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LitLinks: 3 easy ways to explore your drinking water

LitLinks: 3 easy ways to explore your drinking water

Feb 16, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER NANCY CASTALDO Water is life! All organisms on Earth need it to survive...

LitLinks: #KidsLoveNonfiction – Tell the New York Times you want best-seller lists for children’s nonfiction

LitLinks: #KidsLoveNonfiction – Tell the New York Times you want best-seller lists for children’s nonfiction

Feb 14, 2022

GUEST BLOGGERS MARY ANN CAPPIELLO AND XENA HADJIOANNOU Announcing the #KidsLoveNonfiction Campaign This morning at...

LitLinks: Nature – the ultimate transformer

LitLinks: Nature – the ultimate transformer

Feb 9, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER CYNTHIA ARGENTINE Have you ever seen transformer toys? Maybe a robot that turns...

LitLinks: Plastic pollution offers a simple way to teach cause and effect

LitLinks: Plastic pollution offers a simple way to teach cause and effect

Feb 2, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER KELLY CRULL If you’re looking for cause and effect activities for students in first grade,...

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...

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    • 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
    • STEM + Literacy Activities
    • Teacher Guides
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    • LitLinks
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  • Writer Resources
    • Writing Classes
    • Manuscript or Proposal Critiques
    • How I got my start
  • Who is Patricia Newman?
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