Hands-on lessons can be fun and compelling, but when it comes to life science, they aren't always possible, practical, effective, or safe. Children can't follow wolves as they hunt elk, visit a prehistoric swamp, or shrink down to the size of a molecule and observe photosynthesis firsthand.
Hands-on lessons can be fun and compelling, but when it comes to life science, they aren't always possible, practical, effective, or safe. Children can't follow wolves as they hunt elk, visit a prehistoric swamp, or shrink down to the size of a molecule and observe photosynthesis firsthand.
Melissa Stewart is an award-winning author of more than 150 science-themed nonfiction books for children and the coauthor of Perfect Pairs: Using Fiction & Nonfiction Picture Books to Teach Life Science, K-2. She also maintains the blog Celebrate Science (http://celebratescience.blogspot.com) and offers school visits and teacher inservice programs that focus on nonfiction writing, using children's books to address curriculum standards, and creative ways to integrate science and language arts instruction. Her website is www.melissa-stewart.com. Nancy Chesley was an elementary teacher for twenty-six years and a K-5 science and literacy specialist for six years. She won the Presidential Award for Excellence in Elementary Science Teaching in 2001 and the Milken Foundation National Distinguished Educator Award in 2002. She received a BA in elementary education and an MSEd in literacy education from the University of Southern Maine. Nancy is the coauthor of Perfect Pairs: Using Fiction & Nonfiction Picture Books to Teach Life Science, K-2.
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Introduction Getting Started Meeting the Standards Lessons for Grade 3 Lesson 3.1: What the Lives of All Creatures Have in Common, Even When Their Life Cycles Are Different Lesson 3.2: How Being Part of a Group Helps Animals Survive Lesson 3.3: Why Some Animals Look Different from Their Family Members Lesson 3.4: What Fossils Can Tell Us About Life and Environments Long Ago Lesson 3.5: How Variations in Characteristics Can Help Some Animals Survive Lesson 3.6: How Animals Survive in a Cold Environment Lesson 3.7: How People Try to Solve Problems That Occur When an Environment Changes Lessons for Grade 4 Lesson 4.1: How Our Body Structures Help Us Survive Lesson 4.2: How Feathers Help Birds Survive Lesson 4.3: How a Tree's Structures Help It Survive Lesson 4.4: How Animals Depend on Their Senses Lesson 4.5: How Natural Resources Provide Electrical Energy Lesson 4.6: How Energy Use Affects Environments and the Animals Living There Lessons for Grade 5 Lesson 5.1A: Where Plants Get Most of the Materials They Use to Grow Lesson 5.1B: Where Animals Get the Energy They Need to Live and Grow Lesson 5.2: Why Dead Plants and Animals Don't Pile Up in Natural Places Lesson 5.3: How Matter Moves Among Living Things and the Environment Lesson 5.4: How Living Things Depend on Their Environment for Survival Lesson 5.5: How Introduced Species Can Affect an Ecosystem Lesson 5.6: How We Can Protect Earth's Resources and Environments
Introduction Getting Started Meeting the Standards Lessons for Grade 3 Lesson 3.1: What the Lives of All Creatures Have in Common, Even When Their Life Cycles Are Different Lesson 3.2: How Being Part of a Group Helps Animals Survive Lesson 3.3: Why Some Animals Look Different from Their Family Members Lesson 3.4: What Fossils Can Tell Us About Life and Environments Long Ago Lesson 3.5: How Variations in Characteristics Can Help Some Animals Survive Lesson 3.6: How Animals Survive in a Cold Environment Lesson 3.7: How People Try to Solve Problems That Occur When an Environment Changes Lessons for Grade 4 Lesson 4.1: How Our Body Structures Help Us Survive Lesson 4.2: How Feathers Help Birds Survive Lesson 4.3: How a Tree's Structures Help It Survive Lesson 4.4: How Animals Depend on Their Senses Lesson 4.5: How Natural Resources Provide Electrical Energy Lesson 4.6: How Energy Use Affects Environments and the Animals Living There Lessons for Grade 5 Lesson 5.1A: Where Plants Get Most of the Materials They Use to Grow Lesson 5.1B: Where Animals Get the Energy They Need to Live and Grow Lesson 5.2: Why Dead Plants and Animals Don't Pile Up in Natural Places Lesson 5.3: How Matter Moves Among Living Things and the Environment Lesson 5.4: How Living Things Depend on Their Environment for Survival Lesson 5.5: How Introduced Species Can Affect an Ecosystem Lesson 5.6: How We Can Protect Earth's Resources and Environments
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