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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451444203321

Autore

Ansberry Karen Rohrich <1966->

Titolo

More picture-perfect science lessons [[electronic resource] ] : using children's books to guide inquiry, K-4 / / by Karen Ansberry, Emily Morgan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Arlington, Va., : NSTA Press, c2007

ISBN

1-933531-74-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MorganEmily R <1973-> (Emily Rachel)

Disciplina

372.3/5

Soggetti

Science - Study and teaching (Elementary)

Picture books for children - Educational aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Why read picture books in science class? -- Reading aloud -- Teaching science through inquiry -- BSCS 5E instructional model -- National science education standards -- Bubbles -- Bubble, bubble and pop! a book about bubbles -- How big is a foot? -- How big is a foot? and how tall, how short, how faraway -- Hear your heart -- Hear your heart and The busy body book : a kid's guide to fitness -- Loco beans -- Lucas and his loco beans : a bilingual tale of the Mexican jumping bean -- Wiggling worms -- Diary of a worm and Wiggling worms at work -- Over in the ocean -- Over in the ocean : in a coral reef and Coral reef animals -- Be a friend to trees -- Our tree named Steve and Be a friend to trees -- That magnetic dog -- That magnetic dog and Magnetic and nonmagnetic -- Roller coasters -- Roller coaster and I fall down -- Mirror, mirror -- What did they see? and I see myself -- If you find a rock -- If you find a rock and Rocks : hard, soft, smooth, and rough -- Sunshine on my shoulders -- Sunshine on my shoulders -- Stargazers -- When I heard the learn'd astronomer and Spots of light : a book about stars -- Imaginative inventions -- Imaginative inventions and Leo Cockroach, toy tester -- A sense of wonder -- John Muir, America's naturalist, Rachel Carson : preserving a sense of wonder, and The important book.



Sommario/riassunto

Teachers raved when NSTA Press published Picture-Perfect Science Lessons in 2005. They loved its lively mix of kid-magnet books, Standards-based science content and ready-to-teach lessons. So what could be more perfect? More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons! This volume offers 15 new lessons that combine picture books and inquiry to develop students' interest in science and reading.