Beautiful and mysterious, The Keeper of Secrets by Julie Thomas follows a priceless violin across generations—from WWII to Stalinist Russia to the gilded international concert halls of today—and reveals the loss, love, and secrets of the families who owned it. In 1939 Berlin, 14-year-old Simon Horowitz’s world is stirred by his father's 1742 Guarneri del Gesu violin. When Nazis march across Europe and Simon is sent to Dachau, he finds unexpected kindness, and a chance to live. In the present day, orchestra conductor Rafael Gomez finds himself inspired by Daniel Horowitz, a 14-year-old violin virtuoso who refuses to play. When Rafael learns that the boy's family once owned a precious violin believed to have been lost forever, Rafael seizes the power of history and discovers a family story like no other.

The Keeper of Secrets

Julie Thomas

Harpercollins

With this unique book, you can introduce scientists and engineers to your students, without the hassle of scheduling guest speakers. Evoking Archimedes s famous cry, Eureka! Grade 3 5 Science Activities and Stories uses 27 lessons linked to children s trade books to engage students in discovering who scientists and engineers are and what they do. Some of these scientists and engineers are well known, such as astronomer Galileo Galilei and primatologist Jane Goodall; others are not, such as astronomer Annie Jump Cannon and engineer William Kamkwamba. But all of their stories will help your students see scientists and engineers not as stereotypes wearing goggles and lab coats, but as real women and men. This book may even inspire some of your students to consider STEM careers. The easy-to-use lessons focus on science and engineering practices such as asking questions and defining problems, planning and carrying out investigations, and analyzing and interpreting data. Each practice comes to life through engaging, trade book based lessons that highlight scientists work while introducing skill-building inquiry-based investigations. In addition to supporting the Next Generation Science Standards, the lessons include recommended teaching strategies, have a learning-cycle format, and examine the character traits of the featured scientists and engineers that helped each to succeed. You ve found it with Eureka! a fresh, versatile way to put a human face on science and engineering!

Eureka! Grade 3 5 Science Activities and Stories - PB423X1

Donna Farland-Smith

National Science Teachers Association - NSTA Press

It's never too early to put a human face on science and engineering! Research shows that a child's ideas about how scientists and engineers look and what they do start to form in the earliest grades. Teachers can help students understand that everyone can do science by introducing inquiry activities in the primary grades. Like its best-selling counterpart for grades 3 5, Eureka, Again! K 2 Science Activities and Stories evokes Archimedes's famous cry. That's because it helps children make discoveries of their own about who scientists and engineers are and what they do. The book is so engaging and easy to use that it will become a resource you'll be excited to teach with every year. 
Eureka, Again! is appealing because of its lively lessons, which are grounded in 27 children's trade books. Some of the biographies feature famous individuals, such as Rachel Carson and George Washington Carver. Others are not as well known, such as paleontologist Mary Anning and recycler Isatou Ceesay. All of their stories will help students see scientists and engineers not as stereotypes in lab coats but as real people whose success grows out of their life experiences and character traits. They may even inspire children to consider STEM-related careers. 
Each chapter is designed to do the following: Focus on science and engineering practices. These include asking questions and defining problems, planning and carrying out investigations, and analyzing and interpreting data. Bring the processes to life through the trade books and related lessons. You'll introduce a skill-building, inquiry-based investigation while highlighting the scientists and engineers work and the character traits that helped each succeed. You can teach one lesson or all three from each chapter--whatever will enrich your curriculum the most. Be easy to use. In addition to supporting the Next Generation Science Standards, each chapter uses a learning-cycle format and begins with a personal story from the authors that provides valuable insights into teaching this exciting grade range. 
Authors Donna Farland-Smith and Julie Thomas point out one other big benefit that makes Eureka, Again! a resource you'll keep coming back to. "We like to think of this book as a way to invite scientists and engineers into your classroom," they write, "without the hassle of finding and scheduling guest speakers."

Eureka, Again! K 2 Science Activities and Stories - PB423X2

Teaching Primary Source Research Skills to 21st-Century Learners

Society of American Archivists

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The Keeper of Secrets

Eureka! Grade 3 5 Science Activities and Stories - PB423X1

Eureka, Again! K 2 Science Activities and Stories - PB423X2

Teaching Primary Source Research Skills to 21st-Century Learners