More Picture-perfect Science Lessons: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4Teachers raved when NSTA Press published Picture-Perfect Science Lessons .* They loved its lively mix of kid-magnet books, Standards-based science content and ready-to-teach lessons. So what could be more perfect? More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons! This volume offers 15 new lessons that combine picture books and inquiry to develop students' interest in science and reading. The sequel follows the winning formula that made the first book an NSTA best seller. The lessons, following the 5E instructional model developed by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) cover a variety of science content-- physical science, life science, and Earth and Space Science. They include reproducible student pages and assessments. They feature embedded reading-comprehension strategies. And they make students yearn to learn from such engaging fiction and nonfiction books as Diary of a Worm, Sunshine On My Shoulders, How Big is a Foot? and Leo Cockroach, Toy Tester. The authors know how important it is for time-starved teachers to integrate science and reading in a natural way and how students with reading troubles can use an extra nudge to get engaged in science texts. More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons is the perfect supplement to your science program-- and the perfect way to help students develop a love of reading and learning about science. *Teachers weren't the only ones raving! Picture-Perfect won the Distinguished Achievement Award for Teacher Resource Books from the Association of Educational Publishers. |
Contents
| 1 | |
| 7 | |
Ch 3Teaching ScienceThrough Inquiry | 17 |
Ch 4BSCS 5EInstructional Model | 29 |
Ch 5National ScienceEducation Standards | 35 |
CH 6Bubbles | 39 |
CH 7How Big Is a Foot? | 45 |
Ch 8Hear Your Heart | 55 |
Ch 13That Magnetic Dog | 123 |
Ch 14Roller Coasters | 133 |
CH 15Mirror Mirror | 147 |
Ch 16If You Find a Rock | 157 |
Ch 17Sunshine on My Shoulders | 169 |
Ch 18Stargazers | 179 |
Ch 19Imaginative Inventions | 197 |
Ch 20A Sense of Wonder | 213 |
Common terms and phrases
5E model activity Answers might include Anticipation Guide Ask students ball book aloud BSCS 5E Canis Major chart classroom cloze color concepts constellations Coral Reef Animals data table Determining Importance earthworms Engage evaluate experiment explain explore Explore/Explain Friend to Trees gallery walk heart Help the Earth ideas Inferring Inquiry Place invention John Muir journal larvae Loco Beans Loco-Motion look Magnetic Dog measure metric system Mexican jumping bean mirror Name National Science Education Nature Journal Non-narrative Information nonfiction book observations pair of students paper Pet Rock picture books Picture-Perfect Science Lessons poster session Rachel Carson read aloud read the book readers roller coaster Science Education Standards scientific scientists seed pods Show students sort Stargazing stars sticky notes story strategies Student Pages Summary sunscreen teaching Tell students testable questions things tions understanding UV beads Venn diagram Vicki Cobb Websites write York