Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, First Grade : Using Children's Books for Three-Dimensional Learning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ansberry, Karen.

Contributor:

Morgan, Emily.

Series:

Picture-Perfect

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Technology--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Children's books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : NSTA Press, 2022.

Summary:

"There's a lot to love about this newly expanded book in the Picture-Perfect Science series. You can combine STEM and reading through lively lessons that are just right for your first-grade students. Also, reading-comprehension strategies are embedded in all 11 of the ready-to-teach lessons, six of which are updated and five brand-new. The goal is to help your young scientists learn to read and read to learn while engaging in activities that blend science, technology, engineering, and mathematics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Safety Practices for Science Activities

1. Why Use Picture Books to Teach STEM?

2. Reading Aloud

3. BSCS 5E Instructional Model

4. Connecting to the Standards

5. Science and Engineering Practices

Waves: Light and Sound

6. Mirror, Mirror (from More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons): What Did They See? and I See Myself

7. Sounds All Around (from Even More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, K-5): What's that Sound? and Sounds All Around

8. Let's Drum! (from Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, K-2): Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music and Drum City

9. Get the Message (from Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, K-2): Jackrabbit McCabe and The Electric Telegraph and Communication: Long Ago and Today

Structure, Function, and Information Processing

10. Over in the Ocean (from More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons): Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef and Coral Reefs

11. Unbeatable Beaks (from Even More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, K-5): Unbeatable Beaks and Beaks!

12. Pillbots (from Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, K-2): Next Time You See a Pill Bug and National Geographic Kids: Robots

Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles

13. Stargazers (from More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons): When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer and Jump Into Science: Stars

14. A Birthday Is No Ordinary Day (from Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, K-2): A Birthday Cake Is No Ordinary Cake and Jump Into Science: Sun

Inheritance and Variation of Traits: Life Cycles

15. Amazing Caterpillars (from Even More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, K-5): Houdini the Amazing Caterpillar, From Caterpillar to Butterfly and The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Science and Engineering Practices.

16. Robots Everywhere (from Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, K-2: Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep! and National Georgraphic Kids: Robots

17. Bubbles (from More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons): Bubble, Bubble and Pop! A Book About Bubbles.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-68140-983-6

OCLC:

1392345943