Teaching Science Through Trade Books

Royce (education, Shippensburg U.) et al. collect 50 of their monthly "Teaching Through Trade Books" columns from the National Science Teachers Association's journal Science and Children. The columns focus on the use of children's literature to teach fundamental science concepts, and in this book, have updated lessons and added student activity pages with data sheets, information tables, and other elements. Each lesson features two trade books and two activities, one for K-3 and one for grades four through six, and they are related to the categories of engineering, technology, and applications of science; physical science; life science; and Earth and space science. They include an overview of content or process skills, bibliographic information for the books, synopses, curricular connections to standards, materials lists, procedures, and internet resources. Tables showing alignment with National Science Education Standards and A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas are provided. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)