{"id":1626,"date":"2009-09-06T16:50:50","date_gmt":"2009-09-06T21:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1626"},"modified":"2009-09-06T16:50:50","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T21:50:50","slug":"teaching-physical-science-with-childrens-literature-my-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/06\/teaching-physical-science-with-childrens-literature-my-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Physical Science With Children’s Literature: My Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Caldecott Honorary artist, Molly Bang, wrote and illustrated My Light<\/a> to show the paths of energy on our earth.<\/p>\n

With her illustrations and use of the sun as the source of energy, she makes this subject quite accessible to elementary students.\u00a0 Her story demonstrates how the sun drives the natural processes (rain, wind, and plants) that are eventually converted into electricity to run our towns and cities.\u00a0 The book includes a more in depth look at the types of energy on the last few pages.<\/p>\n

“The wires hum!
\nElectricity flows, pulsing, pulsing, pulsing my energy out to your towns and cities.”<\/p>\n

“Swish! Swoosh!
\nThe\u00a0 wind pushes blades of turbines round and round, spinning my energy to generators, which make electricity.
\nElectricity pours into copper wires and flows out to your towns and cities.”<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong>
\nUse this book to facilitate lessons on how energy is passed from one source to another.\u00a0 It is a great opener for discussions on electricity and circuitry.\u00a0 Themes in this book correlate with Virginia SOLs 3.9, 4.3, 6.1 and 6.2.<\/p>\n

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