Data?
Chapter 5: Understanding Data: Data Visualization and Data Analytics
Chapter 6: The Future of Big Data
Glossary
Resources
Index
Carla Mooney has written more than 70 books for children and young adults. She is the author of several books for Nomad Press, including Terrorism: Violence, Intimidation, and Solutions for Peace, Evolution: How Life Adapts to a Changing Environment, The Holocaust: Racism and Genocide in World War II, and Comparative Religion: Investigate the World through Religious Tradition. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
School Library Connection
Part of the Technology Today series, this title is a solid,
well-written, and nicely formatted introduction to the concept of
data as it exists in our world. Mooney's book is comprehensive in
scope, but clear and organized in delivery, explaining the history,
nature, and ever-expanding extent of data, and the purposes of data
collection, recoding, and analysis. Highly Recommended
Professor Yael Grushka-Cockayne, University of Virginia Darden
School of Business
"The book is great fun! It is jam-packed with fun activities that
really bring the idea of data to life. It is comprehensive and
offers a lot of useful examples for the use of big data."
Praise for other books in the series Innovators National Science
Teachers Association Recommends
Innovators is a magnificent compilation of vignettes about creative
and critical thinkers who have contributed to solving problems and
improving existing products or processes. . . Innovators is a
wonderful book. It is engaging, readable, and full of relevant
information about important inventions and innovations and the
context behind them. Readers will appreciate focus on equity of
gender and race among the innovators throughout the book. This book
does not contain glossy color photographs, but has cartoon style
illustrations throughout. Innovators would be useful for teaching
science or STEM classes, for background reading in classes, or can
be read and used at home just because it is such an engaging book.
As a fifth grade science teacher, I highly recommend getting a copy
for any third to sixth grade classroom. Read the complete review
online. Learning Magazine
"What do Google and chocolate chip cookies have in common? Both
were created by innovators! Learn about the people and products
that have changed the world; then get your students innovating with
25 STEAM projects." 3-D Engineering Science Books and Films
++: Highly Recommended
". . . This book is a wonderful resource for teachers and parents
to use in the classroom and at home. It gets back to the basics
with exciting activities that are hands-on that support the STEM
program. When kids use their hands and work together to create a
prototype, the outcomes are much higher when they are actively
engaged in this type of learning. It gives students confidence in
math while building problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
This is a book that teachers, parents, boys, and girls will enjoy
as they learn about the many facets of the engineering world."
School Library Connection, April 2016
"Author Vicky V. May has produced a procedural book for the 21st
century. Information covers electricity, chemistry, earth science,
physics, and energy. . . The text, with fast facts, sidebars, and
text boxes, is kid-friendly and the topics fit the science
curriculum. Its guided inquiry approach makes this a useful tool
for students seeking science fair ideas, teachers selecting
creative outcomes to lessons, and learners who thrive on hands-on
projects. Cartoon-like illustrations supplement the "how-to" aspect
of the book nicely. Glossary. Index. Recommended"
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