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Category Archives: science
Teaching Physical Science with Children’s Literature: Elephants Aloft
Elephants Aloft, written by Kathi Appelt and illustrated by Keith Baker, is a beautiful children's picture book that uses just one word on most pages to tell the story of the young Asian elephants' travels to visit their Auntie Rwanda … Continue reading
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Teaching Physical Science with Children’s Literature: Sound and Light
Introduction and Summary Sound and Light by David Glover gives a great overview of what sound and light are and how we use them. This book provides a section for topics like: lightning and thunder, sound waves, feeling sound, making … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Digging Up Dinosaurs
Did you ever wonder how we know that dinosaurs existed? How do we know what they were like, how big they were, what they ate? Digging Up Dinosaurs, written and illustrated by Aliki, is a very interesting and fun … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills With Children’s Literature: The Science Book of Color
Introduction and Summary “Imagine a world without color. It would be like living in an old movie. Color makes our world a pleasure to look at.” The Science Book of Color by Neil Ardley with photography by Pete Gardner is … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Galileo
The book Galileo by Leonard Everett Fisher chronicles the life of the famous Renaissance scientist. Background information is presented at the beginning about the theories of Aristotle and Copernicus about the center of the universe. The author does a … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Saguaro Moon
“Planet Scouts is a club for kids who like to study nature. We always keep a nature journal. I started this new journal to record all the desert life I discover. I bring it with me whenever I go … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds
The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen tells the story of Ms. Frizzle’s class planting their own garden. All the students are working together to make their garden as beautiful as they can, … Continue reading
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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 Life Science with Children’s Literature: Forest Bright, Forest Night
Jennifer Wards book, Forest Bright, Forest Night is an excellent resource to use when teaching life science to elementary age children. The book uses a fun format with rhythmic text and gorgeous detailed illustrations by Jamichael Henterly. The illustrations will … Continue reading
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