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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: Easy way to practice students’ primary source interview skills

LitLinks: Easy way to practice students’ primary source interview skills

Oct 20, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER KATHRYN HULICK I once spoke to an expert on parallel universes while he...

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

GUEST BLOGGER LAURA PURDIE SALAS In my picture book If You Want to Knit Some...

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: Why Wonder Woman is great for teaching the senses

LitLinks: Why Wonder Woman is great for teaching the senses

Oct 3, 2021

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

Sep 8, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER LINDA ZAJAC Objective Students will learn about biomimicry and be able to design...

LitLinks: How Benjamin Banneker can surprise your students

LitLinks: How Benjamin Banneker can surprise your students

Aug 25, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER SHANA KELLER Benjamin Banneker was born in 1731. He grew up on a...

LitLinks: Practice makes perfect for pilots and poets

LitLinks: Practice makes perfect for pilots and poets

Aug 18, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER LISA L. OWENS Middle-grade nonfiction Just as no human enters the world walking...

LitLinks: Design challenge for students – make a prosthetic limb

LitLinks: Design challenge for students – make a prosthetic limb

Jul 28, 2021

GUEST BLOGGERS BRITTANY ACEVEDO & DJ KAST The preparation In this lesson and activity, students...

LitLinks: Transform students into builders and poets with EASY activities

LitLinks: Transform students into builders and poets with EASY activities

Jul 14, 2021

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    • Sharks Unhooked: The Adventures of Cristina Zenato, Underwater Ranger
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    • 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
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