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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Arlington, Virginia : NSTA Press, National Science Teachers Association, [not before 2012]Description: xv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781933531120
  • 1933531126
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Contents:
Why read picture books in science class? -- Reading aloud -- Teaching science through inquiry -- BSCS 5E instructional model -- Connecting to 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.
Summary: This volume offers 15 lessons that combine picture books and inquiry to develop students interest in science and reading. The lessons cover physical science, life science, and Earth and space science. They include reproducible student pages and assessments. They feature embedded reading-comprehension strategies. And they make students yearn to learn with fiction and nonfiction books.
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Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 372.3504 A617 Available 33111008860161
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Teachers raved when NSTA Press published Picture-Perfect Science Lessons .* 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.
The sequel follows the winning formula that made the first book an NSTA best seller. The lessons, following the 5E instructional model developed by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) cover a variety of science content-- physical science, life science, and Earth and Space Science. They include reproducible student pages and assessments. They feature embedded reading-comprehension strategies. And they make students yearn to learn from such engaging fiction and nonfiction books as Diary of a Worm, Sunshine On My Shoulders, How Big is a Foot? and Leo Cockroach, Toy Tester.
The authors know how important it is for time-starved teachers to integrate science and reading in a natural way and how students with reading troubles can use an extra nudge to get engaged in science texts. More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons is the perfect supplement to your science program-- and the perfect way to help students develop a love of reading and learning about science.
*Teachers weren' t the only ones raving! Picture-Perfect won the Distinguished Achievement Award for Teacher Resource Books from the Association of Educational Publishers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In each chapter of this book, we have clearly identified connections between the lesson and A framework for K-12 Science Educational (NCR 2012)."--Page 35.

Why read picture books in science class? -- Reading aloud -- Teaching science through inquiry -- BSCS 5E instructional model -- Connecting to 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.

This volume offers 15 lessons that combine picture books and inquiry to develop students interest in science and reading. The lessons cover physical science, life science, and Earth and space science. They include reproducible student pages and assessments. They feature embedded reading-comprehension strategies. And they make students yearn to learn with fiction and nonfiction books.

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