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    • 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
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    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: The BEST bird lessons integrating STEM and language arts

    LitLinks: The BEST bird lessons integrating STEM and language arts

    Jan 5, 2022

    COMPILED BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Are you looking for the BEST bird lessons for spring? You’ve...

    LitLinks: The BEST lessons to celebrate Earth Day every day

    LitLinks: The BEST lessons to celebrate Earth Day every day

    Dec 29, 2021

    BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Happy 2022! We at LitLinks are beginning the new year with a...

    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...

    LitLinks: Will our world run dry? Easy ways to help students raise their voices about water

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    Dec 15, 2021

    GUEST BLOGGER NANCY CASTALDO What if, one day, you turned on the faucet and nothing...

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    Dec 8, 2021

    GUEST BLOGGER ANITA SANCHEZ Verbs do the heavy lifting The hardest kind of writing is...

    LitLinks: Easy foldable activity to illustrate the plant cycle

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    GUEST BLOGGER DEBBIE GONZALES The plant cycle I recently crafted a CCSS & NGSS-aligned discussion/activity...

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      • 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
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      • Writers write all kinds of things
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