Teaching Physical Science through Children's Literature

Inspired by favorite children’s stories, this book is a complete guide to an innovative approach that meshes physical science and language arts while emphasizing the process skills common to both areas. Pedagogical strategies for both reading and science are featured, and many lessons include suggestions for learning centers and masters for reproducible flip cards and data sheets. Each of the 20 lessons addresses a category of the National Science Education Standards and includes an easy-to-understand science explanation. Appropriate for grades K–4.Gertz, Susan E. is the author of 'Teaching Physical Science through Children's Literature', published 1996 under ISBN 9781883822347 and ISBN 1883822343.