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

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...

LitLinks: 3 great ways to discover how complexity improves the habitats of migrating birds

LitLinks: 3 great ways to discover how complexity improves the habitats of migrating birds

May 11, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER SNEED B. COLLARD III Migrating birds need complexity Spring is a time to...

LitLinks: Let’s investigate evolution with an easy storytelling lesson

LitLinks: Let’s investigate evolution with an easy storytelling lesson

May 4, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER PAMELA S. TURNER In Step 7 of HOW TO BUILD A HUMAN: IN...

LitLinks: Best practices for making connections between kidlit and science

LitLinks: Best practices for making connections between kidlit and science

Mar 23, 2022

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

LitLinks: Let’s investigate the miracle of phytoplankton, the ocean’s oxygen-makers

LitLinks: Let’s investigate the miracle of phytoplankton, the ocean’s oxygen-makers

Mar 9, 2022

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Every breath we take connects us to our ocean. Really? Yes! Tiny...

LitLinks: 3 easy ways to explore your drinking water

LitLinks: 3 easy ways to explore your drinking water

Feb 16, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER NANCY CASTALDO Water is life! All organisms on Earth need it to survive...

LitLinks: #KidsLoveNonfiction – Tell the New York Times you want best-seller lists for children’s nonfiction

LitLinks: #KidsLoveNonfiction – Tell the New York Times you want best-seller lists for children’s nonfiction

Feb 14, 2022

GUEST BLOGGERS MARY ANN CAPPIELLO AND XENA HADJIOANNOU Announcing the #KidsLoveNonfiction Campaign This morning at...

LitLinks: Climb into the minds of scientists with biographies

LitLinks: Climb into the minds of scientists with biographies

Jan 26, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER J. CARRIE LAUNIUS AND CHRISTINE ANNE ROYCE Science as a human endeavor: Biographies...

LitLinks: Voyager’s Golden Record: An easy classroom remix for your space unit

LitLinks: Voyager’s Golden Record: An easy classroom remix for your space unit

Dec 22, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER ALEXANDRA SIY The original Golden Record In 1977, NASA launched the twin Voyager...

LitLinks: Will our world run dry? Easy ways to help students raise their voices about water

LitLinks: Will our world run dry? Easy ways to help students raise their voices about water

Dec 15, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER NANCY CASTALDO What if, one day, you turned on the faucet and nothing...

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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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