Education Professional Development
Literature & Science Breakthroughs
Connecting language & science skills in the elementary classroom
- Publisher
- Pembroke Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2000
- Category
- Professional Development
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551381268
- Publish Date
- Jan 2000
- List Price
- $28.95
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Description
How to use the best children's books to teach science skills in elementary classrooms. Strategies for using fiction and non-fiction, big books, novels, storybooks, pop-ups, poetry, and discovery books to bring all aspects of science to life for children in elementary classrooms. Organized around the the major science strands, the book looks at using literature to achieve science outcomes in:
- life systems
- matter and materials
- energy and control
- structure and mechanics
- earth and space systems
Teachers will learn wonderful ways to make real world connections using children's literature. Background information, webs, skill charts, tools for evaluation, and a bibliography are also included.
