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LitLinks: Measure twice, cut once–measurement as a math and science skill

LitLinks: Measure twice, cut once–measurement as a math and science skill

Oct 13, 2021

In my picture book If You Want to Knit Some Mittens, a girl discovers that...

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

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

Oct 6, 2021

Pre-reading I Am Smoke is a spare, lyrical, “autobiographical” account of the life cycle and...

LitLinks: Why Wonder Woman is great for teaching the senses

LitLinks: Why Wonder Woman is great for teaching the senses

Oct 3, 2021

A special Sunday edition of the popular LitLinks blog series Even though I’ve loved Wonder...

LitLinks: Easy lessons on biomimicry and robot design that WOW! students

LitLinks: Easy lessons on biomimicry and robot design that WOW! students

Sep 8, 2021

Objective Students will learn about biomimicry and be able to design and write a story...

LitLinks: How Benjamin Banneker can surprise your students

LitLinks: How Benjamin Banneker can surprise your students

Aug 25, 2021

Benjamin Banneker was born in 1731. He grew up on a farm near Ellicott City,...

LitLinks: Practice makes perfect for pilots and poets

LitLinks: Practice makes perfect for pilots and poets

Aug 18, 2021

Middle-grade nonfiction Just as no human enters the world walking and talking, no one at...

LitLinks: Design challenge for students – make a prosthetic limb

LitLinks: Design challenge for students – make a prosthetic limb

Jul 28, 2021

The preparation In this lesson and activity, students will be able to determine the relevance...

LitLinks: Transform students into builders and poets with EASY activities

LitLinks: Transform students into builders and poets with EASY activities

Jul 14, 2021

Sustainable builders You can build with the earth beneath your feet, just like architect Hassan...

LitLinks: 6 ways to teach your students to think like Leonardo da Vinci

LitLinks: 6 ways to teach your students to think like Leonardo da Vinci

Jul 7, 2021

Ask most students (and teachers) about Leonardo da Vinci and they will mention he painted...

LitLinks: Full STEAM ahead with lessons from the Titanic

Jun 23, 2021

Want to prove STEM matters? Study the R.M.S. Titanic. Kids love the Titanic, but they...

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  • Home
  • Books
    • 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
    • Calendar
  • Blog
  • Educator Resources
    • Teach the Hope
    • Earth Day Every Day newsletter archive
    • Teacher Guides
    • STEM + Literacy Activities
    • LitLinks
    • KidLit creators who make kids want to read
  • Writer Resources
    • Writing Classes
    • Manuscript or Proposal Critiques
    • How I got my start
  • Who is Patricia Newman?
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