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LitLinks: Put students’ persuasive writing skills to the BUGS challenge

May 25, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER MARY BOONE Bug prep Eating insects. Crickets, grasshoppers, beetles, ants, and more. It’s...

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LitLinks: How your students can imitate a Nobel prize scientist!

April 13, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER DARCY PATTISON What is the Nobel Prize? On November 27, 1895, Alfred Nobel,...

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LitLinks: The BEST Earth Day lessons connecting us to nature

April 6, 2022

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LitLinks: How to transform a simple cardboard box into a robot

March 30, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER KATHRYN HULICK Robots can vacuum floors, mow lawns, and even milk cows. But...

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LitLinks: Best practices for making connections between kidlit and science

March 23, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER DR. CHRISTINE ANNE ROYCE Often a question may arise about how to best...

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  • Home
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    • A River’s Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn
    • Planet Ocean
    • Eavesdropping on Elephants
    • Neema’s Reason To Smile
    • Zoo Scientists to the Rescue
    • Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem
    • Plastic, Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    • Ebola: Fears and Facts
    • Jingle the Brass
    • Nugget on the Flight Deck
    • Surviving Animal Attacks
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