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LitLinks: How to use primates to teach across the curriculum

LitLinks: How to use primates to teach across the curriculum

Jan 4, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER DEBRA KEMPF SHUMAKER In PECULIAR PRIMATES, kids learn strange ways some primates look...

LitLinks: 5 TECH lessons that highlight the T in STEM

LitLinks: 5 TECH lessons that highlight the T in STEM

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LitLinks: Let’s compare a whale fall and a tree fall

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LitLinks: How do tiny insects defend themselves in a BIG world? Let’s find out.

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GUEST BLOGGER MELISSA HART In Daisy Woodworm Changes the World, 13-year-old Daisy–who speaks with a lisp–finds...

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LitLinks: Show students how to play with point of view to improve informational writing

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LitLinks: Time to give thanks for our amazing bloggers and readers

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LitLinks: How to use wolves to write a fun chain tale

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LitLinks: Can good worry ignite inquiry? Let’s find out.

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    • A River’s Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn
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    • Ebola: Fears and Facts
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