Teaching Science Through Trade Books - Softcover

Royce, Christine Anne; Morgan, Emily; Ansberry, Karen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936959135 ISBN 13: 9781936959136

Publisher: NSTA Press, 2012

Synopsis

“‘What was your favorite book as a child?’ In more than 10 years of facilitating workshops, we have never heard anyone reply, ‘My fourth-grade science textbook.’ Clearly, textbooks have an important place in the science classroom, but using trade books to supplement a textbook can greatly enrich students’ experience.” ―from Teaching Science Through Trade Books If you like the popular “Teaching Science Through Trade Books” columns in NSTA’s journal Science and Children, or if you’ve become enamored of the award-winning Picture-Perfect Science Lessons series, you’ll love this new collection. It’s based on the same time-saving concept: By using children’s books to pique students’ interest, you can combine science teaching with reading instruction in an engaging and effective way. In this volume, column authors Christine Royce, Emily Morgan, and Karen Ansberry selected 50 of their favorites, updated the lessons, and added student activity pages, making it easier than ever to teach fundamental science concepts through high-quality fiction and nonfiction children’s books. Just as with the original columns, each lesson highlights two trade books and offers two targeted activities, one for K–3 and one for grades 4–6. All activities are Standards-based and inquiry-oriented. From Measuring Penny and How Tall, How Short, How Far Away? to I Took a Walkand Secret Place, the featured books will help your students put science in a whole new context. Teaching Science Through Trade Books offers an ideal way to combine well-structured, ready-to-teach lessons―with strong curricular connections―and books your students just may remember, always.

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About the Authors

Christine Anne Royce, Ed.D., is a past president of the National Science Teaching Association and currently serves as a Professor in Teacher Education and the Co-Director for the MAT in STEM Education at Shippensburg University. Her areas of interest and research include utilizing digital technologies and tools within the classroom, global education, and the integration of children's literature into the science classroom. She is an author of more than 140 publications, including the Science and Children Teaching Science Through Trade Books column.

Emily Morgan is a former elementary and middle school science teacher. She is the author of the Next Time You See picture book series for children and co-author of the Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons series for teachers. Her book Next Time You See a Sunset was selected for Story Time from Space where it was read by astronaut Mark Vande Hei on the International Space Station and shared with children all over the globe. She has served as a science consultant for the Hamilton County Educational Service Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the science leader for the High AIMS Consortium, and Board President of iSPACE: The STEM Learning Place. Emily holds a bachelor’s degree in education from Wright State University and a master’s in education from the University of Dayton. 

Edition details

• Publisher: NSTA Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1936959135
• ISBN 13: 9781936959136
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 326