"Teachers in our district have been fans of Picture-Perfect Science for years, and it s made a huge impact on how they fit science into their school day. We are so excited to do more of the same with these Picture-Perfect STEM books!" Chris Gibler, elementary instructional coach, Blue Springs School District in Missouri "This lively mix of picture books and engaging, standards-based STEM content will be a powerful tool to inspire STEM learning." Andrea Beaty, author of Ada Twist, Scientist; Rosie Revere, Engineer; and Iggy Peck, Architect For teachers eager to integrate STEM into their school day, Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons isan exciting development. This book s 15 kid-friendly lessons convey how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics intersect in the real world. They embed reading-comprehension strategies that integrate the STEM subjects and English language arts through high-quality picture books. You ll help your K 2 students engage in STEM activities while learning to read and reading to learn. This volume of Picture-Perfect Science STEM Lessons for the upper-elementary grades uses a remarkable variety of books to teach STEM concepts and reading comprehension strategies. For example, you can pique students interest with The Inventor s Secret; An Ambush of Tigers; and Trash to Treasure: A Kid s Upcycling Guide to Trash. Then, through the accompanying lessons, you can teach ways to plan and carry out investigations; analyze and interpret data; and construct explanations and design solutions. Along the way, your students will invent toy cars, learn how scientists use technology to track individual animals within larger groups, figure out how to reduce plastic pollution, and tackle other real-world projects. Engaging fiction and nonfiction books plus 15 hands-on lessons add up to perfect ways to learn about the interdependence of the STEM areas. Along with these new lessons come the easy-to-use features that have made Picture-Perfect a bestselling series for more than a dozen years: - Fiction and nonfiction book pairs - Background reading, materials lists, student pages, and assessments for each lesson - Connections to science standards and the Common Core State Standards for both English language arts and mathematics. Picture-Perfect STEM is a powerful tool for guiding instruction. You ll love how effective this book is, and your students will love learning about STEM.

Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, 3-5: Using Children’s Books to Inspire STEM Learning

Morgan, Emily

Ansberry MA, Karen

Children's Books

NSTA

There’s a lot to love about this newly expanded book in the Picture-Perfect Science series: You can combine STEM and reading through appealing lessons that are just right for your second-grade students. Also, reading comprehension strategies are embedded in all 12 of the ready-to-teach lessons, eleven of which are updated and one 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. Your students will love Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, Grade 2, Expanded Edition because of the captivating fiction and nonfiction books at the core of the lessons. In a brand-new lesson, your second graders can learn about the natural phenomenon that wind and water can change the shape of land by building a model inspired by Kate Tames the Wind. They explore the engineering design process by reading Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight and then designing a toy of their own. And inspired by Ada Twist, Scientist, they use science practices to solve a mystery.

Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, Grade 2: Expanded Edition

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

How do you improve upon perfection? For years, new and experienced elementary school teachers alike have extolled the virtues of Picture-Perfect Science Lessons the expertly combined appeal of children s picture books with Standards-based science content. The award-winning, bestselling book presents ready-to-teach lessons, complete with student pages and assessments, that use high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books to guide hands-on science inquiry. This newly revised and expanded edition of Picture-Perfect Science Lessons manages to surpass the original. Classroom veterans Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan, who also coach teachers through nationwide workshops, know elementary educators are usually crunched for science instructional time and could often use refresher explanations of scientific concepts. So the authors added comprehensive background notes to each chapter and included new reading strategies. They still show you exactly how to combine science and reading in a natural way with classroom-tested lessons in physical science, life science, and Earth and space science. And now they offer five brand-new lessons Batteries Included, The Secrets of Flight, Down the Drain, If I Built a Car, and Bugs! bringing the total to 25. As always, the appropriate National Science Education Standards are clearly identified throughout. Picture-Perfect Science Lessons draws on such diverse and engaging books as Dr. Xargle s Book of Earthlets, A House for Hermit Crab, Rice Is Life, Oil Spill!, Sheep in a Jeep, and Weird Friends: Unlikely Allies in the Animal Kingdom. As a result, both reluctant scientists and struggling readers will quickly find themselves absorbed in scientific discovery. You ll love how effective this book is, and your students will love learning about science.

Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, 3-6

Science & Math

As part of the Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons series, Picture-Perfect Children' s Book Packs are now available for every lesson in the Expanded Editions of the Picture-Perfect series (Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade).Each Children' s Book Pack includes an individual lesson booklet and two accompanying picture books, many of which include accompanying Lexile Framework details. Purchasing individual lessons allows you the flexibility to pick and choose which lessons fit best into your curriculum while fostering STEM and inquiry-based science by connecting lessons to real-world examples.To meet the demand for more ways to engage children in reading and science through picture books, the lessons in the new Expanded Editions bring:* Even more convenience: Teachers can cover reading and science content simultaneously and save time with ready-to-use student pages and assessments.* Even more confidence in your own expertise: Teachers get relevant science concepts and reading comprehension strategies to keep teaching on track.* Even more ways to entice even reading-phobic children: Each lesson makes students yearn to learn science from captivating fiction and nonfiction picture books.Plus: These latest editions connect the lessons to A Framework for K- 12 Science Education and the English Language Arts and Literacy Common Core State Standards. Picture-Perfect Science Lessons delivers the whole package: teacher-friendly lessons, strong standards-based science content, and a kid-magnet formula that will get students engrossed in science while they improve their reading skills.Includes: If You Find a Rock booklet, If You Find a Rock, Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth and Rough

Children's Book Pack: If You Find a Rock (Picture-Perfect)

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Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, 3-5: Using Children’s Books to Inspire STEM Learning

Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, Grade 2: Expanded Edition

Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, 3-6

Children's Book Pack: If You Find a Rock (Picture-Perfect)