Teaching Physical Science Through Children’s Literature

Inspired by favorite children’s stories, this book is a complete guide to an innovative science education approach that helps teachers and parents capitalize on children’s natural curiosity about the world around them to teach physical science. Pedagogical strategies for both reading and science are featured, and many lessons include suggestions for learning centers and masters for reproducible flip cards and data sheets. Each lesson addresses a category of the new National Science Education Standards and includes an easy-to-understand science explanation.

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