{"id":1829,"date":"2009-09-22T11:50:06","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T16:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1829"},"modified":"2009-09-22T11:50:06","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T16:50:06","slug":"teaching-earth-science-with-childrens-literature-i-face-the-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/22\/teaching-earth-science-with-childrens-literature-i-face-the-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Earth Science with Children’s Literature: I Face the Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I Face the Wind<\/a>, by Vicki Cobb and illustrated by Julia Gorton, is a book that explores wind and some of the properties about it.\u00a0 The book starts with some explanations of wind and how it relates to you.\u00a0 As the book continues there are a number of opportunities to engage students in discussion and question students.\u00a0 There are also a few experiments such as a simple way to show that air has mass using two balloons and a hanger.\u00a0 The book also looks at the basic science behind air, introducing children to the idea of a molecule.\u00a0 This book would be good to introduce wind to 1st or 2nd graders.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong>
\nThis book would be good way to introduce wind and the concept of air to younger students.\u00a0 It also has elements such as the experiments that can be used for older students when looking at mass of gases and molecules. It is best suited for VA SOL 2.6.<\/p>\n

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