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LitLinks: ‘Tis the STEM season to float a boat

LitLinks: ‘Tis the STEM season to float a boat

Dec 6, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER ERIN DEALEY If your students live near a harbor that doesn’t freeze in...

LitLinks: Now your students can be energy detectives

LitLinks: Now your students can be energy detectives

Nov 15, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER JOAN RAMIREZ Power UP! Welcome! This is a STEM + Language Arts activity...

LitLinks: How to blend STEM and poetry about the deep ocean

LitLinks: How to blend STEM and poetry about the deep ocean

Nov 8, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER DONNA MCKINNEY This lesson plan combines the science with poetry as students learn...

LitLinks: How to help grown-ups understand coding

LitLinks: How to help grown-ups understand coding

Oct 18, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER RUTH SPIRO In How to Explain Coding to a Grown-Up, an in-the-know narrator...

LitLinks: How to improve student writing with 3 unique lessons from nonfiction kidlit

LitLinks: How to improve student writing with 3 unique lessons from nonfiction kidlit

Oct 4, 2023

PATRICIA NEWMAN More ways to use nonfiction literature to improve student writing Continuing our occassional...

LitLinks: How a book can immerse students in the STEM of the rainforest

LitLinks: How a book can immerse students in the STEM of the rainforest

Sep 27, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER MARSHA DIANE ARNOLD There is a difference in knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge...

LitLinks: How to use your local watershed to investigate habitats

LitLinks: How to use your local watershed to investigate habitats

Sep 20, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER AIMEE ISAAC Planet Earth provides…habitats! This sample map shows part of the Chesapeake...

LitLinks: How to explain cancer to kids with kidlit

LitLinks: How to explain cancer to kids with kidlit

Aug 23, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER NANCY CHURNIN AND SHAYNA VINCENT When Shayna Vincent was diagnosed with breast cancer,...

LitLinks: 4 cool ways to engage students with nonfiction kidlit

LitLinks: 4 cool ways to engage students with nonfiction kidlit

Jul 26, 2023

PATRICIA NEWMAN Did you catch my previous nonfiction kidlit post? In March of 2021, I...

LitLinks: Combine #SEL and #STEM with these 3 easy lessons

LitLinks: Combine #SEL and #STEM with these 3 easy lessons

Jul 19, 2023

PATRICIA NEWMAN What is #SEL? The CASEL #SEL framework According to the Collaboration for Academic,...

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    • Sharks Unhooked: The Adventures of Cristina Zenato, Underwater Ranger
    • Giant Rays of Hope: Protecting Manta Rays to Safeguard the Sea
    • 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
    • Elite Operations series
    • Energy Lab series
    • QuickReads Fluency Library
    • Books for English language-learners
    • Writers write all kinds of things
  • Author Visit Programs
    • FAQs
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  • Writer Resources
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    • How I got my start
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