MORE Science Adventures with Children's Literature

by Fredericks, Anthony D.

• ISBN13: 9781591586197
• ISBN10: 1591586194
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-30
• Publisher: Teacher Ideas Pr
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Summary

These dynamic literature-based activities will help teachers and school librarians energize the science curriculum and implement national standards. Fredericks presents hundreds of "hands-on, minds-on" projects that actively engage students in positive learning experiences. Each unit offers book summaries, science topic areas, critical thinking questions, resources, reproducible pages, and easy-to-do activities including science experiments for every grade level. Chapters cover: Life, Space, Earth, Physical Science, and the Human Body. The author provides practical guidance for teaching science through inquiry, for collaboration with school librarians, for integrating literature across the curriculum, and an up-to-date section of annotated bibliographies of the best in children's science literature. Grades K-4.

Author Biography

Anthony (Tony) D. Fredericks currently teaches elementary methods courses in science, social studies, language arts, reading, and children's literature at York College in York, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Science, Reading, and Children's Literature

Teaching Elementary Science

Science and Children's Literature

Collaboration: Making Magic in Science

Teaching Comprehension: Principles and Practices

Reading Comprehension Strategies That Work

How to Use This Book

Activities, Projects, Experiments

Science Literature Selections

Extending the Possibilities

Readers Theatre

An Annotated Bibliography of Children's Literature

Reading Aloud in Science Class

Teacher Resources

Index

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