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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Hidden Worlds

Introduction and Summary Hidden Worlds: Looking Through a Scientist’s Microscope ,written by Stephen Kramer with photographs by Dennis Kunkel, is not only a book about the wonders of the microscopic world, but about the life of a scientist as well.  … Continue reading

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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: The Simple Truth About Scientists

Introduction and Summary In the book, The Simple Truth About Scientists, written and illustrated by Donna Farland it discusses the many myth’s about scientists. The book explains five different myth’s that are associated with scientists. The myths are scientists only work … Continue reading

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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: The Kid Who Named Pluto

Planning that science fair project can seem so daunting for a student.  Many students may assume that you have to be much older to solve a scientific mystery or make your mark in the scientific world.  There's one book that … Continue reading

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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: What’s What?: A Guessing Game

Introduction and Summary The book What’s What? A Guessing Game by Mary Serfozo is an interactive book that keeps children guessing.  They need to use their previous knowledge and skills to guess what will come next in the book.  The … Continue reading

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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks

  Summary:  Ms. Frizzle is at it again. The Magic School Bus at the Water Works, which was written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen, takes a look at crazy Ms. Frizzle’s class as they venture on a … Continue reading

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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: The Science Book of Water

Introduction and Summary The Science Book of Water by Neil Ardley is a book of experiments that help students understand some of the different properties of water, such as buoyancy, density, displacement, surface tension, evaporation, etc.  Ardley starts the book … Continue reading

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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Amelia Bedelia, Rocket Scientist?

Amelia Bedelia, Rocket Scientist? written by Herman Parish and illustrated by Lynn Sweat, tells the tale of the day that Amelia Bedelia volunteers to be a judge at the science fair after her boss, Mr. Rodgers, mistakenly calls her a … Continue reading

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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: A Second is a Hiccup

A Second is a Hiccup Author: Hazel Hutchins Illustrator: Kady MacDonald Denton This book is a good resource for helping young students learn how to measure time and understand different lengths of time.  The author uses fun ways of telling … Continue reading

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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison

Introduction and Summary A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison, written by David A. Adler and illustrated by John & Alexandra Wallner, is about the life of Thomas Edison. Thomas was a very curious boy who asked lots of questions … Continue reading

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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Science Fair Bunnies

Introduction and Summary Clyde and Rosemary are best friends and partners for their science fair project in Science Fair Bunnies, written by Kathryn Lasky and illustrated by Marylin Hafner.  The only problem is that their plants have died that they … Continue reading

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