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    LitLinks: How animal communication can help kids communicate better

    Dec 23, 2020

    GUEST BLOGGER LAUREL NEME Animal communication relies on both verbal and nonverbal cues—from vocalizations to...

    LitLinks: Weeds! A free resource to connect science, literacy, and social-emotional learning

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    Dec 16, 2020

    GUEST BLOGGER CINDY JENSON-ELLIOTT Teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic has many of us scrambling for...

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    Dec 9, 2020

    GUEST BLOGGER JENNA GRODZICKI Wild Style: Amazing Animal Adornments introduces the reader to animals that...

    LitLinks: How to make STEM & literacy POP! off the page

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      • Planet Ocean
      • Eavesdropping on Elephants
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      • Zoo Scientists to the Rescue
      • Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem
      • Plastic, Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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      • Jingle the Brass
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