Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor
by Robert Burleigh and Raúl Colón
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2016
Word Count 1,752
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 750L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 179979
- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- Science
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- Tharp, Marie
- Cartographers--United States--Biography
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Women cartographers
- Women cartographers--United States--Biography
- Cartographers
- Submarine topography
- Biographies
- Geomorphologists--United States--Biography
- United States
- Geomorphologists
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Earth Sciences - Water (Oceans, Lakes, Etc.)
Our Original Resources 6
Audio Name Pronunciation with Raúl Colón
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Robert Burleigh
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In-depth Written Interview with Raúl Colón
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Lesson Plan from Science NetLinks
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Awards & Distinctions 6

Cook Prize, 2012-2020
Honor, 2017

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2021
Commended, 2017

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2017

Best STEM Books, 2017-2021
Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Science Selection, 2016
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