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LitLinks: #ShutDownSTEM

LitLinks: #ShutDownSTEM

Jun 10, 2020

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Our mission at LitLinks is simple. We highlight the natural connection between...

LitLinks: Turn teens into COVID-19 investigators

LitLinks: Turn teens into COVID-19 investigators

Mar 25, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER ANNA CROWLEY REDDING COVID-19: One of the biggest science stories of our lives...

LitLinks: Engineering design challenge taps critical thinking and communication skills

LitLinks: Engineering design challenge taps critical thinking and communication skills

Feb 5, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER JOAN RAMIREZ Engineering: What is it? Engineering crosses every industry you can think...

LitLinks: Stretch students’ writing muscles with comparisons from STEM literature

LitLinks: Stretch students’ writing muscles with comparisons from STEM literature

Jan 29, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER JANET SLINGERLAND Writers often have to communicate places or things a reader may...

LitLinks: What makes a STEM book a STEM book?

LitLinks: What makes a STEM book a STEM book?

Jan 8, 2020

GUEST BLOGGERS CARRIE LAUNIUS AND CHRISTINE ANNE ROYCE Editor’s Note: For the last several months,...

LitLinks: STEM heroes and the classic Hero’s Journey plot structure

LitLinks: STEM heroes and the classic Hero’s Journey plot structure

Jan 1, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER TRACY BORGMEYER We all want to believe in a hero. The kind of...

LitLinks: To the moon! Space exporation and literacy activities

LitLinks: To the moon! Space exporation and literacy activities

Nov 6, 2019

GUEST BLOGGER SUZANNE SLADE SPACE EXPLORATION – A POPULAR TOPIC WITH STUDENTS Space exploration is...

LitLinks: STEM-thinking + literacy = Brain power

LitLinks: STEM-thinking + literacy = Brain power

Oct 30, 2019

GUEST BLOGGER MIKE HAYS STEM-thinking Science. Technology. Engineering. Mathematics. Can we all agree STEM-thinking has...

LitLinks: Raise Your Voice — We All Can Make a Difference!

LitLinks: Raise Your Voice — We All Can Make a Difference!

Oct 9, 2019

GUEST BLOGGER: NANCY CASTALDO Sometimes the issues of this world seem too big for us...

LitLinks: Exploring metaphors with black holes

LitLinks: Exploring metaphors with black holes

Sep 25, 2019

GUEST BLOGGER: CAROLYN DeCRISTOFANO Metaphors in language arts AND science I’m so pleased to be...

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    • Beatrice and the Nightingale
    • 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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