More picture-perfect science lessons
Subtitle: using children's books to guide inquiry, Grades K-4
By: by Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan.
Contributors: Morgan, Emily R. 1973-
Publisher: NSTA Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Arlington, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781933531120
Subjects: Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Picture books for children -- Educational aspects
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Why read picture books in science class; title: Reading aloud; title: Teaching science through inquiry; title: BSCS 5E instructional model; title: National science education standards; title: Bubbles; title: Bubble, bubble and pop! a book about bubbles; title: How big is a foot?; title: How big is a foot? and how tall, how short, how far away; title: Hear your heart; title: Hear your heart and the busy body book : a kid's guide to fitness; title: Loco beans; title: Lucas and his loco beans : a bilingual tale of the Mexican jumping bean; title: Wiggling worms; title: Diary of a worm and wiggling worms at work; title: Over in the ocean; title: Over in the ocean : in a coral reef and coral reef animals; title: Be a friend to trees; title: Our tree named Steve and be a friend to trees; title: That magnetic dog; title: That magnetic dog and magnetic and nonmagnetic; title: Roller coasters; title: Roller coaster and I fall down; title: Mirror, mirror; title: What did they see? and I see myself; title: If you find a rock; title: If you find a rock and rocks : hard, soft, smooth, and rough; title: Sunshine on my shoulders; title: Sunshine on my shoulders; title: Stargazer; title: When I heard the learn'd astronomer and spots of light : a book about stars; title: Imaginative inventions; title: Imaginative inventions and Leo Cockroach, toy tester; title: A sense of wonder; title: John Muir, America's naturalist, Rachel Carson : preserving a sense of wonder and the important book.