Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, K-2: Using Children's Books to Inspire STEM Learning

by Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry

Overview

For teachers eager to integrate STEM into their school day, Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons is an exciting development. This book’s 15 kid-friendly lessons convey how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics intersect in the real world. They embed reading-comprehension strategies that integrate the STEM subjects and English language arts through high-quality picture books. You’ll help your K–2 students engage in STEM activities while learning to read and reading to learn Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, K–2 draws on diverse and attention-grabbing books such as The Handiest Things in the World, The Day the Crayons Came Home, and I Wanna Iguana. The lessons will lead your students to ask questions and define problems; obtain, evaluate, and communicate information; and engage in argument from evidence. Along the way, students invent a handy backpack, design their own process for recycling crayons, and build a model habitat for an imaginary pet. Through these lessons and activities, all young students, including reluctant scientists and struggling readers, will quickly find themselves absorbed in STEM-related discovery. Along with these new lessons come the easy-to-use features that have made Picture-Perfect a bestselling series for more than a dozen years: • Fiction and nonfiction book pairs • Background reading, materials lists, student pages, and assessments for each lesson • Connections to science standards and the Common Core State Standards for both English language arts and mathematics Picture-Perfect STEM is a powerful tool for guiding instruction. You’ll love how effective this book is, and your students will love learning about STEM.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681403281
Publisher:	NSTA - National Science Teaching Association
Publication date:	04/03/2017
Series:	Picture-Perfect
Pages:	345
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Emily Morgan is the science leader for the High AIMS Consortium in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a former elementary science lab teacher at Mason City Schools in Mason, Ohio, and a seventh-grade science teacher at Northridge Local Schools in Dayton, Ohio. She has a bachelor of science in elementary education from Wright State Universityand a master of science in education from the University of Dayton. Emily lives in West Chester, Ohio, with her husband, son, dog, and two cats. Karen Ansberry is a teacher, writer, and nature lover. She has a Bachelor of Science in biology from Xavier Universityand a Master of Arts in teaching from Miami University. As the co-author of the Picture-Perfect STEM and Picture-Perfect Science series for elementary teachers, she provides professional development to help teachers learn to integrate STEM and reading. Before she was a writer, she worked at the Cincinnati Zoo and later taught elementary school for 20-plus years.