{"id":217,"date":"2008-09-08T19:06:12","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T00:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/217"},"modified":"2008-09-08T19:06:12","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T00:06:12","slug":"teaching-physical-science-with-childrens-literature-just-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2008\/09\/08\/teaching-physical-science-with-childrens-literature-just-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Physical Science with Children&#8217;s Literature: Just Look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2008\/09\/look.jpg\" title=\"look.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2008\/09\/look.jpg\" alt=\"look.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Have you ever looked at a\u00a0part of an object, tried to\u00a0guess what it was,\u00a0and been fooled?\u00a0\u00a0Even using all the clues provided, this can been a difficult task.\u00a0 Using beautiful photographs and this technique, Tana Hoban takes the reader on a visual adventure\u00a0in her book\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Just-Look-Tana-Hoban\/dp\/0688140416\">Just Look<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><em>Just Look<\/em> is a book for the imagination. \u00a0Without the use of text, Hoban creates a beautiful story, simply with the use of photographs. \u00a0The book features nine distinct objects, each with its own shape, color, and texture. The key objects photographed include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> a penguin<\/li>\n<li> a toy sailboat<\/li>\n<li> a rabbit<\/li>\n<li> a bulldozer<\/li>\n<li> a giraffe<\/li>\n<li> the Eiffel Tower<\/li>\n<li> a pelican<\/li>\n<li> a cantaloupe<\/li>\n<li> a horse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\">Hoban does not simply display these photographs. \u00a0Instead she gradually gives visual clues to uncover the object. \u00a0First she begins with a black page that has a 2-inch die-cut center. \u00a0The hole provides a peak of the photograph on the next page. \u00a0Then she follows this photograph with a wide view of the object in its environment. \u00a0For example, the first page shows black and white spots that are similar to the coat of a cow. \u00a0However, as the reader flips to the next page, Hoban\u00a0reveals that these black and white spots are actually the feathers of a penguin. \u00a0On the following page, she zooms out the photograph even more, showing a pack of seventeen penguins.\u00a0 The\u00a0level of difficulty varies among the photographs, ranging from the easily\u00a0recognized hide of a giraffe, to the disguised bolt of a bullzozer&#8217;s\u00a0wheel.\u00a0 <em>Just Look<\/em> will have children glued to the photographs, thinking about what they see!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Curriculum Connections<\/strong><br \/>\nThis book is great to teach students that physical properties can be used to help describe matter. \u00a0Students can focus on the color, shape, and texture of the pictures to help them predict what the author is showing in the die-cut.\u00a0 It would be a great idea to compare and contrast\u00a0each of the photographs.\u00a0 The\u00a0featured animals, building, and objects\u00a0could serve as a basis for a classification exercise that focuses on the\u00a0physical characteristics of each type of\u00a0matter.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In Virginia, this book works well with the K.4 SOL.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0The Utah Education Network provides a great\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uen.org\/Lessonplan\/preview.cgi?LPid=16285\">lesson plan<\/a>\u00a0called &#8220;What it is, What it isn&#8217;t.&#8221; \u00a0Resources such as Instructional Procedures, Extensions, and Assessment Plans are also available on this site!<\/li>\n<li>Are you looking for similar books like <em>Just Look<\/em>? Check out this site for additional\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/betterkidcare.psu.edu\/ENewsletters\/ENews0512Dec.html\">books by Tana Hoban<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Relate this book to a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/64.233.169.104\/search?q=cache:8wSUEthUAA8J:artseducation.lausd.net\/getArticle.php%3Fid%3D53+%22Just+look%22+%2B+Tana+Hoban+%2B+lesson+plans&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=3&amp;gl=us\">visual arts lesson<\/a>\u00a0that focuses on texture and patterns.\u00a0 Lesson plan #7 on this site is based off of Tana Hoban&#8217;s <em>Just Look<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Book:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Just-Look-Tana-Hoban\/dp\/0688140416\">Just Look<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Author\/Illustrator:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bccb.lis.uiuc.edu\/0702true.html\">Tana Hoban<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Publisher: <\/strong>Greenwillow Brooks<br \/>\n<strong>Publication Date: <\/strong>1996<br \/>\n<strong>Pages: <\/strong>38 pages<br \/>\n<strong>Grades:\u00a0<\/strong>K-1<br \/>\n<strong>ISBN:<\/strong> 0688140416<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Have you ever looked at a\u00a0part of an object, tried to\u00a0guess what it was,\u00a0and been fooled?\u00a0\u00a0Even using all the clues provided, this can been a difficult task.\u00a0 Using beautiful photographs and this technique, Tana Hoban takes the reader on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2008\/09\/08\/teaching-physical-science-with-childrens-literature-just-look\/\">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-217","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\/217","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=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}