{"id":2163,"date":"2010-01-18T14:46:45","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T19:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2163"},"modified":"2010-01-18T14:46:45","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T19:46:45","slug":"teaching-process-skills-with-childrens-literature-science-fair-bunnies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2010\/01\/18\/teaching-process-skills-with-childrens-literature-science-fair-bunnies\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Process Skills with Children&#8217;s Literature: Science Fair Bunnies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2010\/01\/31eeg7qar2l_sl500_aa180_.jpg\" title=\"31eeg7qar2l_sl500_aa180_.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2010\/01\/31eeg7qar2l_sl500_aa180_.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"31eeg7qar2l_sl500_aa180_.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction and Summary<\/strong><br \/>\nClyde and Rosemary are best friends and partners for their science fair project in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Science-Fair-Bunnies-Kathryn-Lasky\/dp\/0763607290\">Science Fair Bunnies<\/a>, written by Kathryn Lasky and illustrated by Marylin Hafner.\u00a0 The only problem is that their plants have died that they were using for their experiment.\u00a0 Not knowing what to do, Clyde suddenly gets an idea when he feels his loose tooth over breakfast.\u00a0 He calls and asks Rosemary if she would like to do an experiment using their teeth.\u00a0 The only catch is that no one can decide if they want to use their tooth for &#8220;science or the Tooth Fairy&#8221;. In the end Clyde and Rosemary both choose science.\u00a0 Their choice pays off because their project wins a blue ribbon.\u00a0 Clyde explained to the Tooth Fairy in a dream &#8220;We did it for science&#8221;.\u00a0 The next day he had a shiny coin and his tooth under his pillow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curriculum Connections<br \/>\n<\/strong>This book would be a great source to teach students scientific reasoning, logic, and science by performing investigations.\u00a0 During these investigations, predictions are made based on observations. (SOL 1.1h) These observations are recorded as data, analyzed, and communicated orally with graphs, pictures, numbers, and written statements. (SOL 1.1i) The book also describes and gives a great example of a simple experiment that is conducted to answer questions. (SOL 1.1j)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.education.com\/activity\/article\/caterpillar_eating_science_first\/\">How Much Does a Caterpillar Eat Activity<\/a> &#8211; This is an activity that will teach students the steps of the scientific method.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tlsbooks.com\/bobbybananasgarden.pdf\">Worksheet-record data and graph<\/a> &#8211; This is a worksheet for student to collect data and record it in a graph.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencewithme.com\/wsfiles\/35\/results_sinkfloat.pdf\">Worksheet-simple experiment<\/a> &#8211; This is a worksheet that has students perform a mini experiment and then has them observe and record data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Book<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Science-Fair-Bunnies-Kathryn-Lasky\/dp\/0763607290\">Science Fair Bunnies<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Author<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kathrynlasky.com\/KK\/Home.html\">Kathryn Lasky<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Illustrator<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/authors\/12179\/Marylin_Hafner\/index.aspx\">Marylin Hafner<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Publisher<\/strong>: Candlewick<br \/>\n<strong>Publisher Date<\/strong>: 2000<br \/>\n<strong>Pages<\/strong>: 32<br \/>\n<strong>Grade Range<\/strong>: 1-3<br \/>\n<strong>ISBN<\/strong>: 0763607290<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction and Summary Clyde and Rosemary are best friends and partners for their science fair project in Science Fair Bunnies, written by Kathryn Lasky and illustrated by Marylin Hafner.\u00a0 The only problem is that their plants have died that they &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2010\/01\/18\/teaching-process-skills-with-childrens-literature-science-fair-bunnies\/\">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":[50,735],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-process-skills"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163","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=2163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}