{"id":1619,"date":"2009-09-06T11:19:25","date_gmt":"2009-09-06T16:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1619"},"modified":"2009-09-06T11:19:25","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T16:19:25","slug":"teaching-physical-science-with-childrens-literature-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/06\/teaching-physical-science-with-childrens-literature-what-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Physical Science with Children&#8217;s Literature: What Happened?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/09\/what-happenedthumbnail1.jpg\" title=\"what-happenedthumbnail1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/09\/what-happenedthumbnail1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"what-happenedthumbnail1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0916119475\/ref=s9_simz_gw_s1_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=center-2&amp;pf_rd_r=00GNT4FC1JB6CA7TQ3QK&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=470938631&amp;pf_rd_i=507846\">What Happened?<\/a>\u00a0by Rozanne Lanczak Williams,\u00a0is an excellent book that can be used to introduce students\u00a0to the\u00a0three states of matter\u00a0using water.\u00a0With bright, eye-catching illustrations by Gwen Connelly, and repetitive text, this book grabs the attention of children.\u00a0<em>What Happened?<\/em>\u00a0teaches children that water can freeze, evaporate, and condense by connecting these science terms to a child&#8217;s world. &#8220;What happened to the water? It froze. And then I went skating. What happened to the ice? It melted. And then I went swimming.&#8221;\u00a0 It also\u00a0teaches students that some solids can be dissolved in a liquid. &#8220;What happened to the sugar? It dissolved. And then I drank lemonade!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>What\u00a0Happened?<\/em>\u00a0is a great read-aloud to students in kindergarten and first grade. The children will love to answer the questions in the book and at the same time are learning valuable science vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers who want to introduce the concept of the different states of matter in their classroom should defnitely consider using the book, <em>What Happened?<\/em>\u00a0It can be used\u00a0in kindergarten classes as well as first and second grades.\u00a0I think\u00a0this is a great book to introduce\u00a0the\u00a0terms solid, liquid and\u00a0gas\u00a0to\u00a0kindergarteners (VA SOL K.5a).\u00a0 It also would be a good book to teach first grade students how some solids will dissolve in water (VA SOL 1.3b). In second\u00a0grade, \u00a0students would grasp the processes involved with changes in matter that are introduced in <em>What Happened?<\/em> (VA SOL 2.3b).<\/p>\n<p>Additional Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On the back page of the book, there are 2 activities that can be used to reinforce the topics found in <em>What Happened?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Here is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.proteacher.org\/c\/935_States_of_Matter.html\">link <\/a>to many lesson ideas about the states of matter. One of my favorites is using jello in the classroom to demonstarte solid, liquid and gas.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativeteaching.com\/descriptions\/productspecs\/3537-EW.pdf\">Creative Teaching website <\/a>has some wonderful\u00a0practice pages that\u00a0help\u00a0teach the science concepts introduced in this book.<\/li>\n<li>On <a href=\"http:\/\/www.education.com\/worksheet\/article\/solid-liquid-gas\/\">Education. com<\/a> there is a worksheet which helps students in identifying states of matter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Book: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0916119475\/ref=s9_simz_gw_s1_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=center-2&amp;pf_rd_r=00GNT4FC1JB6CA7TQ3QK&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=470938631&amp;pf_rd_i=507846\">What Happened?<br \/>\n<\/a>Author: Rozanne Lanczak Williams<br \/>\nIllustrator: Gwen Connelly<br \/>\nPublisher: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativeteaching.com\/\">Creative Teaching Press<br \/>\n<\/a>Publication Date: 1994<br \/>\nPages: 16<br \/>\nGrade Range: K-2<br \/>\nISBN: 0916119475<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Happened?\u00a0by Rozanne Lanczak Williams,\u00a0is an excellent book that can be used to introduce students\u00a0to the\u00a0three states of matter\u00a0using water.\u00a0With bright, eye-catching illustrations by Gwen Connelly, and repetitive text, this book grabs the attention of children.\u00a0What Happened?\u00a0teaches children that water &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/06\/teaching-physical-science-with-childrens-literature-what-happened\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4424,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,757],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-physical-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4424"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}