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LitLinks: The most popular STEAM posts for summer fun

LitLinks: The most popular STEAM posts for summer fun

Jun 29, 2022

COMPILED BY PATRICIA NEWMAN My kids and I loved summer. We swam, we baked, we...

LitLinks: Will it sink or float? Let’s find out.

LitLinks: Will it sink or float? Let’s find out.

Jun 15, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER MICHELLE CUSOLITO, M. Ed. Background information Deep-sea submersibles such as Alvin reach the...

LitLinks: How to write fiction like a scientist – think disasters

LitLinks: How to write fiction like a scientist – think disasters

Apr 27, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER TRACY BORGMEYER The Halley Harper: Science Girl Extraordinaire series takes readers on a...

LitLinks: How to transform a simple cardboard box into a robot

LitLinks: How to transform a simple cardboard box into a robot

Mar 30, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER KATHRYN HULICK Robots can vacuum floors, mow lawns, and even milk cows. But...

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: How peach pits + WWI history = a great science lesson!

LitLinks: How peach pits + WWI history = a great science lesson!

Feb 23, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER SHANA KELLER In The Peach Pit Parade, a World War I Story, Polly...

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: 3 easy steps for a far-out field trip to Mars

LitLinks: 3 easy steps for a far-out field trip to Mars

Jan 19, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER SUZANNE SLADE It seems everyone is fascinated by Mars. The exciting news about...

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: 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...

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    • A River’s Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn
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    • 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
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