Using Children's Books to Inspire STEM Learning, Grades K-5
Joined January 2017
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Happy #TeacherAppreciationWeek!
Happy #TeacherAppreciationWeek from NSTA! We’re celebrating ALL #educators, but especially #science educators who spark curiosity, inspire discovery, and shape the future, one experiment, question, and "aha!" moment at a time. See bit.ly/4lXBLAy. #ScienceTeacher
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Thank you to the fabulous @viviankirkfield, the hardworking judges, and the many generous donors for making the #50PreciousWords contest possible each year!
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If you're seeing the Northern Lights tonight, here's an explainer of how the different colors can appear! We are currently seeing a vivid display of pinks and greens here at the office!
Great write-up from Chaminade U. about using Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons and multicultural children’s literature such as Drum Dream Girl to teach STEM. 📚
#STEMeducation #KidLit #PictureBooks @margaritapoet @EmilyMorganNTYS @LeighAnsberry
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How to Make Reading Fun Again!
TIPS: Keep book selections current; surround kids w/ positive messages about reading; teach them how to do a 1-min. book talk; let them write shelf copy about books; & let them express their opinions—positive or negative—about what they read. #KidLit #MG
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Another fun workshop this morning with Kansas teachers talking about how to integrate STEM and children’s literature! @ksdehq @frizzlerichard
A nice morning with Kansas teachers learning about STEM, children’s literature, and elephants! Thanks for the opportunity (& providing free books for participants @frizzlerichard 🤗)
@ksdehq #STEM #STEMeducation #KidLit @elephantvoices
Started the day with a great group of Kansas educators! (“You get a book, and you get a book, and you get a book!” Thank you @frizzlerichard 🤗)
#STEM #STEMeducation #KidLit @ksdehq
Metacognition is a critical skill in both reading and sense-making!
🔎 These sentence stems, via T @emilyfranESL, offer Ss the tools to examine their own thinking.
#InstantPD
ALT Anchor chart titled "Metacognition Thinking Stems:" offering a series of sentence stems such as "I'm thinking ... ," "I'm wondering ... ," etc.
Reading aloud is magic. 🪄
"The almost magical power of storytelling to transform and heal" is one of the best reasons I've seen for reading aloud to your students throughout the school day and across all subject areas. Reading aloud is magic. 🪄
#KidLit
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Fun Fact: Quicksand is a colloid of water and sand, silt, or clay. This non-Newtonian fluid can look like a solid when undisturbed (think Oobleck), but can quickly lose viscosity when stepped on. Luckily, it is impossible for a human to sink entirely due to its higher density!
This looks great! @BAndersonWriter
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April was brilliant, kind, and funny. She inspired everyone she met to look at nature with a sense of wonder. ❤️
Remembering April Pulley Sayre, photographer and author known for her books about the wonders of nature and science. She received the John Burroughs Award for excellence in natural history for young readers. #ChildrensBooks She wrote over 80 books.
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Mark Rober and @crunchlabs announced at #NSTASpring24 thst he is partnering with NSTA and producing Class Crunch Labs
We may not be in Denver for the @NSTA National Conference, but our new Children's Book Packs and ClassPacks are making a splash! #STEMeducation
