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LitLinks: How a plunger on the butt of a chicken inspires an easy modeling lesson

LitLinks: How a plunger on the butt of a chicken inspires an easy modeling lesson

Jan 12, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER S. K. WENGER How modeling spurs inquiry I love science investigations that seem...

LitLinks: The BEST bird lessons integrating STEM and language arts

LitLinks: The BEST bird lessons integrating STEM and language arts

Jan 5, 2022

COMPILED BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Are you looking for the BEST bird lessons for spring? You’ve...

LitLinks: The BEST lessons to celebrate Earth Day every day

LitLinks: The BEST lessons to celebrate Earth Day every day

Dec 29, 2021

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Happy 2022! We at LitLinks are beginning the new year with a...

LitLinks: Splashing in the puddle – how to choose the BEST verbs

LitLinks: Splashing in the puddle – how to choose the BEST verbs

Dec 8, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER ANITA SANCHEZ Verbs do the heavy lifting The hardest kind of writing is...

LitLinks: Easy foldable activity to illustrate the plant cycle

LitLinks: Easy foldable activity to illustrate the plant cycle

Dec 1, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER DEBBIE GONZALES The plant cycle I recently crafted a CCSS & NGSS-aligned discussion/activity...

LitLinks: 5 ways to engage students with water

LitLinks: 5 ways to engage students with water

Nov 17, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER CHRISTY MIHALY I’m excited to share my new book, Barefoot Books WATER: A...

LitLinks: 5 easy ways to make scientists relatable for your students

LitLinks: 5 easy ways to make scientists relatable for your students

Nov 3, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER DR. LAURA GEHL Who Is a Scientist? is about showing students that scientists...

LitLinks: Can smoke be useful? A research challenge for students

LitLinks: Can smoke be useful? A research challenge for students

Oct 6, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER HENRY HERZ Pre-reading I Am Smoke is a spare, lyrical, “autobiographical” account of...

LitLinks: Easy STEM + ELA tasks about symbiotic relationships

LitLinks: Easy STEM + ELA tasks about symbiotic relationships

Sep 29, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER JENNIFER WARD S&S/Beach Lane Books, Sept. 2021Starred review in School Library Journal Symbiotic...

LitLinks: How biomimicry can spark students’ imagination

LitLinks: How biomimicry can spark students’ imagination

Sep 22, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER KRISTEN NORDSTROM Biomimicry is all around us How did a bird help transform...

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    • 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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