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Category Archives: science
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 Earth Science With Children’s Literature: Rocks and Minerals
Rocks & Minerals from the Eyewitness series and written by Chris Pellant and R. Symes is a very informative and detail oriented guide book covering all aspects of rocks, crystals, gems, stones, and minerals. The book is filled with excellent … Continue reading
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Teaching Earth Science With Children’s Literature: Four Seasons Make A Year
Four Seasons Make A Year written by Anne Rockwell and illustrated by Megan Halsey is narrated by a young girl who lives on a farm. The story takes the reader from the first day of spring through the first day … Continue reading
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Teaching Earth Science with Children’s Literature: When Will It Be Spring?
When Will It Be Spring?, written and illustrated by Catherine Walters is a story of a young cub, Alfie, that is in hibernation with Mother Bear. He is so excited for spring that he does not sleep, instead he … Continue reading
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Teaching Earth Science with Children’s Literature: Tornadoes!
Introduction and Summary The book Tornadoes was written by Gail Gibbons and provides information to students about their formation, how they are classified from one another, historical and safety information if one were to occur where they live. “The … Continue reading
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Teaching Life Science with Children’s Literature: The Great Kapok Tree
The Great Kapok Tree written by Lynne Cherry takes place in the Amazon Rain Forest where two men arrive at the great Kapok tree with the determination to chop it down. The older man points out this particular Kapok tree … Continue reading
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Teaching Life Science with Children’s Literature: This Is Your Life Cycle
Introduction and Summary This Is Your Life Cycle written by Heather Lynn Miller and illustrated by Michael Chesworth, is about the life cycle of a dragonfly. The book is set up like a game show with host Bob Beetle. Bob … Continue reading
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Teaching Life Science With Children’s Literature: Grrr! A Book About Big Cats
“And big cats do not purr. They roar! GRRR!” GRRR! A Book About Big Cats is a chapter book all about the various types of big cats. There are chapters on lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, and jaguars. Each chapter … Continue reading
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Teaching Life Science with Children’s Literature: A Log’s Life
A Log’s Life, written by Wendy Pfeffer and illustrated by Robin Brickman, tells about the life cycle of an oak tree. In the beginning, a large oak tree stands in the forest. Pfeffer tells us how the tree supports many … Continue reading
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Teaching Life Science with Children’s Literature: Never Smile at a Monkey
Summary and Introduction Never Smile at a Monkey was written and illustrated by Steve Jenkins. This book discusses animal adaptation and some of the defense mechanisms animals possess to protect themselves from predators and humans. It focuses on 17 different … Continue reading
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